Blog Heap o'Art of Links 21 October 2016

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Links regarding art of all types
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copyright, media, illusion, and pop culture.

Art of

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Nicholas Brothers
Bluebird of Bitterness Fri 2016-Oct-21 9:37pm

…This dance sequence from the 1943 film Stormy Weather has Fayard and Harold doing their unique amalgam of tap, gymnastics, and acrobatics to “Jumpin’ Jive” by Cab Calloway. No less an authority than Fred Astaire called this the greatest movie musical number he had ever seen.…

Pop Culture

The Mainstreaming of Tattoos
Ladyfingers Fri 2016-Oct-21 11:20am

…There are a number of things that annoy me about the proliferation of tattoos.…

Well-written (warning: adult language) critique. From 2008, still timely.