On Romance Novels, The Last Great Bastion Of Underground Writing
When I worked for Barnes and Noble, I had a regular customer (REALLY regular: she was outside waiting for us to open every single day) who only read romance novels, and did plenty of custom orders for them. She always ordered things with very "stately" titles: anything, for instance, with "Lord" in the title, or anything which sounded particularly regal or "classy."
She would come up to the desk with her lists and catalogs, and say, "I would like to order some books," and then list the hilarious titles ("The Lord of Windswept Manor") in a loud voice, leaving other customers rolling in the aisles, aghast.
I kind of miss her. :(
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On Paul Weller, Krautrocker
That sounded... fine. Kinda lightweight. I'll continue to take my "krautrock-inspired pop" pills in Fujiya & Miyagi form.
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On The Magnetic Fields, "Andrew In Drag"
"I'm like a little wiener dog for Andrew in drag."
LOL. Great song. Great video. Loved it.
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On Enough With "Iconic"
I was an art student in the 80s/90s, so I heard the words "dichotomy" and "juxtaposition" more than anybody should hear either of those during their entire lifetime.
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On "I Hate J. Hoberman"
Hoberman's book on Midnight Movies set an agenda for me that lasted for years... decades, even, as I only finally saw Flaming Creatures recently. It's one of my all-time favorite books on film. I don't always agree with him, but whatever. He's good.
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On Mitt v. Newt: Tonight's Debate Could Be the Heritage Foundation's Nightmare
"the drop-ceilings of power"
I'm going to have to eventually steal remember that one.
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On Resume Bias and Plagiarism
Sari Horwitz was my older brother's prom date!
Um... well, just thought I'd throw that out there.
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On A View From Outside the Temple
I actually got to go on a tour of the San Diego temple (they let heathens in before it was consecrated), and it was... wild. I saw the oxen with their jacuzzi balanced on their backs, so surreal. The whole place was really glitzy and filled with crystal and gold accents. It looked like Busby Berkeley's vision of heaven. Everything was also REALLY expensive: all the furniture looked custom-made. It was truly one of the most spectacularly tacky interiors I've ever seen.
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On What Else Is In the National Portrait Gallery's "Offensive" Gay Show?
Whoah, you almost blew my mind. I just checked, and I'm totally not John Boehner. *Whew*
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On Kraftwerk Does MoMA
"...works from one of the group’s eight albums..."
I wish they would stop pretending that their first three albums never existed. They're some of my favorites.