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Letter to the Bank #41

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Nov 22, 2009, 8:21 am
Dear Mr. Bullrider, What, for goodness sake, is going on? What is all this business about helping homeowners (all of a sudden) by reducing the principle on their mortgages? It sounds too good to ...
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Art Magic continued

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Nov 21, 2009, 7:34 am
My plan to record all my lesson plans for the Art Magic sessions quickly met the roadblocks of not enough time or energy but the lessons went ahead. Two I record here as especially enjoyable: White W...
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Letter to the Bank #40

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Nov 21, 2009, 7:01 am
Dear BB, This is how I will be referring to you from now on. Addressing you as BM could be somehow misconstrued as an insult and the last thing I wish to do is drive you away. You are so much mor...
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26 Poems by Kenneth Patchen

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Nov 11, 2009, 11:31 am
Here is another beautiful jacket this time for a http://jacketmagazine.com/12/patch-smith.html Kenneth Patchen book. To say he is a much overlooked and under appreciated pre-beat poet (who w...
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Frank Rich Op Ed Nov 7th 2009

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Nov 8, 2009, 8:43 pm
"Americans don’t hate rich people, but they do despise those who behave as if the rules don’t apply to them." For more read his brilliant column in the New York Times most Sundays.Subscribe i...
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Bernard Williams

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Oct 28, 2009, 12:02 pm
I encountered Bernard Williams through the internet so I have not seen these in person (and he hasn't encountered me). He is part of a show at Rupert Ravens Fine Arts in Newark that features 24 So...
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Letter to the Bank #39

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Oct 26, 2009, 11:11 am
Dear BM, You know…I kind of wanted the big banks to fail. I did. I admit it. I am not saying this is a responsible “want” but it is true. In fact I REALLY wanted the banks, the banks that w...
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The Arts and the Economic Crisis, A Symposium

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Oct 21, 2009, 9:11 am
Overview - Lewis Center for the Arts It is difficult to find funding for the arts in the best of times, when the economy is comparatively robust; in a time of recession, it is even mor...
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Art Magic—Second Session

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Oct 10, 2009, 5:07 pm
DAY 2 (10.8.09-Jefferson) Portraits Without Worry Progressive drawing techniques I like to do drawing games. I think of them as a way of loosening up a bit like playing scales on the piano or stretc...
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Auction Houses Love Branding

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Oct 8, 2009, 8:36 am
Nicholas Forest writes about art and finance in his art market blog and here tells another tale of Art Market Branding. How much better to sell through an Auction House with the name Sotheby's tha...
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Letter to the Bank #38

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Oct 7, 2009, 9:47 am
Dear Bank Manager, I find myself thinking more and more about how you might look. When you read my letters do you look like this? I'm kidding. You are my personal bank manager with, as I...
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Art Magic—First Lesson

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Oct 6, 2009, 6:24 pm
Art Magic I’ve called my program of lessons Art Magic.  This is not because I am going to pull a painting out of a top hat, or have you painting pictures of people being sawn in half or doing...
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Art and Finance, do they go hand in hand?

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Oct 6, 2009, 8:19 am
As I settle down all too comfortably to read The Twelve Million Dollar Stuffed Shark, The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art, it quickly becomes apparent that the answer is a resounding Yes! This i...
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Letter to the bank #37

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Oct 1, 2009, 8:59 am
Dear BM, Who holds the Moral High Ground? What is that and how valuable is it? Isn’t this something worth examining? When countries sacrifice their moral high ground for lucrative armaments dea...
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Letter to the Bank #36

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 28, 2009, 1:18 pm
Dear Bank Manager, Walking past the crossing guard this morning he hailed me with: “Ah! The man with the money!” Naturally I responded (as any good citizen would) with: “Ha! Yeh, right! Whe...
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What is the difference between socialism and modern liberalism?

Russell Christian Sep 25, 2009, 2:05 pm
Let us dare to look at what is good and works in each and every system...capitalism, socialism, bruxism...
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a Typical Day in the Life of...#2 PART THREE

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 25, 2009, 1:53 pm
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a Typical Day in the Life of...#2 PART TWO

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 25, 2009, 1:30 pm
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A Typical Day in the Life of...#2 PART ONE

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 25, 2009, 11:08 am
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The Bouncy Banker Starts his Day

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 25, 2009, 11:05 am
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Financing Art

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 25, 2009, 9:45 am
Anthony Haden Guest on the art bridge finance group It was two years ago that Kristina McLean, a Canadian-born financial analyst in her early 20s, left Morgan Stanley in order to enter the art world....
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'The Color of Money' Exhibit Shows Artists' Interpretations of Wall Street -- New York Magazine

