Watchin' The Detectives

                                                                                             "Paradise Found: Islamic Architecture and Arts" 2005, Channel Four Television Corporation Presenter: Waldemar Januszczak    This is the first entry in our blog from a presenter I have grown to love, Waldemar Januszczak. Plucky. Punk. Opinionated. Hysterical. Poet. Humanist. Art Critic. There's a lot of words that you could use to describe his style of presenting, but I think "punk" probably fits the bill well enough. Because of him, I have gained quite a bit of reverence (and revulsion) in what the world knows as "High Art." Waldemar doesn't pull any punches, but he never over steps the bounds into bigoted or insensitive remarks. His depth of knowledge on...

                                                                                                                          Dread Broadcasting Corporation flyer 1982                                                     Credit: Dread Broadcasting Corporation "The Last Pirates: Britain's Rebel DJs"  2017, BBC, Director: Jaimie D'Cruz  You may already know about pirate radio in the UK, whether from reading about it, or maybe you saw movie dramatization such as the 2009 film: "The Boat That Rocked." But that's not even half of the story. The first pirate st...

"Marco Polo: The Chinese Mystery Revealed" By: Nat Geo, 2004 With Mike Yamashita Runtime: 1 Hour, 10 mins.                                                                                                By Salviati - http://urbanesalonanddayspa.com/15fa8o-marco-polo.org-cheap, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52252778   I'm going to take a break today from "The History of Weapons" series, just to break it up a bit (and so I can get the rest of the parts written, ha!) So I'm going be taking a look at Nat Geo's "Marco Polo: The Chinese Mystery Revealed." With a run-time of an hour and ten minutes, it covers a lot of ground. Quite literally. It follows Nat Geo photographer Michael Yamashita from the rumored Venice home o...