Kevin Smoklerhttp://www.kevinsmokler.com/enSun, 08 Nov 2009 12:14:18 PSTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/2005 Kevin Smokler. If you want to mess with it, ask first.music,books,movies,news,factoid,Smokler,your,ten,minute,worldArts & Entertainmentsmokler@gmail.comKevin SmoklerKevin Smoklernomusic,books,movies,news,factoid,Smokler,your,ten,minute,world10 minutes to make your day go by with a pop instead of a poof. News, music, books, and a fun fact.10 minutes to make your day go by with a pop instead of a poof. News, music, books, and a fun fact.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSome Rights ReservedThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.One Sentence Movie Reviews: "Legends of the Fall"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/aJQFCtCk8U8/one-sentence-movie-reviews-legends-of-the-fall.htmlCinematically Speaking...anthonyhopkinsbradpittcinemaedzwickfilmlegendsofthefallmoviewesternsmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:38:22 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20120a6636431970b200px-Legendsoffallposter

Legends of the Fall (1994): "Any movie with horses and a grand historical sweep this reviewer will invariably think is a metaphor for the American character."

Notes: I've been intrigued by director Ed Zwick's career since hearing an interview with him on KCRW's "The Treatment." May now work my way through his filmography, beginning with Defiance. 

]]>Legends of the Fall (1994): "Any movie with horses and a grand historical sweep this reviewer will invariably think is a metaphor for the American character." Notes: I've been intrigued by director Ed Zwick's career since hearing an interview with...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/11/one-sentence-movie-reviews-legends-of-the-fall.htmlRequired Reading: "Office Gossip, Vivienne Westwood, Free Fonts"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/NslunohAfVg/links-for-2009-11-07.htmlRequired Readingacademiabookreviewingbookscriticismdesignfontsgossiplibraries.typographyviviennewestwoodwallpaperworksmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:44:21 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20120a6613282970b
]]>Libraries in Canada are way nicer than in the U.S. -- Toronto Star Shock of the Century (via Arts Journal) (tags: books libraries architecture canada publicspace) Office Gossip Is now an area of rigorous academic study. via Arts Journal (tags:...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/11/links-for-2009-11-07.htmlLinks for 2009-11-07 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/CYJWc8exI7g/SmoklerSun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-11-07<ul> <li><a href="http://followthereader.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/book-reviewing-in-a-digital-world-followreader-recap/">Book Reviewing in a Digital World: A conversation between Lev Grossman and Carolyn Kellogg</a><br/> Two very smart people. Neat (via Follow The Reader.com</li> <li><a href="http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/vivienne-westwood-designs-wallpaper.html">Vivienne Westwood to design wallpaper - PSFK</a><br/> Probably looks great</li> <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/nov2009/id2009114_007778.htm">Innovation Lessons from the World Series - BusinessWeek</a><br/> Interesting take on innovation, change and our national pastime...</li> <li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/FZ1m3x_3cIY/">TechCrunch has a great rundown of free font sources</a><br/> A typographical orgasm...</li> <li><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/office_gossip_i.shtml">Office Gossip Is now an area of rigorous academic study.</a><br/> via Arts Journal</li> <li><a href="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/article/720733--library-2-0">Libraries in Canada are way nicer than in the U.S. -- Toronto Star</a><br/> Shock of the Century (via Arts Journal)</li> <li><a href="http://www.drive-intheatremuseum.org/">Drive-In Theatre Museum: Mason City, Iowa</a><br/> Rock on! (via cinematreastreasures.com)</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-11-07Did Ya Know? Who Funded the New Yorker?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/P6Yi8um1PlQ/did-ya-know-who-funded-the-new-yorker.htmlDid ya Know?bakingfleischmannfundingharoldrossmoneynewyorkerthenewyorkeryeastyeastsmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:03:31 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e2012875619223970cFirstnewyorkercover                 Fleischmann yeast


DYK? The seed money for the first issues of The New Yorker came from yeast. Not literal yeast but the heir of a yeast fortune.

Harold Ross was already a veteran journalist the early 1920s when he decided to create a humor magazine with a urban sensibility even though he didn't have a dime to do it. He approached Raul H. Fleischmann, scion to the Fleischman's Yeast (and later baking mixes and margarine) family about the venture. He agreed.

Much as Ross would spend the remainder of his life editing The New Yorker, Raul Fleischmann would spend the rest of his giving the magazine cash, nearly his entire inheritence worth, when it needed it.

