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True/Slant/Hmmmm
It’s worth applauding the creative efforts behind True/Slant. It’s a website founded by a former AOL executive who’s hired 65 “knowledge experts.” “Knowledge experts,” in this context, means professional journalists or commentators, some of whom work for the New York…
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Tips for Poets Inspired by Another Dead White Male
In order to become an epic poet, Milton believed he must also refuse “lustral waters.” In other words, aspiring artists must remain chaste.
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Morning Coffee
2010 is just around the corner, where are my Flying Cars? The New York Times on why they will never happen and why they are right around the corner. Coney Island 1952. (via Metafilter) also the 1939 New York World’s…
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The Last Book I Loved: You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again
Julia Phillips was the first female producer to ever win an Oscar. She won it in 1973, when she was 29, for The Sting, and then went on to produce Taxi Driver and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. A…
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We Didn’t Start The Flame War
I am not a fan of collegehumor.com, but you have to admit when something is done right.
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BAD MOMMY: The Truth About Motherhood! blah, blah, blah
In case you missed it, the other day Oprah did a show about moms “breaking the silence” about motherhood. Moms talked about their secret lives and feelings. They talked about embarrassing incidents mainly involving their children’s bodily fluids. I don’t know.…
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Jeremy Mayer’s Typewriter Art
Jeremy Mayer makes his sculptures entirely from used typewriter parts. His process is strictly cold-assembly. He does not “solder, weld or glue these assemblages together.” His animals and insects are intricately detailed, and his human figures “entirely anatomically correct.” Mayer,…
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Days of Heaven’s Gate
In the late ‘70s, Michael Cimino was riding high. Fresh off The Deer Hunter and about to go into production on his epic dream project, Cimino could seemingly do no wrong.
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A FAN’S NOTES: Play Ball
Baseball is back, and New York City, that modest little sports market, has just unveiled two new major league stadiums. This season, the Yankees will play at the shiny limestone rebirth of Yankee Stadium; the Mets will try their luck…
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Morning Coffee
Need a little twee to start your day off right? Kacie Kinzer is sending a tiny cardboard robot across New York. They need your help. Green Apple on cool books that will never sell. (via The Millions) 15 year of…