PLANET OF PERIL (51)

How did Tombstone become the mascot of the San Francisco Press Club?

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By Lynn Peril

MEDIA DIET

Annalee Newitz on: paperbacks, “Interview with the Vampire,” 404Media.

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By Annalee Newitz

29th
Oct

R+M (4): PETITE, RED-HAIRED, OBSERVANT

Monster: “Petite, Red-haired, Observant” — by David Huyck *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for...
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By Joe Alterio

29th
Oct

Double Exposure (8): Soul Food

A cherubic angel heralds the advent of Minute Maid Heart Wise orange juice, which miraculously — note how the bottle glows — resolves the...
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By Joshua Glenn

29th
Oct

Ralph Bakshi

If the sexualized children’s gardens of white gloves and dildos sharing the same animation cel are old hat to today’s otaku-obsessed hipsters roaming the...
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By Joe Alterio

28th
Oct

A Wholly Remarkable Book

Kindle, iPhone: both are cool/irksome. But which device is the harbinger of Things to Come? Pointing out that “the Kindle is more like a...
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By Matthew Battles

28th
Oct

Francis Bacon

Unlike his namesake and ancestor, FRANCIS BACON (1909-92) was never granted a knighthood for his services to educated society. Nor should he have been....
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By Patrick Cates

27th
Oct

Groovy Robot Myrmidons

Boston Dynamics, creators of the quadrupedal robot “BigDog,” bring you “Petman,” a robot modeled on the gait of Mr. Natural. Unlike Mr. Natural, Petman...
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By Matthew Battles

27th
Oct

Everything is a text (1)

And now, everybody knows it. “I often describe deconstruction as something which happens. It’s not purely linguistic, involving text or books. You can deconstruct...
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By Joshua Glenn

27th
Oct

Fran Lebowitz

She lacerated the enemies of pleasure.
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By David Smay