A Half-Assed Howard Beale or, The Crocodile Tears of a Clown
Sean MurphyRight now Paddy Chayefsky is: a. Rolling over in his grave b. High-fiving Peter Finch in heaven c. High-fiving Peter Finch in hell (where it's Happy Hour 24/7) d. All…
Next Up: Absinthe is the new Ginkgo biloba
Great news for all diligent web-surfers, I mean office workers, here. Check it out: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Google are good for you and increase productivity in the office: Study author Brent…
Got A Beef? Sure ‘Nuff ‘N Yes I Do
As T.S. Eliot portentously opined: April is the cruelest month. Apparently someone once pulled an April Fools' Day joke on him too. What's really sad is I saw this one coming almost…
Reaching the End of the Internet, One Affair At A Time…
So, I'm already married to the Internet, but this was so good I felt like I just cheated on her (and yes, the Internet is obviously a woman; no man could contain…
Get Your Goat or, Dancing With Mr. G.
Is 2009 going to be the year of the Goat? Let's hope so. And no, I'm not talking about the metaphorical goat, like the bonus babies at AIG or any…
Jim Webb: Still Fighting
Not a week ago I was thinking to myself how quiet, even absent from the scene, Jim Webb has been since the election. If there is one politician I'm not worried about…
The Strange Case of Dr. Dennis and Mr. Miller
Dennis Miller: The HBO Comedy Specials: Review from PopMatters 3/31/09: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/71771-the-strange-case-of-dr.-dennis-and-mr.-miller/ At issue is not whether Dennis Miller, after 9/11, lost his mind and starting cheerleading for Bush, Cheney and…
Steven Wilson: Appetite for Construction
To point out the superhuman scale Steven Wilson operates on is like pondering whether Donald Trump's hair is for real. Wilson, whose name you may not know, nevertheless recorded a new…
It Was 335 Years Ago Today: A Brief History of Jethro Tull (Both of Them)
Most people knew Jethro Tull had been around forever, but more than three centuries?? Oh. You mean the actual British dude, Mr. Tull, whom the progressive band was named after?…
Taking It To The Streets?
In today's NYT, Sudhir Venkatesh (author and Sociology professor at Columbia) contributes an op-ed entitled Too Down To Rise Up, In it he posits the intriguing, and depressing, theory that…