From 1929 to 1931, MGM Pictures produced nine “Dogville Comedies.” These movies featured all-dog casts and parodied the major films of the day (one was called “So Quiet on the Canine Front”). Voice overs were provided primarily by the films’ directors, Jules White and Zion Meyers. Supposedly the studios used taffy and fishing line to[…]
Matthew Baldwin, of defective yeti fame, wrote an awesome remembrance-of-dogs-past this week in The Morning News: Before I joined the Peace Corps, I thought I knew dogs. Loveable. Loyal. Affable. Man’s best friend. In Bolivia, I met dogs: the canine id—not the superego-in-a-sweater I see today at my local suburban dog park.
Our new favorite band is Dr. Dog. We saw them play last night. They performed really well for a bunch of bearded guys wearing funny hats and sunglasses. We were really impressed by their live rendition of the hit song “The World May Never Know” (from Easy Beat). We know little about Dr Dog. Our[…]
Though she’s primarily famous (around these parts) for this commissioned portrait of a certain dashing mutt named “Lucky,” our buddy, former collegiate school-mate, and super-talented designer/photographer/painter Jane Mount turned up on Oprah yesterday in a profile about home makeovers. To see what Jane did to her 645 square foot apartment that got Oprah’s attention, go[…]
Last night on Nova we watched Dogs And More Dogs, which had some great footage of a wide variety of dogs paired with commentary from their owners. From the transcript: MAN WITH ROTTWEILER: He is so smart, he is so obedient. MAN WITH BULLDOG: He’s a beautiful, beautiful dog. WOMAN WITH BASSET: The best thing[…]
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