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phony-baloney

This entry was posted in Culture Vulture Karma Row Letters Psychically-Speaking on January 26, 2011 by janeharr.

From the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary: pho·ny–ba·lo·ney adj \-bə-ˈlō-nē\ Definition of PHONY-BALONEY : phony e Variants of PHONY-BALONEY pho·ny–ba·lo·ney or pho·ney–baloney First Known Use of PHONY-BALONEY: 1978 Synonyms: artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, Janus-faced, jive [slang], left-handed,lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony (also phoney), phony-baloney (or phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous Antonyms: artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest, sincere, undesigning, unfeigned From a 1937 issue of American Speech (published by Duke University Press), written by Peter Tamony: Tweet

tax time for hipsters: h&r block commercial appealing to (or mocking) bike culture?

This entry was posted in Culture Vulture Design Matters and tagged Geico H&R Block on January 17, 2011 by janeharr.

This H&R Block commercial is weird on many levels. The whole bike fetish/lifestyle thing, for one, seems an odd example for enacting a fake-free sales pitch (I’m sure there’s some name for it in advertising), and for the K-mart of tax returns?! I don’t get it. Are they appealing to this small hipster audience – […]

great books never finished: david wallace-wells; barry schwabsky; david shapiro; jim lewis; luc sante; susan orlean; dale peck

This entry was posted in Culture Vulture Letters Listmania and tagged Frank O'Hara great books Koran Pollock Pynchon Rimbaud Virginia Wolff William Gaddis on January 5, 2011 by janeharr.

“The era in which one person could ably cover the canon in one lifetime died with John Stuart Mill, I think…” – David Wallace-Wells, Editor, The Paris Review

ruminations on sexiness and aging with the inimitable genesis breyer p-orridge

This entry was posted in Chatty Cathy Getting To Know You Then Let's Mull Rock My World and tagged Genesis P-Orridge Lady Jaye sexiness on January 5, 2011 by janeharr.

It came as a shock to me as we began to explore the delights of the flesh that our desires far outmatched the menu available. So we lived a dual existence.

blogging advice from the best II: richard metzger on the merits of persistence

This entry was posted in Artschmart Culture Vulture Just Do It! and tagged Kembra Pfahler Kenneth Anger Marilyn Manson Richard Metzger Robert Wilson Tara McGinley on January 4, 2011 by janeharr.

If you think of the really popular blogs, what they have aside from abstract concepts like “quality” or “coolness” is that they post frequently. It’s like shoveling coal into a furnace.

blogging advice from the best I: ed winkleman shares his pearls

This entry was posted in Artschmart Just Do It! on January 4, 2011 by janeharr.

JH: Can you tell me how and why you came to start your blog? EW: I began the art blog after a few years spent blogging on politics in hostile territory (I was a liberal blogging on right-wing sites), where I learned quickly that you better do your homework and be willing to be both […]