From the category archives:

The Secret Diaries

Happy Birthday, Chaka Khan

by kara on March 25, 2012

on the set of Krush Groove, 1985

Television Ruined Christmas in the 1970s.

by kara on December 31, 2011

reposted from 2010. When we reference holiday specials on TV in the 1970′s, we immediately harken fondly back to Clarice’s giant eyelashes batting at Rudolph, and Linus’ Jesus speech. We throw the entire genre under rose colored spyglasses. Most holiday specials on TV in this era were actually CRAP, traumatizing even. Some weird gravitas must [...]

my paly: boudoir singer, gasser.

by kara on September 30, 2011

from today’s nytimes Creating Some of That New Black Magic By STEPHEN HOLDEN, September 29, 2011 In the unlikely event that a modern version of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack restores “Mad Men”-era lounge singing to the forefront of pop fashion, Seth MacFarlane shows potential to compete for the title New Chairman of the Board, or at least a [...]

by kara on March 14, 2011

This morning I woke up feeling like crap. Inexplicably confused about the time change, I left for work too early, so I stopped at Rite Aid, across from my office in search of an over-the-counter remedy for what ailed me: malaise, hazy-head, ennui. I roamed through the aisles and eventually did find that antidote, just [...]

Kara and Cara go to a House Party

by kara on October 10, 2010

These are their stories.