Without him or his family's yeast, America's most beloved and respected magazine would probably not exist. No the next time you luxuriate over a great piece from this even greater periodical (and I like to do in the bathtub. And on the toilet), thank Mr. Fleischmann. And his yeast.

]]>DYK? The seed money for the first issues of The New Yorker came from yeast. Not literal yeast but the heir of a yeast fortune. Harold Ross was already a veteran journalist the early 1920s when he decided to create...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/11/did-ya-know-who-funded-the-new-yorker.htmlOne Sentence Movie Reviews: "A Serious Man" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/7htpiZybbE0/one-sentence-movie-reviews-a-serious-man-.htmlCinematically Speaking...adaptationaseriousmanchaboncinemacoenbroscoenbrothersfilmjewishjudaismmichaelchabonmovieyiddishpolicemensunionsmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:03:51 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20128755f2522970cAseriousman

A Serious Man (2009): "The most baffling thing about an already baffling universe is how to find happiness within it."

Notes: To my knowledge, the first Coen Brothers movie to contain overtly Jewish themes. Although it may very well be lapped by Michael Chabon's novel "Yiddish Policemen's Union" which the Coens have signed on to adapt.

]]>A Serious Man (2009): "The most baffling thing about an already baffling universe is how to find happiness within it." Notes: To my knowledge, the first Coen Brothers movie to contain overtly Jewish themes. Although it may very well be...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/11/one-sentence-movie-reviews-a-serious-man-.htmlRequired Reading: "Chocolate Vaccuum Cleaners, Brian Eno and Vice Preisdents"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/Bm5IE5r55tI/links-for-2009-11-03.htmlRequired Readingarchitecturebooksbrianenochocolateclassclutterdesigngenerationsinterviewinventionsinventorjamesdysonlibrarylongnowmemoirsmoneynestletwentiesvicepresidentswealthsmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:51:45 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20120a6a68cdb970c
]]>Library Transformed into a 24 Hour, Open Air, Community Space - PSFK Hot! (tags: library germany design architecture) Being in your twenties is overrated I self-servingly agree. (tags: age generations twenties) NY TImes interview with James Dyson, inventor of the...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/11/links-for-2009-11-03.htmlLinks for 2009-11-03 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/qv5m_dEb2jw/SmoklerWed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-11-03<ul> <li><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/style/2009/11/when-do-rich-kids-realize-theyre-rich.html">When Do Rich Kids Realize They're Rich? Vanity Fair on class awareness among children</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/literary-vices-with-rudolph-delson-edmund-muskies-journeys">Rundown of Memoirs by, eh Vice Presidents? -- The Awl</a><br/> Thrilling.</li> <li><a href="http://longnow.org/essays/big-here-long-now/">Brian Eno's essay introducing The Long Now Foundation</a><br/> via Steven Johnson</li> <li><a href="http://simpleorganizedlife.com/consolidating-down-to-a-single-laptop-computer/">Consolidating Down To A Single Laptop Computer Simple. Organized. Life.</a><br/> Man do I need to do this.</li> <li><a href="http://www.economist.com/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=14744982">Nestle is the world's biggest chocolate maker and isn't sorry about it. -- The Economist</a><br/> via Give Me Something to Read.com</li> <li><a href="http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/blown-away-a-gutenberg-moment-for-fans/">NY TImes interview with James Dyson, inventor of the Dyson Vaccuum</a><br/> via Subtraction.com</li> <li><a href="http://moschus.livejournal.com/126105.html">being in your twenties is overrated</a><br/> Here here!</li> <li><a href="http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/library-transformed-into-a-24-hour-open-air-community-space.html">Library Transformed into a 24 Hour, Open Air, Community Space - PSFK</a><br/> Hot!</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-11-03One Sentence Movie Reviews: "Tape" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/9Q4-cwVNCoE/one-sentence-movie-reviews-tape-.htmlCinematically Speaking...cinemafilmlinklatermotelmovietapesmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:14:33 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20120a676075d970cTape

Tape (2001): "There is a great film festival awaiting us containing only movies that take place in a single room."

