Reposted from 2010. Christmas, as we all know, is a time of joy, goodfellowship, and political score settling, as well as some good old fashioned rioting for electronics. Four decades ago, televised Christmas specials were as integral to the celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus as trees, lights and presents. When we reference […]
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The Secret Diaries
on the set of Krush Groove, 1985
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 […]
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 […]
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