When The New York Times announced that Which prompted a friend to ask two questions: 1) “Hasn’t America suffered enough from the actions of these nut-jobs?” And 2) “Is Kristol the Times’ move in anticipation of the Murdochization of The Wall Street Journal, sort of the way CNN moved to the right to counter Fox […]
Archives for 2007
Before I Forget
Here’s a tale you won’t find in It was the winter of 1970, probably in February. I’m not sure of the exact date. It must have been around the time that Tom Hayden and four others of the Chicago Seven were convicted of inciting a riot in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The place […]
A Christmas Tale
Once upon a time at THE DAILY NEWS I wrote a story called “Christmas on the Bowery.” It began like this: “Monsignor John Ahern, the redoubtable Skid Row priest, is expecting 800 guests Sunday for an early Christmas dinner.” Most will arrive from a dozen grandly named flophouses along the Bowery — the Palace, for […]
The Year in Roadkill
Like every two-bit journalist at this time of year, I grabbed a look over my shoulder to see what was left behind. It was uglier than roadkill. The mush rush of the past 12 months turned my stomach. Here’s shitty reminder. Which is where
Liam O’Gallagher, R.I.P.
Sri Aurobindo, the yogi master whose teachings he greatly admired. (E.g.: “An inch of experience goes farther than a yard of logic.” “The example is more powerful than the instruction.” “Yoga means a change of consciousness; a mere mental activity will not bring a change of consciousness, it can only bring a change of mind.”) […]
Rupe Says ‘Nope’
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Your Pen vs. Their Sword
If this video doesn’t illustrate the power of a signature, nothing does: Today, as Human Rights Day and the culmination of Q&A. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit
Our Man of the Year
“aieeeeee,” sez un buen amigo, “el keith es un hombre con cojones gigantescos!” Yes, Keith Olbermann still sizzles. His latest special commentary, an here and BnnRpbi
Mad Magazine + Tom Hayden = SDS
“Students for a Democratic Society, A Graphic History,” a new book due out in January from Hill and Wang. “My own radical journey began with Harvey Pekar and comics and politics at The Graduate Center, CUNY, on Monday — Dec. 10 — which also marks International Amnesty International Global Write-a-Thon. Pekar is best known for […]
A Taste of ‘The White Beast’
It’s an excerpt from William Osborne’s 50-minute music video, trailer for the video, which gives a broader sample of the work. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit
Ppffshaw!
She’s making me blush. I don’t usually get admiring emails from law profs. Hi Jan — I just wanted to introduce myself, having followed your blog with great interest. My name is Sonia Katyal, and I am a law professor who specializes in the area of art, law and technology at Fordham Law School in […]
William Burroughs Gives Thanks
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Just for the Record
I have no idea how many readers wrote to tell them. But I know of at least one. This was my email message to The New York Times Book Review: (“Chelsea Mornings,” Oct. 28) Mr. Burroughs wrote the manuscript at the Villa Muniria in Tangier (at 1 Calle Magallanes, where Jack Kerouac typed up an […]
Overlooked and Undersung
It is a delicious irony of life in New York to ride the subway during the morning rush hour with Dave Frishberg’s “Quality Time” playing on your iPod Among other things, they offer an eyeful on the not small matter of prevarication, which some would submit is the issue of our time. Have a look […]
Are We Still Counting?
The Cost of the War in Iraq (JavaScript Error)
Skulls & Bones
The Ghost in Their Machine
John McWhinnie@Glenn Horowitz Bookseller through Oct. 13 on Manhattan’s Upper East Side — comes as something of a surprise. Their work is not high on the list of swank art collectors. Hell, I’d be surprised if it’s on the list at all. And I don’t think McWhinnie’s Peter Plagens said to me about a Nelson […]