]]>Tape (2001): "There is a great film festival awaiting us containing only movies that take place in a single room."http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/10/one-sentence-movie-reviews-tape-.htmlRequired Reading: "Bernie Madoff's Hookers, Dr. Pepper's Bling, Pac-Man Jesus Freaks"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/CbXFBw4PeWM/links-for-2009-10-21.htmlRequired Readingalamocinemaanimalsbiology pac-manbooksbusinessdrpepperhuffingtonpostmadoffmoviessodatexassmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:42:13 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20120a611649c970b
]]>The Alamo Drafthouse Movie Theatres will expand across Texas in 2010: Austin American Statesman via Cinema Treasures (tags: movies film alamocinema texas business) The most successful soda these days is...Dr Pepper? Business Week (tags: drpepper soda drink beverage business branding)...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/10/links-for-2009-10-21.htmlLinks for 2009-10-21 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/uVXnnaRu-Wg/SmoklerThu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-10-21<ul> <li><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/A-Theory-of-Critters-/48802/">&quot;Animals Have Rich Social Lives&quot; --The Chronicle of Higher Education</a><br/> Who knew? (via AL Daily)</li> <li><a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/10/suit-says-madoffs-offices-were-awash-in-cocaine-topless-waitresses-and-sexual-revelry.html">Suit says Madoff's offices were awash in cocaine, topless parties and 'sexual revelry' - USA Today</a><br/> Yeesh (via Fark.com</li> <li><a href="http://www.funny-city.com/cartoons/real-life-pacman.jpg?">Pac-Mac Explained: A cartoon</a><br/> Hilarious! (via Reddit.com)</li> <li><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-onthemedia21-2009oct21,0,768183.column">LA Times on Huffington Post's new Book Section</a><br/> via Arts Journal</li> <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_43/b4152059058374.htm?campaign_id=rss_innovate">The most successful soda these days is...Dr Pepper? Business Week</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/2009/10/06/1006alamo.html">The Alamo Drafthouse Movie Theatres will expand across Texas in 2010: Austin American Statesman</a><br/> via Cinema Treasures</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-10-21Thought of the Day: "Wonder" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/JclxHNSupxg/thought-of-the-day-wonder-.htmlThought of the Dayadvertisingchestertongkchestertonquoterorysutherlandtechnologytedwondersmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:51:12 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20120a5e67dcc970b"We are perishing not for lack of wonder but for lack of wonder."

--G.K. Chesterton (via Rory Sutherland).

]]>"We are perishing not for lack of wonder but for lack of wonder." --G.K. Chesterton (via Rory Sutherland).http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/10/thought-of-the-day-wonder-.htmlRequired Reading: "Monty Python, Old Growth, and Gender Blindness"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/xJXY1woPaOE/links-for-2009-10-13.htmlRequired Readingeconomicsgenerationsgooglereaderliteraryjournalsliteraturemediamontypythonmusicpublishingreadingrockclimbingworkwritingsmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:27:18 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20120a5e33601970b
]]>Secret features of Google Reader via Micropersuasion (tags: google googlereader text rss articles reading) Rock climbing is the only truly gender-blind sport: Double X (tags: sports gender rockclimbing athletics) What will our lousy economy do to the generation just entering...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/10/links-for-2009-10-13.htmlLinks for 2009-10-13 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/xaV8mwKAWx4/SmoklerWed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-10-13<ul> <li><a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6864371.ece?print=yes">The grim present and hopeful future of the Literary Journal: Times UK</a><br/> via AL Daily</li> <li><a href="http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2009/03/old-growth-media-the-aftermath.html">Stephen Johnson on Old Growth Media</a><br/> A must read....</li> <li><a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/2/">Pitchfork: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 20-1</a><br/> via Subtraction.com</li> <li><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2009/11/monty-python-200911">Christopher Hitchens on Monty Python's 40th Anniversary: Vanity Fair</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_42/b4151032038302.htm">What will our lousy economy do to the generation just entering the workforce? Business Week</a><br/> Scary. (via Give Me Something to Read)</li> <li><a href="http://www.doublex.com/section/life/rock-climbing-only-truly-gender-blind-sport">Rock climbing is the only truly gender-blind sport: Double X</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VduSHma--E">Secret features of Google Reader</a><br/> via Micropersuasion</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-10-13One Sentence Movie Reviews: "The Thief of Bagdad (1940)"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/z-FzDjbHtHo/one-sentence-movie-reviews-the-thief-of-bagdad-1940.htmlCinematically Speaking...afiafi400cinemaclassicmoviesfilmmoviemoviereviewsthiefofbagdadsmokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler)Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:17:10 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451bb5369e20120a5e1821d970bThiefofbaghdad

Thief of Bagdad (1940): "The lousy movie that inspired the better Aladdin."

