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.
04th
Aug
Aug
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis once said that the history of jazz could be summed up by two names: Charlie Parker and LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1901-71). I’d go...
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03rd
Aug
Aug
Pinakothek (5) — Hooliganism
Just about as rare as if it had never been published at all, this may be the only extant copy of Dave Carluccio’s only...
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03rd
Aug
Aug
James Hetfield
Even when JAMES HETFIELD (born 1963) smiles — which he did copiously during this year’s induction of Metallica into the Rock and Roll Hall...
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01st
Aug
Aug
The YHWH Virus
Moses was obsessed with microorganisms like yeast... because God is an alien.
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01st
Aug
Aug
Chuck D
During the Reagan Era, CHUCK D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, born 1960), the hard rhymer, gave us “My Uzi Weighs a Ton,” “Prophets of Rage,”...
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31st
Jul
Jul
Put Down that Web!
A COLLEGE WHERE I do a bit of teaching just sent me an email announcing the formation of a “social media working group” whose...
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31st
Jul
Jul
Hilary Putnam
HILARY PUTNAM (born 1926) is the most important philosopher you’ve never heard of. In an era when most theorists build their careers by limning...
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