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Archives for September 2015

Carly Fiorina, Untethered Gasbag’s Economic Adviser

September 28, 2015 by Jan Herman

Carly Fiorina

Here’s a blast from the past … so relevant today. Oh, and by the way: Fiorina Says, ‘I Received Only A $21 Million Severance Package — Not $42 Million’ EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

Going Whole Hog: The Prime Minister & the Pig’s Head

September 25, 2015 by Jan Herman

Illustration by Elena Caldera

The British press has been having a field day with tales of Prime Minister David Cameron’s crush on a pig during his student days at Oxford. Maybe “crush” is the wrong term. How about “necrophiliac oral sex.” My tireless staff of thousands doesn’t presume to know the gory details. But it has taken notice of […]

AC Institute Is Having a Launch Party

September 22, 2015 by Jan Herman

AC Institute Launch Party @ 16 East 48th Street, 4th Floor / September 23, 2016 / 6:30 p.m.

Listen to “Speed Bump 4 Eva.” My staff of thousands says it’s perfect music for the image. AC Institute christens its new space in midtown Manhattan. The event will feature a short reading by The Z Collection author Jan Herman followed by music from accomplished cellist Hamilton Berry. Publisher’s note: The Z Collection, a “time […]

LARB Video Interview: Miles on William S. Burroughs

September 21, 2015 by Jan Herman

William S. Burroughs [Drawing © by Gerard Bellaart]

Dunno how my tireless staff of thousands missed this. It’s as striking a summary of Burroughs’s life and writing as I’ve seen. His best biographer gives a sense of the man and his work that is very different from the public impression of him. Here’s a transcript of the first three minutes of the video: […]

Tripping With Andy

September 20, 2015 by Jan Herman

'The Trip: Andy Warhol's Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure' by Deborah Davis

‘It is Deborah Davis’s style to pan to a faraway object, complete its history, then cinematically bring it into the focus of the story. John Huston becomes cinema verité. Her style permits one to learn everything related to the trip. Even things Andy Warhol’s diarist didn’t know.’ By Charles Plymell “The Trip” it was … […]

From Fleet Street to Biafra . . . and to MI6

September 10, 2015 by Jan Herman

IT: International Time (The Newspaper of Resistance)

When I interviewed Frederick Forsyth in 1982, he spoke about his time as a BBC correspondent in Biafra during the late 1960s. He had predicted a genocidal race war there, but his editors didn’t want to hear about it. This led to his departure from Fleet Street and a two-year odyssey as a freelance reporter […]

John Lennon Sang It: ‘Imagine there’s no countries …’

September 6, 2015 by Jan Herman

No Borders . . . If Only

Posted at “Stop the War coalition”: For the first time in the post-World War II era, more than 50 million people are on the move — as refugees, asylum-seekers or internally displaced. They are mostly fleeing wars and upheaval of the West’s making. Instead of building walls and fences to keep them out, imagine there […]

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