On Biting Dr. Dre's Idea For His Next Album After 'Detox'
I thought Pluto was demoted and no longer a planet? And Bjork was no longer of interest? (The latter might just be me.)
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On Messy Lives Are Actually Not That Alluring, Katie Roiphe
No spoiler.
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On Burroughs and Ginsberg: Literary Heroes and Totally Gross Sex Predators
Erm, I hope my sarcasm was palpable.
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On Burroughs and Ginsberg: Literary Heroes and Totally Gross Sex Predators
Thank goodness heterosexual writers would never even dream of abusing their power like that.
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On Love Clive Owen? And Catherine Keener? Well, Bad News!
I recently watched "Duane Hopwood" and I didn't understand what it was about other than Schwimmer's desire to make a quirky (turkey costume!) but somewhat edgy (alcoholism!) indie movie. He could have pulled it off, too, if he'd only bothered to find a plot.
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On The Most-Stolen Books At McNally Jackson
I would say that Thompson, Kerouac and Bukowski are definitely cliches for bohemian wannabes. This is not a value judgment (although with the barest encouragement I could expound on that as well). Slightly more creative bohemians might want to at least aim for Celine or Henry Miller, no? Or (*gag*) Tao Lin.
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On The Question That Confronts Every New Yorker Eventually
What is the etiquette for a stranger telling you that they lost their job at Subway because they have unidentified sores on their arms? He wasn't crying when he told me this.
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On Debbie Harry's Haunted NYC Apartment
I love Blondie (or rather, some of their songs), but have you read the lyrics to Heart of Glass? It reads like it was written using Google Translate.
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On The Problem With Addiction Memoirs
Read "The Lost Weekend" - it ends differently than the movie. Dude's pretty unrepentant.
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On Giuliani's Daughter No Altar Boy
Starting with "I don't know what you're talking about" by itself would have neatly precluded the use of "no comment," which is always an admission of sorts. Just sayin'.