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Seurat? Seurat, Dept. I was fortunate enough to see last night's performance of this sold-out revival of a Sondheim favorite Sund...

Losers and Winners, Dept. Poster for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) So your sobsister caught this one in >>>3D IMAX<...

This Bong Kills Fascists, Dept. Another 4/20--Where does the time go?  This year, however, it's not just Nazis and nugs, as this...

Minor Triad, Dept.   So, I was listening to an album of songs by Binnie Hale, a British stage and screen star most popular in the ...

Love and Death, Dept. Yeah, so your sobsister correspondent was metroing around town Saturday.  Very slowly, because Metro has been ...

Doobie More Clever, Dept. Weed: Been There. Done That. It is one thing for kids to experiment with marijuana, but it’s someth...

You Can Buy Anything but Class, Dept. This photo, courtesy of Kim Kardashian, is from that inexplicably famous woman’s sojo...

In Other Words, Dept. Translation, particularly of Ancient Literature, interests me.  The rendering into modern or archaic English of text...

Your circuit's dead/there's something wrong, Dept. Poster for Gravity Just saw this today.  Two words: IMAX 3-D.  See this o...

Shake It Off, Dept. NYC subway poster for The Michael J. Fox Show Michael J. Fox is returning to television in a show about a forme...

Fashion Weak, Dept. Men, do you find that not enough people at your workplace jeer at you?  Do you feel that more bystanders on the s...

You Can't Spell "Bimbo" Without "Bomb," Dept. Right.  So, Miley Cyrus at the VMAs.  Lots of churn about this tod...

A Perfect Storm, Dept. Maria Callas, "Un Voce Poco Fa, Hamburg, May 1959 When people ask you "What's the big deal about M...

The Rag Trade, Dept. Brooks Brothers hates children.  Arguably, it hates human beings, because, really, who the fuck wears lime green...

Où sont les neiges du futur?, Dept. Mondo 2000 (Nina Hagen, pictured) Oh, Mondo 2000 .  Where are my smart drugs and my teledild...

Let's Get Physical, Dept. Curtis Mayfield's America Today is one of my favorite album covers ever.  And the source pho...

Frayed Genes, Dept. The above-pictured is "Mama June" from something called Here Comes Honey Boo Boo . Now, your sobsi...

Jenifa, oh Jenny, Dept. Jenny McCarthy is the Gen X Suzanne Somers. Not just because both had short-lived careers in tele...

Vinyl? Vinot?, Dept. Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond., Brahms/Symphony No.1 Had an interesting dollar record shopp...

Coffee, Tea or Me?, Dept. Poster for Los Amantes Pasajeros (U.S.: I'm So Ex cited ) As you can see, the graphic, shall w...

Well, Shut Mah Mouth!, Dept. There's a word.  When, you know, you take delicious Freude from someone's Schaden?   I swear, it...

Beware of Crete's Barren Glyphs, Dept. Margalit Fox, The Riddle of the Labyrinth Just finished this a few days ago, and it wa...

Water Life, Dept. Film actress Esther Williams has died at 91. Despite being a musicals fan, I don't think I've ever seen ...