Notes: Painful film #274 in my AFI 400 completion quest. 126 to go. Like passing a kidney stone.

]]>Thief of Bagdad (1940): "The lousy movie that inspired the better Aladdin." Notes: Painful film #274 in my AFI 400 completion quest. 126 to go. Like passing a kidney stone.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://www.kevinsmokler.com/2009/10/one-sentence-movie-reviews-the-thief-of-bagdad-1940.html2005 Kevin Smokler. If you want to mess with it, ask first.Kevin SmoklernonadultLinks for 2009-10-08 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/55IX2TTEdU8/SmoklerFri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-10-08<ul> <li><a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/10/books_do_furnish_a_life.html">Roger Ebert on a lifetime of reading...</a><br/> Beautiful...</li> <li><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/001njull.asp">A new book on the unmatched success of In-and-Out Burger: The Weekly Standard</a><br/> via AL Daily</li> <li><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Confessions-of-a-Middlebrow/48644">Maybe we shouldn't have given up middlebrow culture so easily: The Chronicle of Higher Education</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2009/tc20090922_896261.htm?campaign_id=rss_innovate">See all those Yahoo ads around? Is it a $100 million waste of money? -- Business Week</a></li> <li><a href="http://cinematreasures.org/index/P21862/">Pasadena, CA will soon have an all-recliner, cocktail service movie theater: Cinema Treasures</a></li> <li><a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1933-maya-lins-original-competition-submission">Sketches of Maya Lin's original submission for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a><br/> One very special memorial (via 37Signals)</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-10-08Links for 2009-10-01 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/DqG7M14aNDQ/SmoklerFri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-10-01<ul> <li><a href="http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200910-omag-kcrw-bookworm">KCRW's Bookworm Michael Silverblatt: America's Greatest Reader (Oprah.com)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/vc140.8a.jpg">Groucho Marx and T.S. Elliott used to be pen pals.</a><br/> How about that? (via Letters of Note.com)</li> <li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/sep/04/why-reading-dickens">Why Charles Dickens has never gone out of fashion: Guardian UK</a><br/> via AL Daily</li> <li><a href="http://www.miller-mccune.com/news/how-to-turn-your-kid-into-a-bully-1494">A new survey finds that most bullies begin life as victims</a><br/> Sobering. (via Arts Journal).</li> <li><a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/sales/salescolumnistmarkstevens/article203570.html">What customers want is your time, not your money: Entrepreneur.com</a><br/> via AllTop</li> <li><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/10/01/tarantino-promises-kill-bill-3/">Tarantino Promises Kill Bill 3 | /Film</a><br/> Super. Hooray. Oy. (via Original Signal)</li> <li><a href="http://5090.fawm.org/songs/4255/">Walkthrough of Zork set to music.</a><br/> Nerdarrific! (via Waxy.org)</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-10-01Links for 2009-09-28 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhereTheresSmoke/~3/Iy0TpHoslW8/SmoklerTue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-09-28<ul> <li><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2228717/">When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze? Slate Magazine</a><br/> via Arts Journal</li> <li><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/The-Rural-Brain-Drain/48425/">The Rural Brain Drain - The Chronicle of Higher Education</a><br/> A look at why talent is fleeing rural America. And why it is so desperately needed there. (via Give Me Something to Read.com)</li> <li><a href="http://www.aboxlife.com/">A Box Life | Tracking Cardboard boxes for re-use amnd recycling</a><br/> Neat! (via PSFK)</li> <li><a href="http://mediabistro.posterous.com/this-is-your-blog">This is your blog: Mediabistro's experiment in a Community Powered Blog</a><br/> Interested to see where this goes (via Micropersuasion)</li> <li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/subtraction/~3/BhlhhF6Afqg/notepods">Notepods: iPhone shaped notepads</a><br/> pretty dang cool (via Subtraction.com)</li> <li><a href="http://www.studiomuseum.org/">Studio Museum Harlem</a><br/> My new favorite New York Museum</li> <li><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/27/thinking_literally/?page=full">In praise of the metaphor. And the way it shapes our world: Boston Globe</a><br/> via AL Daily</li> <li><a href="http://www.modeldmedia.com/developmentnews/burtontheater0911509.aspx">New art house movie theater set to open in old Detroit elementary school</a><br/> Long overdue! (via Cinema Treasures)</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/Smokler#2009-09-28