bloggy: January 2004 Archives

Coyoacán, etc.

We spent most of today in Coyoacán, walking around with David. We visited the Mercado Sabado (Saturday Market) with food...

Posted Saturday January 31, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

Photos

Check out the photos by James from our trip so far. We will add photos (and captions if you're lucky)...

Posted Saturday January 31, 2004 at 3:01 AM | Full Post

Anthropological Museum, etc.

We spent almost five hours at the Anthropological Museum today. It truly is one of the greatest museums I have...

Posted Friday January 30, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

Our first full day in Mexico City

General observations: The air here is tough - because of altitude and pollution. I had the "I'm a New Yorker!"...

Posted Thursday January 29, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

MP Bistro

We had our first meal in Mexico City -- dinner around 9:30, which is not late at all. There were...

Posted Thursday January 29, 2004 at 11:18 AM | Full Post

No more Whitney Biennial?

Wow. I just learned via Tyler Green (Modern Art Notes) that Adam Weinberg, the new director of the Whitney, gave...

Posted Monday January 26, 2004 at 7:40 PM | Full Post

Apartment

I know of an apartment in Washingon Heights (161st Street between Broadway and Amsterdam) for $1200/month. One bedroom floor-through. Email...

Posted Monday January 26, 2004 at 12:39 AM | Full Post

That explains it

In an earlier post I mentioned that the Rivington Arms people didn't think they needed a website. I once asked...

Posted Saturday January 24, 2004 at 1:40 PM | Full Post

Philo does Las Vegas

Beautiful....

Posted Saturday January 24, 2004 at 1:34 AM | Full Post

Get Your War On #31

Posted Friday January 23, 2004 at 11:34 PM | Full Post

Wonkette

So that's where she went! Ana Marie Cox is now editing the latest web site in the "Gawker media empire":...

Posted Friday January 23, 2004 at 1:43 AM | Full Post

These Very Serious Jokes (extended)

I updated my earlier post about this Target Margin play. They have been extended for a week....

Posted Friday January 23, 2004 at 1:20 AM | Full Post

War is good!

Via the BBC: General Peter Schoomaker said in an interview with AP news agency that the wars had allowed the...

Posted Thursday January 22, 2004 at 7:28 PM | Full Post

These Very Serious Jokes

My cold is back, and I'm busy, so no brilliant write-up for you, just a recommendation. Go see These Very...

Posted Thursday January 22, 2004 at 3:40 PM | Full Post

This should be bigger than Watergate

In the Boston Globe, via Atrios: Republican staff members of the US Senate Judiciary Commitee infiltrated opposition computer files for...

Posted Thursday January 22, 2004 at 2:50 PM | Full Post

Food for Thought @ Danspace

Our friend Yuval Pudik (see the illustration above) is doing the costumes for "Just an Old Song", a dance...

Posted Thursday January 22, 2004 at 1:49 PM | Full Post

Center for American Progress

If you only get one political/news email a day, make it the daily "Progress Report" from the Center for American...

Posted Thursday January 22, 2004 at 12:07 PM | Full Post

Cheetohs

Cheetohs of Mass Destruction...

Posted Thursday January 22, 2004 at 12:13 AM | Full Post

Wolfbane / Sculpture Center

Tom Moody has a post about a novel that sounds like a possible precursor to The Matrix: Wolfbane by Frederick...

Posted Wednesday January 21, 2004 at 2:47 PM | Full Post

The Civilians: "The Ladies"

I wrote about this play after we saw it a year ago. You now have another chance to see it,...

Posted Tuesday January 20, 2004 at 1:36 PM | Full Post

The end of an era

I just got rid of my first email address: hoggardb@panix.com, circa 1993. It had become too spamalicious....

Posted Tuesday January 20, 2004 at 1:14 PM | Full Post

Jeff Whitty's "The Hiding Place"

Jeffy Whitty (of Avenue Q fame) has a play, The Hiding Place, at Atlantic Theater (the 16th Street location) through...

Posted Monday January 19, 2004 at 1:02 PM | Full Post

Aren't birds sweet

From the Daily Mirror: SHE WAS at Winston Churchill's side during Britain's darkest hour. And now Charlie the parrot...

Posted Monday January 19, 2004 at 12:31 PM | Full Post

Sharon Louden @ Ambrosino Gallery (Miami)

For my readers in Miami, here is a recommendation. My friend Sharon Louden has an installation at Ambrosino Gallery: Sharon...

Posted Saturday January 17, 2004 at 4:09 PM | Full Post

They don't even have to pretend

The Bush regime doesn't even have to pretend to care about appearances any more. Americans don't seem to care. From...

