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Infinite Art Tournament: the Life and Times of Michael5000

http://michael5000.blogspot.com/

Located in Portland

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A blog about art, books, movies, boring postcards, Shakespeare, Elements, saints, quilts, maps, music, maps, and the personal adventures of Michael5000. Home of the Infinite Art Tournament.

Jean-Michel Basquiat1960 - 1986American Defeated Georg Baselitz in Round 1. 

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Last night, I pulled the plug on my Facebook account. Since then, I've got several people who are all like “Aw, why’d ya do it, 5000?” and others who are all like “Dude, lame!”  So, I figured maybe I’d try to cobble together an explanation. And a cobbled-together explanation it will be!First o

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Bernini v. Beuys

Gianlorenzo Bernini1598 - 1680Italian

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Saint of the Month: Saint Berlinda of Meerbeke!

Saint Berlinda of MeerbekeAKA:

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The Biscuits of Mongolia: #8

The biscuits of Mongolia project is an endeavor of L&TM5K Ambassador to the Post-Soviet Fringe Meaghan. It is republished here by permission.

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Hey!  It's the 1503rd Post!Are you staying up tonight to see in the new month?  No?  Well, today is the day of reckoning for my inaugural month-to-month g

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Michael5000 vs. Shakespeare: Othello (San Francisco Ballet, 2002)

The Ballet: Othello. Directed by: Lar

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Bellotto v. Bellows

Bernardo Bellotto1721 - 1780Venetian; worked internationally

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Flag Friday XXXX

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The Hometown5000 Trove of December 2011

Shortly after I began to

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The Wednesday Quiz was accused of corrupting an entire generation

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 2: Balla v. Balthus

Giacomo Balla1871-1958ItalianDefeated Hans Baldung in Round 1. 

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Introducing… The "Infinite Art Tournament!"

This blog, formerly the Life & Times of Michael5000, was renamed (or “rebranded” in the parlance of our times) in December, and is now called Infinite Art Tournament. Many readers have already noticed the change. Longtime reader Chuckdaddy sure did!I am very opposed to the name ch

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When I resolved to do daily sets of push-ups to match the date this month, there were some skeptics!  Or at least one.  It was regular IAT(fL&TM5K) reader Jenners.  She said the following, which I am

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Giovanni Bellini v. Bellmer

Giovanni Bellinic.1434 - 1516Venetian

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In a recent comment, regular IAT(fL&TM5K) reader dhkendell remarked:I must have missed the post where he [meaning me, Michael5000] said that 1000 artists will be considered. In fact, I think I missed where he explains this whole thing altogether! Well, truth be told, dhkendel

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Michael5000 is chatting casually with his co-worker, a young Hindi-speaking woman.Michael5000: I've been reading a detective novel from India.  I'm learning some Hindi words, but I don't think they are very nice Hindi words.Co-Worker: What do you mea

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The Wednesday Quiz's topics include the laws of sacrifice

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Element of the Month: Iridium!

January's Element of the Month:Iridium! Ir77Atomic Mass: 192.217  amuMelting Point: 2466 °CBoiling Point: 4428 °CIridium is a

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Happy MLK Day!

Human salvation lies in t

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Beckmann v. Bellini

Max Beckmann1884 - 1950German; worked in Netherlands and U.S.

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Flag Friday XXXIX

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Biscuits of Mongolia: #7

The biscuits of Mongolia project is an endeavor of L&TM5K Ambassador to the Post-Soviet Fringe Meaghan. It is republished here by permission.

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The Wednesday Quiz is a contemporary classic of mesmerising narrative conviction

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 2: Audubon v. Bacon

John James Audubon1785-1851AmericanDefeated Frank Auerbach in Round 1. 

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The Bins Trove of December 2011

I've made several trips to the legendary "Bins" lately -

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Beauneveu v. Beccafumi

Andre Beauneveuactive 1361, died c.1402French

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Element of the Year 2011!!!

All throughout 2011, a parade of earnest, hopeful elements did their best to dazzle you with their essential natures, all of them dreaming of joining 2010's Oxygen to become our Second Element of the Year.  And now, with the voting over, with Terbium and Thallium bravely trying to smile while they are cry th

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Did you get any awesome loot for Christmas this year?  I sure did.  For one thing, I got lots of socks and other things of a practical bent.  Which was terrific.But then, I was also given a smashing trove of exquisitely impractial material related to the subject matter of this blog!  To the e

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