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July 15, 2010
Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
July 12, 2010
Harvey Pekar, RIP
Cleveland has just suffered a greater loss than Lebron James. The great comics writer, Harvey Pekar, is dead at age 70. Pekar chronicled the lives of working men and women in his beloved Cleveland. Harvey wrote many things besides his best known comic, but if you want to know what makes him special, I'd start with his American Splendor, the work that inspired the movie by the same name. I got to know Harvey a little, especially during the period when he made his legendary appearances on David Letterman's show:
But Harvey was not a buffoon. He was a talented writer whose personal eccentricities harmed him more than others. His work will last.
July 07, 2010
Father-Son Genius
[Thanks to Michael Feldman]
June 27, 2010
Country Hip-Hop
It's sweeping the country!
[Thanks to John DiBartolo]
June 21, 2010
Happy 68th, BW
June 11, 2010
Could You Care Less?
We pondered this subject in Who Put the Butter in Butterfly?
Here's a different take by David Mitchell:
June 06, 2010
24 Hours at Alinea
A day in the life of this Chicago temple of molecular gastronomy.
June 01, 2010
Survivor Contract
Andy Dehnart, at Reality Blurred, published a contestant's contract. If you value your privacy, it might not be the show for you.
May 28, 2010
The Power of Editing...
...and music. Here's the official teaser ">trailer for 500 Days of Summer:
And here's the reboot, ">as a thriller:
May 26, 2010
Greyson Chance
">I'm getting older or they're getting younger.
May 21, 2010
Before Idol -- Crystal Bowersox at Age 13
May 16, 2010
Gorilla Love
">Damian Aspinall and his old friend.
[Thanks to Andrew Sullivan]
May 12, 2010
A Reporter for the NY Times Gets Kicked Out of a Fancy Restaurant
More than 300 people have responded to the blog post, and seem evenly divided over whether the blogger was wrong to go into the restaurant kitchen and tell off the chef in the presence of his staff.
May 11, 2010
Sioux City Rocks
Sort of.
[Thanks to Michael Feldman]
May 09, 2010
The Perfect Last-Minute Mother's Day Gift?
May 06, 2010
First Family and Barbecue
[Thanks to Blaine Greenfield]
The Axis of Awesome
[Thanks to Brian Rose]
May 02, 2010
Timm Gunn Critiques Superhero Costumes
Is Batman Fashion Forward?
April 29, 2010
Maybe I Shouldn't Have Bought a Macbook...
...and invested my money directly in Apple?
April 28, 2010
Chocolate Bread
April 22, 2010
The Best Scene in Movie History?
April 18, 2010
Edible Flags
[Thanks to Jeremy Osner]
April 12, 2010
A Passionate Defense of the Hyena
Someone besides us has to do it.
April 11, 2010
Passive-Aggressive Commercial of the Day
Cullman Liquidation
April 05, 2010
Bob Garfield's Last Advertising Age Column
Advertising Age's most popular columnist, hangs it up after 25 years. Good reading.
April 04, 2010
Project Peepway
Happy Easter. Make it work!
[Thanks to Susan Thomas]
March 29, 2010
Why Spellcheck Just Won't Do
Funniest Newspaper Corrections.
And there's more here.
[Thanks to Mark Evanier]
March 24, 2010
"The Wire" as Text
In today's Slate, Drake Bennett chronicles the college courses about The Wire.
March 21, 2010
Life
The Discovery Channel is "roadblocking" its sequel to Planet Earth, pre-empting regular programming on all of Discovery's owned channels (e.g., TLC, Animal Planet) tonight. I've seen the first episode, Challenges of Life, which airs tonight at 8:00 E.S.T.)and can confirm that if you liked Planet Earth and are interested in animals of all kinds, you won't find too many more compelling shows on TV, especially in high-def. If you don't have high-definition TV at home, barge in on your friends. Immediately after the first hour of Life stay tuned for the second, "Reptiles and Amphibians."
March 16, 2010
Best of Chat Roulette
