and they didn’t so he died

Posted on October 25, 2006 - Filed Under Birth, Death, Music, Writers | Leave a Comment

By way of Books, Inq, I see today is the late John Berryman’s birthday. Since Sgt. Schultz knows more about poets than I do, I admit not knowing about him until a Hold Steady show in San Diego last year. But better late than never, no? the devil and john berryman took a walk together [...]

Clicks and Hisses

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Death, Film, Music, Religion | Leave a Comment

The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn in an interview at the Star Tribune: being a Saul Bellow fan, I was drawn to the fact that Bellow called him [John Berryman] America’s greatest writer,” Finn said. “He became Minneapolis’ most famous suicide. He also had converted to Catholicism before his death. In my mind, all that added [...]

Buck O’Neil

Posted on October 9, 2006 - Filed Under Death, Sports | Leave a Comment

The Kansas City Star has put together a special section (available online) in their Sunday edition in memory of Buck O’Neil who passed away this weekend. MLB.com also has some multi-media links.

Can you spot the difference?

Posted on June 19, 2006 - Filed Under Death | Leave a Comment

Florida dog calls 911: receives award; owner lives. Detroit youth calls 911: gets scolded, mom dies.

Link Dump of the Beast

Posted on June 6, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Death, Film, Music | Leave a Comment

The Omaha World-Herald has given an online platform for cranks to write what they would say to President Bush regarding Immigration to the United States. I’m no stats wizard, but there seem to be two common threads to those wishing to speak to El Jefe. They speak in incomplete sentences, often switching between yelling and [...]

Skulls and Shit

Posted on May 3, 2006 - Filed Under Art, Death, Scatology | Leave a Comment

I haven’t a clue how a Swedish art gallery found my e-mail address, but I can’t deny they had me at hello…

Quakes

Posted on April 26, 2006 - Filed Under Death, Liberal Media Conspiracies, Money, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment

Round these parts, there has been a lot of attention given to the 100 year anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. As it should be. However, in not a single documentary, “Are we ready?” piece or event coverage did I hear any mention of the earthquake disaster last fall, though it seemed to [...]

Damn Right She’ll Rise Again

Posted on February 3, 2006 - Filed Under Death, Money | Leave a Comment

Carolyn Stone told a telephone solicitor for the Special Olympics that the person the caller was asking for had died and that her name and number should be removed from the list. The solicitor and the solicitor’s supervisor said that the name would be removed, but for only five years: “That is our rule.”

“Six Feet Under” Club

Posted on January 12, 2006 - Filed Under Death, Sex | Leave a Comment

Humanity F. Critic: Even though she probably thought I was a very sensitive soul, due to my tears and my outburst of emotion, I know she was surprised when I whispered sweet nothings in her ear like, “Have you ever been fucked at a wake baby??!!” and romantic sentiments like that.