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 23, 2009, 2:55 pm
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A Typical Day in the Life of...PART TWO

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 23, 2009, 10:23 am
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A Typical Day in the Life of...PART ONE

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 23, 2009, 10:13 am
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Financial Crisis-a definition

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 23, 2009, 9:09 am
Financial Crisis- 1. Being monetarily in a bind. 2. Being in a state of fiscal paralysis. 3. Something most people suffer through for the bulk of their lives. 4. Something banks encounter (and only su...
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Gmail - Personal Finance: We're Not Out of the Woods Yet

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 20, 2009, 8:42 pm
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BODY PARTS:Chapter 8

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Sep 18, 2009, 4:04 pm
K had just come to the awkward conclusion that he was, in all likelihood, a cannibal. Over the years he’d eaten a lot of street meat and once it was covered in all those hot sauces and yoghurt sauce...
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Financial Advice From a Numerically Dyslexic Artist-2

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 18, 2009, 1:03 pm
Ever with an eye for the main chance my latest advice for fiscally embarrassed artists everywhere: Make Art! Why? Because, and I know we all forget this at times, Art is worth more than money. Hope t...
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World In (Total) Disarray

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Sep 18, 2009, 11:57 am
Featured in issue number 4 of NOZONE in which such graphic luminaries as Stephen Appleby, Peter Kuper, Steven Marcus, Ron Barrett and Santiago Cohen also waxed lyrical.
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The World In Disarray (From NOZONE 5)

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Sep 18, 2009, 11:02 am
This issue of NOZONE, as always published and edited by Nicholas Blechman, featured such fine artists as Jonathan Rosen, David Mazuchelli and, on the cover, Joost Swarte.
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Letter to the Bank #35

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 16, 2009, 9:19 am
Dear Banker, (Knocks on screen of video camera) Helloooo, you banker you! Anybody there… (Pauses) I’ll take a deep breath and start over. Sarcasm just isn’t attractive in any form. Do you rememb...
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A Devilish Look At The Financial Lexicon - Planet Money Blog : NPR

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 15, 2009, 6:10 pm
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Steve Bell on art and the financial crisis | From the Guardian | The Guardian

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 15, 2009, 7:54 am
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Bubble Watch

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 15, 2009, 7:47 am
Here begins an informal survey of the economic bubbles that have occurred, will occur, might occur, and the predictions prescient or not concerning such. Nobody yet is talking about the credit offers...
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Letter to the bank #34

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 15, 2009, 7:29 am
Dear Mr. Bank Manager, I am taking up a formal tone this morning as I have a formal proposition to make and for once it is entirely altruistic. I'm not asking you to buy my art, or bullying you w...
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New Fiscal Year Brings No Relief From Unprecedented State Budget Problems* — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 15, 2009, 7:25 am
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Financial Advice From a Numerically Dyslexic Artist-1

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 14, 2009, 11:13 am
Don't buy anything but necessities. Barter when possible. To satisfy those consumerist urges attend yard sales, car boot sales. stoop sales and Estate Sales. Make sure you buy at least one thing p...
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Joaquín Torres Garcia

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Sep 14, 2009, 9:52 am
JOAQUÍN TORRES-GARCÍA: CONSTRUCTING ABSTRACTION WITH WOODPaintings, drawings and a wide variety of wooden sculptures from the 1920s to the 1940s make up this show of works by Torres-García, the fou...
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Special Report - Contemporary art - At Last, Artists Harness the Internet - NYTimes.com

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Sep 14, 2009, 9:42 am
Special Report - Contemporary art - At Last, Artists Harness the Internet - NYTimes.com
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The Remorseful Banker

Russell Christian posted an article on Russell Christian's Bruxist Manifesto - Sep 14, 2009, 9:00 am
Has the time of the Remorseful Banker arrived?
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The Remorseful Banker

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 14, 2009, 8:58 am
Has the time of the Remorseful Banker come? No. Quite simply: No. It'll never happen. Be nice though.Subscribe in a reader
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THE BOUNCY BANKER-The Artists of The Universe Share their Economic Savvy

Russell Christian posted an article on The Bouncy Banker - Sep 12, 2009, 9:46 am
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About Me

I'm a one person art collective. One division works in the creative department where short stories are written, artists are reviewed, and art is made, and the other in the financial sector where angry, whiney, satirical letters are addressed to the Bank Manager, and art is dismayed...very dismayed.

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