Second City Cop (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The most "no" votes in a long time : The Chicago City Council voted 38-12 today to approve Mayor Richard Daley's $6.1 billion budget proposal largely intact, but not before aldermen offered a smattering of complaints. Complaints? Ald. Thomas Allen, 38th, announced he would vote against Daley's budget for the first time in his aldermanic career. Allen said the spending plan would fail to uphold...
Super Punch (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Thomas Allen shows that even vintage copies of Pride and Prejudice included zombies with a book-cut illustrationhe created for this article in United's inflight magazine. *Previously: Pulp covers by Thomas Allen . * Buy zombie toys at eBay .
Pepys' Diary (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Up, and to the office , where we sat all the morning. At noon rose and to my closet, and finished my report to my Lord Treasurer of our Tangier wants, and then with Sir J. Minnes by coach to Stepney to the Trinity House , where it is kept again now since the burning of their other house in London. And here a great many met at Sir Thomas Allen's feast, of his being made an Elder Brother; but he is...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Saying he was troubled by the actions of a colleague, Ald. Thomas Allen said today he wants to ban the hiring of relatives on a stealth payroll controlled by the City Council. Allen, 38th, cited a statement by Ald. Isaac Carothers, 29th, in a Nov. 19 Tribune story that revealed the use of the payroll account used to hire council members' relatives, campaign operatives and those with political baggage....
Clout St (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Posted by Hal Dardick at 9:05 p.m. Saying he was troubled by the actions of a colleague, Ald. Thomas Allen said today he wants to ban the hiring of relatives on a stealth payroll controlled by the City Council. Allen,...
Jane Austen's World (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I know, I know. I am writing about Austen monster mash-up’s again. Sick of it as much as me yet? Here’s an article in Hemispheres , United Airlines online magazine about one Janeite writer’s experience with a sales clerk while buying P&P (the original) at Borders Bookstore that inspired her to write about the swath of Austen inspired derivatives and her enduring popularity. While...
The Opera Audition (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
What I'm really enjoying is having post topics being driven by questions I'm asked at auditions or by e-mail. The question of who you are as a voice type being set in stone is an interesting one, and certainly a question that has implications for auditions. To give a quick (and probably predictable) response to this topic heading: it depends. If you look at any number of operas, you will see that there...
Pepys' Diary (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
(A holyday). Lay long; then up, and to the office , where vexed to meet with people come from the fleete at the Nore , where so many ships are laid up and few going abroad, and yet Sir Thomas Allen hath sent up some Lieutenants with warrants to presse men for a few ships to go out this winter, while every day thousands appear here, to our great trouble and affright, before our office and the ticket...
Shark and Shepherd (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
As I have shamelessly promoted here earlier, this Friday we are holding a conference on the past and future term of the Wisconsin Supreme Court at Marquette University Law School. If you are a lawyer in need of CLE or some one interested in the court or Wisconsin constitution, please come. I am in awe of the great lawyers who have agreed to participate. This week I'll post a little on the state constitution,...
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Though it was a cold, snowy night outside, Boston’s Paradise Rock Club warmly invited a diverse crowd to take in Drug Rug and Portugal. The Man . Indeed, observing the flannel-draped hipsters, tight-shirted fraternity boys, and the odd dreadlocked head, I realized the wide appeal of psychedelic, noise-heavy indie rock. Drug Rug took the stage first. Two songwriting, harmonizing Boston-area natives...
Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Get well soon, Maestro! Le Nozze di Figaro, Metropolitan Opera House 12/14/1985 Figaro..................Ruggero Raimondi Susanna.................Kathleen Battle Count Almaviva..........Thomas Allen Countess...
Paul in London (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
In a week packed full of culture and goings on, Tuesday night's trip to the opera to see Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi was a real treat. Well when giant cleavage greets you when you enter the theatre (it was on the curtain, not in the audience), you know it is going to be a bit of a fun evening. Both performances and productions were excellent. Director Richard Jones (who...
Pepys' Diary (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Up, and all the morning at the office , where none met but myself. So I walked a good while with Mr. Gawden in the garden, who is lately come from the fleete at the buoy of the Nore , and he do tell me how all the sober commanders, and even Sir Thomas Allen himself, do complain of the ill government of the fleete. How Holmes and Jennings have commanded all the fleete this yeare, that nothing is done...
Super Punch (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
A giant gorilla and other pulp mainstays star in these ads by Ogilvy for the Ford Ranger. The illustrations are by Mark Thomas. *Previously: Thomas Allen's most recent modified pulp art . * Buy pulp magazines at eBay .
New Haven Independent (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Etta Mae Allen, 90, of New Haven, departed this life September 26, 2009. She was the widow of George Thomas Allen, Jr. Born in Hawkinsville, GA, July 24, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Lucious and Martha McBurrows. Prior to retiring, she was employed for 20 years at the V.A. Medical Center as a Dietary Aide and was also a member at St. Matthew's UFWB Church. She leaves to cherish her memory,...
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