Posted Saturday January 17, 2004 at 2:55 PM | Full Post

Get Your War on Mars

The latest from David Rees is now up. Also, he'll be doing a short presentation tonight. It will mark...

Posted Thursday January 15, 2004 at 5:47 PM | Full Post

Good things come to those who amuse me

Just ask Mac about her new book....

Posted Thursday January 15, 2004 at 4:27 PM | Full Post

Dropping the Judeo part

Howard Fineman wants to remind readers that the "Judeo-Christian" phrase used by politicians isn't really very Judeo. This excerpt of...

Posted Thursday January 15, 2004 at 4:03 PM | Full Post

Artsfeed

Franklin Einspruch, of artblog.net fame, has a new project: Artsfeed. It's sort of a portal of weblogs that he watches...

Posted Wednesday January 14, 2004 at 8:29 PM | Full Post

$1.5 billion for marriage?!

A few juxtapositions, for your reading pleasure: From the NY Times front page today (emphasis mine): Administration officials say they...

Posted Wednesday January 14, 2004 at 3:58 PM | Full Post

Brad DeLong reading Suskind's The Price of Loyalty

Brad DeLong, Ph .D. is reading Suskind's The Price of Loyalty so you don't have to. Go check out his...

Posted Wednesday January 14, 2004 at 3:46 PM | Full Post

First fuzzy cell phone photo

James and I just switched to AT&T, and got new phones. I'm not used to holding it still yet....

Posted Wednesday January 14, 2004 at 1:58 AM | Full Post

What to get your favorite high school student

As Pandagon tells us, the National Review is selling a college guide written by morality maven Bill Bennett. Buy it...

Posted Tuesday January 13, 2004 at 4:22 PM | Full Post

The Blogging of the President: 2004

I meant to do this earlier, but I have added The Blogging of the President: 2004 to my blog links...

Posted Tuesday January 13, 2004 at 4:04 PM | Full Post

Why does Army War College hate America?

Given the usual approach of the Bush regime to anyone who questions it, that could be their expected response to...

Posted Monday January 12, 2004 at 5:49 PM | Full Post

La Dolce Vita

What is wrong with this world? La Dolce Vita is not available on DVD?...

Posted Monday January 12, 2004 at 11:52 AM | Full Post

Mexico City

My passport renewal has happened, and tickets have been purchased. We're going to Mexico City for a week late January/early...

Posted Sunday January 11, 2004 at 8:03 PM | Full Post

When consultants actually say what they think

A friend working at an unnamed company told me about the (widely unloved) CEO bringing in yet another IT consultant,...

Posted Thursday January 8, 2004 at 4:41 PM | Full Post

Arts Journal blogs

Yeah! The Arts Journal blogs now all have RSS feeds....

Posted Thursday January 8, 2004 at 4:00 PM | Full Post

Spontaneous Human Combustion

Remember when Spontaneous Human Combustion was a big deal, I think in the 80s? Why do we never hear about...

Posted Thursday January 8, 2004 at 12:28 AM | Full Post

Mater Dolorosa

The Virgin Mary ("Mater Dolorosa"), 1590s El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, 1541–1614) Oil on canvas; 20 1/2 x 14...

Posted Wednesday January 7, 2004 at 8:09 PM | Full Post

Warren Buffett

You know it's time to get nervous when Warren Buffett starts warning about our trade deficit and says Through the...

Posted Wednesday January 7, 2004 at 7:54 PM | Full Post

Witold Riedel

The Morning News has a sweet interview with Witold Riedel, accompanied by a gallery....

Posted Monday January 5, 2004 at 6:24 PM | Full Post

Patrick Stewart / Amnesty International

In my latest Amnesty International magazine, there is a brief article about the fact that Patrick Stewart funds scholarships for...

Posted Monday January 5, 2004 at 5:34 PM | Full Post

Glamericans meet Wooster Group

We went to a preview today of Big Art Group's House of No More at P.S.122. Disclaimer: I got...

Posted Sunday January 4, 2004 at 8:43 PM | Full Post

Star 67 / Foxy

When I mentioned Godard's Contempt in my earlier post, I forgot to say the reason we watched it recently...

Posted Saturday January 3, 2004 at 5:20 PM | Full Post

Meredith Allen updates

I've been doing more work on Meredith's web page as the "guinea pig" for my artist web hosting business. Now...

Posted Thursday January 1, 2004 at 11:12 PM | Full Post

Random

I'm lethargic. I have a sinus thingy, and the antibiotics make me sleepy. Random thoughts: At what point did people...

Posted Thursday January 1, 2004 at 2:23 PM | Full Post