That was sort of the question posed by Tyler Cowen to David Salle, an artist and writer on Conversations with Tyler podcast that I recently listened to. Now, before i got into Salle’s answer, perhaps we should raise another question–namely, what does developing or having good taste even matter? I think this is a good question, and I’ll take a stab at an answer. But let’s get to Salle’s answer.
2021-2022 NFL Playoffs: Conference Championships
Bengals at Chiefs
49ers at Rams
Notes on the Highest Grossing Albums in the U.S.
I’m leading a discussion on the top 40 highest grossing albums in the U.S. This is a thread to write notes and discuss the albums. (Note: This list comes from wikipedia. However, some albums that the discussion group already listened to. In such cases, we choose the next highest album on the list.)
Notes on Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
This book is a collection of essays by Tolentino, a staff writer at the New Yorker.
The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
This is a thread for the three-part film (streamed on the Disney channel)–The Beatles: Get back, a Peter Jackson documentary, assembling footage from 1969, while the Beatles worked on new songs for a live performance. Eventually, I believe, some or much of the music appeared on Let It Be, and Abbey Road. (Some like “Don’t Let Me Down” may have become a single.)
Math Corner 2
Here’s a new thread, since the other one is now pretty full.
2021-2022 NFL Playoffs: Divisional Round
Saturday
6 San Francisco at 1 Green Bay
4 Cincinnati at 1 Tennessee
Sunday
4 Los Angeles at 2 Tampa Bay
3 Buffalo at 2 Kansas City
Hey! Check This Out! (2022)
A thread for links you think others should check out.
2021-2022 NFL playoffs: wild card round
Saturday, 1-15
5 Las Vegas at 4 Cincinnati
6 New England at 3 Buffalo
Sunday, 1-16
7 Philadelphia at 2 Tampa Bay
6 San Francisco at 3 Dallas
7 Pittsburgh at 2 Kansas City
Monday 1-17
5 Arizona at 4 Los Angeles Rams
Lowest remaining seeds play at Green Bay and Tennessee.
Great Cover Art (Books, Albums, DVDs/Blu-Rays)
My son is in graphic arts class now, and he has to design a book cover. I want to expose him to really good cover art. Please post and discuss some of the your favorite cover art.
Here’s Barnes and Nobles’s top ten cover art of all time.