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It looks like i’m not the only guy to have figured out that the world works in cycles. Just look at the fashion industry—bell-bottoms have come and gone……….and come again. I’ve seen acid-wash jeans twice now. What’s next?–shoulder pads for womens’ jackets again?
Patrick Bedard is one of the old-hands at Car&Driver. This is one smart […]
. Nov 23, 2008
Filed under: Automotive, Pop Culture, long-term cycles, collector cars, depreciation, fads, in-fashion, inflation, market trends, muscle cars, out-of-fashion, Patrick Bedard, Pop Culture
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-jfkfade_22met.ART.State.Edition2.4a60df2.html
Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the assassination of JFK in Dallas. Networks aired the 1991 feature film “JFK” by Oliver Stone. I remember when it was released that it was draped in controversy, and accused of being a less-than-accurate rendition of what really happened. To this day, I don’t think anyone really knows what […]
. Nov 23, 2008
Filed under: Politics, Pop Culture, long-term cycles, Al-Quieda, assassination, Bill Clinton, black ops, CIA, Dallas, George W. Bush, inflation, inflection point, JFK, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, Kennedy, Lennon, Martin King, Martin Luther King, Obama, Oliver Stone, Osama Bin Laden, Robert Kennedy, Ronald Reagan
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I posted my prediction for a future black James Bond 007 earlier today. I guess I wasn’t the first to think of it.
One fellow blogger thought of it just a week ago:
http://j-rad.ca/2008/11/black-james-bond/
and,
http://www.iheartmusic.com/script2/print.php?page=/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html&article_id=4538441&feed_id=104668
Now, I’ll admit that when actors start espousing opinions on the economy, business, and politics, they should be tarred and feathered. But the art […]
. Nov 16, 2008
Filed under: Pop Culture, 007, black 007, black James Bond, british accent, colored 007, James Bond, Quantum of Solace
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I just watched Quantum of Solace last night at the theatres. (QOS is the latest installment of the James Bond Franchise.) Yes, I actually paid money to go see it, a slightly quaint concept given that only 30 hours of its North American release, three pirated free versions were available on-line on just one site for […]
. Nov 16, 2008
Filed under: Pop Culture, 007, Barack Obama, black James Bond, James Bond, QOS, Quantum of Solace, visible minority