Yes, so I’m reading Zinn now
Posted on July 3, 2008 - Filed Under
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WikipediaSo said a lanky junior Illinois congressman about the war not started on his watch:
The declaration that we have always opposed the war, is true or false accordingly as one may understand the term ” opposing the war.” If to say ” the war was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the President,” be opposing the [...]
Sunday Serial
Posted on January 12, 2008 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentI skipped out on the Chabon serial, but I’ll got in on the new Benjamin (John Banville) Black series: The Lemur.
Read More..>>where was i again?
Posted on July 19, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIn the last couple of years, I’ve started a few books that I was thoroughly enjoying but for various reasons1 I did not finish. Of these, there are 3 that I am going to try and finish. In sequence of the amount I was enjoying them when last put down:
The Recognitions
Underworld
Infinite Jest
I am pretty sure [...]
Read More..>>back in the saddle
Posted on May 10, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentLast weekend (the 5th of May for those scoring at home), I went to North Beach for the first time in a while. I guess I tend to steer clear because it can be a little crowded with enough tourists & striped shirts to dissuade me — my own feeble hangups, I know. Regardless, a [...]
Read More..>>Omaha Blues
Posted on February 8, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentI’m about halfway through the paperback of former NY Times executive editor Joseph Lelyveld’s Omaha Blues: A Memory Loop. So far, so good -though Omaha doesn’t play many roles in this memoir other than being the place Lelyveld defines himself as being from (no small role, though) - a memory of being from somewhere [...]
Read More..>>Zing of the week
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentA few days late on this review of the Leary biography:
In addition, the book provides a crash course in several aspects of 60’s culture: its often gaseous rhetoric, its reliance on mahatmas and soothsayers, its endless bail-fund benefits and sometimes dubious appeals to conscience, its thriving population of informers, its contribution to the well-being of [...]
Rainy Saturday in the Office
Posted on April 8, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentMets are rained out, so my fantasy diversions have waned for the moment.
Maybe get some caffeine to make me focus on the task at hand. Look at this, my ten dollar bill is from 1950. Hmm, wonder if its worth anything…
Yeah, I didn’t see that one coming.
Nice stache–just who is this MojoMan anyway, beyond a [...]
What I found during this afternoon’s conference call…
Posted on January 20, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentPrank phone calls:
3Â Â You Got My Daughter Pregnant
Your victim’s number has been found by Dad, he’s convinced that your victim is the Father of his daughter’s baby and he wants revenge.
Paris Hilton’s Deposition:
When asked if she knew his last name, Hilton replied: “It is like a weird Greek name. Like Douglas.”
Falafel’s uncertain origin:
Recent culinary trends have [...]
Politics in 60 seconds
Posted on November 8, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentAfter President Bush’s disastrous visit to Latin America, it’s unnerving to realize that his presidency still has more than three years to run. An administration with no agenda and no competence would be hard enough to live with on the domestic front. But the rest of the world simply can’t afford an American government this [...]
Read More..>>History Hardly Stops
Posted on October 27, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentJust as the Voice is being purchased by Big Media, it celebrates its fiftieth year. Lots of nice covers, but moreso the select articles throughout the fifty years of cool, from the beats to the hippies to the new generation:
History hardly stops. Disco in the ’70s is in revolt against rock in the ’60s. [...]
Goldberg, etc…
Posted on October 18, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentMyla Goldberg gets to the A the Q’s at Powell’s. Including an endorsement for J.G. Farrell’s The Siege of Krishnapur, which I heartily second.
Says Goldberg:
Old author: J. G. Farrell — I’ve only read one book by this guy — The Seige of Krishnapur — but it’s one of the best books I’ve read in [...]
The mid-naughts,the Post-Irving Years
Posted on October 7, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentFrom this week’s New Yorker:
IRVING PLAZA
17 Irving Pl., at 15th St. (212-777-6800)—Oct. 5: Bob Mould’s first band, the post-punk trio Hüsker Dü, had a sizable influence on bands like Nirvana and Green Day. After it broke up, in 1987, Mould had a solo career, briefly fronted another band, Sugar, and then spent much of the [...]
