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Some great interviews this week: with Lena Dunham, Philippe Lioret, Carlos Cuarón, and James Toback. We searched for an unassailable masterpiece, talked about phobias in 2666, and followed Dan Baum’s…
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Our Robot Overlords are Coming
And we’re helping them learn. Okay, that’s a bit apocalyptic, and I for one welcome our new robot overlords, when they eventually show up. The link is to the latest…
The Best Music is Made of Subtraction
Like the Jazz, Blues, and R&B music Brown references, these poems are born of heartbreak, explorations of love and violence, connections and disconnections, the vast complications of body and heart.
The Benefits of Tickling
Cabinet of Wonders takes an in-depth look at tickling as pain relief, and at the medical benefits it can provide. At my wedding, one of my groom’s vows was a…
Brian’s Saturday Morning Links
Not enough sleep? Echoes of a faint hangover? Then it’s time for Saturday Morning Links. Dahlia Lithwick and Doug Kendall point out that conservative politicians who are upset about empathetic…
Sparklehorse, Danger Mouse and David Lynch
For a limited time, NPR is offering an Exclusive First Listen to a collaboration of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse‘s multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous that may never be released.
Malcolm Gladwell and ESPN Banter, Rumpus Gets Smarter
“My goal in life,” says Malcolm Gladwell in an interview with Bill Simmons on ESPN, “is to get to the place that I can take the same idea and just…
Daphne Merkin’s literary depression
There is a peculiar quality to “A Journey Through Darkness,” Daphne Merkin’s memoir of chronic depression published this week in the Times Magazine. Her intimate account of lifelong struggle with…
George Washington Fucked the Shit Out of Bears
Our founding father was bad fucking ass. Sidenote: If you’ve seen this before (and a lot of people have), I am not sorry… because you should watch it again.
What Is Found
In Patrick Somerville’s novel, an expectant father must decide what kind of man he wants to be.