Weekend Flashback: Touched By The Tremendum
The Edge, By Terence McKenna, March 27, 1990 [Speculative, but what the heck…] First of all, I am delighted to be here. The great thing about being here in New York is you don’t have to worry if you’re...
View ArticleSaturday Jukebox – Rock and Roll…
Scott Simon interviewed Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo this morning, which suggests a theme… Rock and Roll! Let’s start with a little Patty Benatar: Continue with the Jett: and finish with something less...
View ArticleMatt Taibbi Leaving First Look
Naked Capitalism, By Yves Smith, October 29 Matt Taibbi has been missed. He went into a writing black hole when he decamped from Rolling Stone to Pierre Omidyar’s wannabe media empire, First Look in...
View ArticleEvil clown phenomenon sparks police Halloween warning
French authorities warn against trick-or-treaters carrying weapons as fancy dress shops refuse to sell clown costumes to teenagers The Independent, By Henry Samuel, October 31 Paris – French police...
View ArticleWeekend Jukebox! Spring (- any minute now, really)!
When a young man’s thoughts turn to… Ducks: Chucks: and F***s: What’s your favorite “Spring will be here any minute” music?
View ArticleA New ‘Wrinkle in Time’
Madeleine L’Engle’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ has sold 14 million copies since its publication in 1962. Now, a never-before-seen passage cut from an early draft is shedding surprising light on the author’s...
View ArticleCan Reading Make You Happier?
The New Yorker, By Ceridwen Dovey, June 9 Several years ago, I was given as a gift a remote session with a bibliotherapist at the London headquarters of the School of Life, which offers innovative...
View ArticleHow a Movement in Chile Is Transforming Film Worldwide
Wired, By Sam Fragoso, June 12 Chances are you haven’t heard much about The Stranger—it’s been hard to pick up any frequency other than “Jurassic” this week—but director Guillermo Amoedo’s unnerving...
View ArticleDiary
LRB, By Ben Lerner, June 18 In ninth grade English Mrs X required us to memorise and recite a poem and so I asked the Topeka High librarian to direct me to the shortest poem she knew and she suggested...
View ArticleFriday Catblogging Relationship Edition
Move over Ashley Maddison: Click ^image^ to discover inner peace. (only if there is coffee)
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