PLANET OF PERIL (51)
How did Tombstone become the mascot of the San Francisco Press Club?
MEDIA DIET
Annalee Newitz on: paperbacks, “Interview with the Vampire,” 404Media.
31st
Aug
Aug
Pinakothek (9): Basquiat
The first time I met Jean-Michel Basquiat was in November or December 1978, at the Mudd Club. His hair was dyed orange and cut...
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31st
Aug
Aug
Raymond Williams
He began his critical career as a Welsh signalman’s son drawn to English literary tradition, and ended it as a Cambridge don extolling the...
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30th
Aug
Aug
Fred MacMurray
Though often cast as a lovable father in middlebrow comedies like The Shaggy Dog and the long-running TV show My Three Sons, FRED MACMURRAY...
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29th
Aug
Aug
Living in the Feral City
James D. Griffioen is a Detroit photographer, blogger, and father whose work chronicles the strangely ruinous renaissance taking place in his city. I first...
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29th
Aug
Aug
Odd Cameos
I’ve been watching a lot of movies on my desktop, lately, via Netflix: Watch Instantly. Works great. The only problem is, the selection is...
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29th
Aug
Aug
Preston Sturges
Filmmaker PRESTON STURGES (1898-1959) made a joyful mockery of the Hays Code with his improbably wholesome card sharks, unwed mothers, imposters and flimflammers, his...
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28th
Aug
Aug
Quatschwatch (2): The Keeping-My-Baby Meme
The era of guilt- and consequence-free sex ended in 1982.
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