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THE EYEBALL: What I Watched This Weekend, Yojimbo
I’m fascinated by cultural cross-pollination when it comes to art. The Beatles dug Buddy Holly, the psychedelic bands of San Francisco dug the Beatles, the Britpop bands of the nineties dug those psychedelic bands, and the Dandy Warhols watered down…
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The Dead Kennedys Punk Humor
Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde . . . Jello Biafra?! The Dead Kennedys’ acerbic frontman deserves to be placed in such rarefied comedic company by virtue of the three-minute satirical missiles he fired off during his band’s reign of…
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Letter from Paris, Part 3: Kissing on Furniture
After kissing on furniture I later learn from Wet is intensely germ-ridden, I followed Antoine up the curving, wrought-iron staircase and out into the street.
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Letter from Paris, Part 2: Butch Is Beautiful
All I wanted to do in Paris was have an affair, go to the Louvre, and see the catacombs…
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Letter from Paris: A Twelve Part Blog Mini-Series, Part 1
I’m spending three weeks in Paris, away from the tyranny of American mental health and self-improvement.
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How A Truck Driver Learned to Build An Atom Bomb
If you’re like me, and you only just picked up last week’s New Yorker, then you’re in for a pleasant surprise
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The Failed Shorty Q&A With Susannah Breslin
Susannah Breslin is the author of The Reverse Cowgirl, a blog known for its intelligent take on sexuality and pornography. She’s the author of You’re A Bad Man, Aren’t You. According to her website she’s writing a novel based on…
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Andrew Leland’s Christmas Links
1. Petey and Pussy This graphic novel by John Kerschbaum is horrible. You have to look away as Bernie the parakeet pecks off his own leg. I can’t imagine an uglier human being than his owner, the “old lady.” Each…
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Post-Young: That Thing for My Mouth—Fear of Senility
Ask any Hepatitis C veteran, and he or she will tell you about “brain fog,” the actual medical term for sudden, occasionally crippling bouts of fatigue and confusion.
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Post-Young: A New Blog By Jerry Stahl
Dip a senior hammer-toe in the pool, and pretty soon you’re sucked in.
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Jay Smooth on “The Big Moment”
Jay Smooth is the founder of WBAI’s Underground Railroad, New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show. Like nearly all other bipeds, he has a blog. What differentiates Smooth from the pack is that his video posts on ill doctrine are…