Monthly Archives: April 2007

Orgiastic Dancing in Progress: A Spartan Women Miscellany

Posted on April 11, 2007 by ubu507

Orgiastic Dancing in Progress: A Spartan Women Miscellany   Castor and Pollux were reputed to have taught the Spartans a special dance that the maidens performed annually. Girls and women also performed lewd dances in honor of Artemis, celebrating her … Continue reading →

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American Detective by Loren D. Estleman

Posted on April 10, 2007 by ubu507

American Detective, Loren D. Estleman, Forge, $24.95   Amos Walker’s client in Loren Estleman’s American Detective is a former major league pitching star and it’s tempting to see Estleman in the same way – except that there’s no former about … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Welcome to the Jungle

Posted on April 7, 2007 by ubu507

POLICE BEAT   Police: Intruder mistaken on house When Ann Arbor Police found a drunken intruder in a campus-area home early today, he was face down on a stranger’s bed – with no shoes or shirt – and thought he … Continue reading →

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Pink Flag by Wire

Posted on April 6, 2007 by ubu507

Run Up the Pink Flag, Me Hearties   Back in ‘77 we were spoiled – in those days it seemed like you could just pick up the latest hot English record and be blown away. Not that it wasn’t an … Continue reading →

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Adolescence and Die Brucke

Posted on April 4, 2007 by ubu507

It, too draws upon adolescence as a liminal state of heightened sensitivity, conflict and unresolved yearnings…The Brucke works do not represent them merely as undeveloped versions of adults, nor are they sentimentalized. Instead, they have a disconcerting character stemming from … Continue reading →

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Maidens’ Song

Posted on April 3, 2007 by ubu507

For she herself is conspicuous, As if one set among the herds, A strong horse with thundering hooves, A champion from dreams in caves   – Alcman, Partheneion

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