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The Author Guy, Shakespeare in N.J.!

October 23rd, 2009 · 10 Comments

I think we all remember that famous line from Othello: “The fug are you lookin’ at, ya fuggin mook?” Which seems to be written just for the New Jersey Shakespeare Company. Well, those fuggin mooks have invited me to invite you to a reading of scenes of Fool, by real fuggin actors, interspersed with anecdotes […]

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School of Mime, Angry Lost Cat

September 25th, 2009 · 14 Comments

First, on a light post in Auvers, France. A lost kitty poster… On the Alexandre III bridge — the clear danger of pissing off the sculpture… In the late 19th Century, there was a lot of public art, both in France and in England, that personified different industries. It’s like the ruling class just went, […]

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French Dead Guys and Whatnot

September 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments

So, I visited The Pantheon, which is the place where France keeps many of it’s famous dead guys. It cost like $12 to get in, so I was really hoping for a cool animatronic display of famous dead guys, with maybe Jules Verne driving Captain Nemo’s Nautilus and Marie Antoinette getting guillotined every quarter hour […]

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The Author Guy Improves Art and Architecture in Paris

September 23rd, 2009 · 9 Comments

You can’t throw a stick in Paris without hitting a Gothic Cathedral (which, by the way, they are totally touchy about, so if you can control yourself, don’t throw a stick while in Paris), and at each cathedral, there is an array of gargoyles, which were, back in the day, used to direct rainwater away […]

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Making Fun of Sculpture

September 17th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Bon Jour. Today more art from Paris,  my dusty love rodents. Come now, enjoy culture, the beauty, creepiness that is public art in Paris… IN Jardin des Tuileries (or Garden of Tiles, which, we in the U.S. call, The Mall). This one of the many statues that depict athletics. Our open field running rocks when […]

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French Stuff: A Complete Guide

September 7th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Here’s some stuff that I’ve seen lately, out and about in Paris, for those of you who don’t get the Twitter feed, and some stuff that wasn’t on there. First, if you’re on the Left Bank of the Seine, and you’re looking for a little fast Greek Food, What Do You Want? That’s RIGHT! When […]

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The Adventures of Bear Blanc, Polar Bear Francais

September 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments

ONE DAY AT THE MUSEE D’ORSAY…

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Art History from Paris- An American In Paris 6

September 2nd, 2009 · 16 Comments

A Note from your host, Sac Poubelle: Today, my greasy chipmunks, we will have a visit to the Louvre, and I will have to lose my outRAGEous French accent, and along with it, my magnificent animal charm, non? I will let the pig dog Author Guy guide you through our treasures d’art. Commencé imbiceel d’livre. […]

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Learn Friggin French with Sac Poubelle

August 26th, 2009 · 20 Comments

Bon Jour, le bitches, it is I, your professeur, Sac Poubelle, with some observations from the Bastille Farmers’ market, and your first French lesson. But you say, “Mais mon ami, Sac, your French is, how you say, shit, how can you you teach us?” You see, my little love piggies, I have been doing the […]

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A Revolutionary Froggy Snog Blog

August 23rd, 2009 · 11 Comments

So, I think we all know from A Tale of Two Cities, that the French Revolution was the worst of times, and that it all started by the storming of the Bastille, the great medieval prison on the right bank in Paris. So I went there today, totally pumped to see the guillotine guys out […]

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