Posts tagged as Julie Klausner
Is Madonna Eating Our Young? A Post-Halftime Discussion
Natasha: Okay, what did you think of Techno Roman Madonna and her 13th legion last night? READ MORE
Hear Julie Klausner And Her Family
You there! Go listen to "How Was Your Week?", a new podcast from Awl pal Julie Klausner. The first episode "features an interview with authoress/ provacateur[/Awl pal] Natasha Vargas-Cooper, a rundown of the Best Picture nominees from Julie's parents, an unfavorable review of The King's Speech, and the debut of a new title for something that we will use, one day: Oscar Madison Won't Let You Pack Your Bags." It's here, or here if you want it from iTunes.
Your Problems Solved
"My girlfriend wants to move to another country where there are more job opportunities but a much higher crime rate. I’m terrified of going, as I don’t think I’d ever fit in and feel safe walking the streets (which I love to do), but there’s no future where we live now, and I don’t think I’d ever make enough money to even move out of my parents’ house. What should I do?" READ MORE
How Are You Handling Christmas?
Is there an NYC "I hate/ don't do well with Christmas" support group? Need to talk thru some ish.
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Awl pal Julie Klausner expresses a sentiment so many of us are feeling right now. I think it may have something to do with all the enforced happiness. Also, the inescapable torture of Andy Williams' exhortation about it being the most wonderful time of the year, which, even when I was a kid, always sounded like the desperate attempts of someone trying too hard to convince me of something he didn't quite believe himself. And the cold and crowds. Plus there's the terrible sense of being empty and alone while seemingly everyone else is full of joy and cookies. So yeah, this would probably be a good group.
Pro Paglia: Lady Gaga is a Smug Diva who Exploits her Monsters and Gays
Julie Klausner: You and I are, it's safe to say, closet Camille Paglia appreciators. READ MORE
Understudies! Fingered By Fosse
Julie Klausner: A big pet peeve of mine is when people confuse Bob Fosse's stiff jazz hands for spirit fingers. READ MORE
Understudies! To Love and Lose Genius: 'Sunday in the Park With George'
After 1981's "Merrily We Roll Along" flopped, Stephen Sondheim, American music's last living Genius with a capital "G" (sorry, David Byrne!), lapsed into a depression so severe, he considered quitting musical theater to write video games and mystery novels instead. Yes, video games! Can you imagine the reception "Into The Woods for PSP" could've gotten at Comic-Con? READ MORE
Understudies! The American Musical and Life After "Cabaret"
With this introduction, we begin a brief series on the recent life of the American musical. No, for real! The hideous, hilarious, wonderful, big-business of musical theater. This series is guest-edited by our own Natasha Vargas-Cooper. READ MORE
Sexual Innuendoes Having To Do With Candy That Were Omitted, For Time, From Katy Perry's "California Gurls" Video
• Katy Perry bends over to allow suited day traders to snort colored sugar off her back with Pixy Stix straws. READ MORE
