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Monthly Archives: July 2006

Nobrow…

16-Jul-06

…made manifest. Thaaaat’s right. Christie’s is gleefully promoting a Star Trek memorabilia auction for this October. At first I couldn’t decide if this was more Meta than Nobrow … but no, Meta is more like this. Now that I’ve processed the news, I dare John Seabrook to find a better example for his thesis than [...]

Old English Monsters in Town

13-Jul-06

It was a night of high/lowbrow on Tuesday, when Better Half and I attended the much-anticipated premiere of the Elliot Goldenthal/Julie Taymor opera, Grendel, after which we rushed home to watch the TiVo’d All-Star Game like a couple of rabid blue & orange body-painters. I’m sure everyone’s had their fill of the game by now, [...]

Old English Monsters in Town

13-Jul-06

It was a night of high/lowbrow on Tuesday, when Better Half and I attended the much-anticipated premiere of the Elliot Goldenthal/Julie Taymor opera, Grendel, after which we rushed home to watch the TiVo’d All-Star Game like a couple of rabid blue & orange body-painters. I’m sure everyone’s had their fill of the game by now, [...]