To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits watching one of my films, it`s like getting a standing ovation. But one must remember that there is such a thing as good bad taste and bad bad taste.
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Talk Like An Opera Geek: Vocal Tricks And Trills : Deceptive Cadence »
Ever been to a cocktail party and feel totally lost when some know-it-all opera jerk spouts on about “the mezzo-soprano’s ornamentation in the cabaletta lacked a certain bel canto sensibility, and because of the high tessitura, she sounded like little more than a comedia dell’arte soubrette in her secco recitative.”
Fear not. Here, we give you some tools to help you fire back with opera jargon of your own and actually have some idea of what you’re talking about.
The old Cliff House as seen from Sutro Gardens in SF
The "original" Victorian-style Cliff House, built by Adolph Sutro and opened in January 1896 (and destroyed by fire in 1907) was actually the third structure built on the site. The second of these was partially destroyed by an explosion of dyanamite on a ship drifting below. In 1909 the second "new" Cliff House was opened, having been built by Adolph Sutro’s daughter. Various remodels in the 1940s and 1950s reflected the styles of those decades, and the present-day Cliff House was reconstructed in 2003 to resemble the 1909 neo-classical version.
circa 1900
Evelyn Nesbit, photographed by Orval Hixon, 1920
Maman, Louise Bourgeois.
Woman with Frill
Kees Van Dongen – 1911
Private collection
Painting – oil on canvas
Yves Saint Laurent
by irving penn
Yves Saint Laurent photographed by Jeanloup Sieff, 1971.
Yves Saint Laurent by Andy Warhol
I guess it’s fair to say: Coco Chanel gave women freedom,
Yves Saint Laurent gave women power.
Le smoking originale. 1966.
Yves Saint Laurent “Mondrian” dress
Yves Saint Laurent, 1963.
Yves Saint Laurent, 1962
Yves Saint Laurent at the Finale of Yves Saint Laurent s/s 1997 with Claudia Schiffer
amanda palmer
men
By the 1830s, Beau Brummell’s influence had been gone 10 years, and the Prince Regent, now the late King George IV is quickly forgotten. Black neck-wear has become the standard, full and skirted frock coats have become fashionable, and hessian riding boots have given way to shoes. Breeches are now a fashion faux pas and a new wave of revealing tight pants set the tone for the next twenty years.
Stockhausen Cartoons
