Like those idiots with their tattoos, the Max Planck Institute was seduced by the allure of Chinese characters: Editors had hoped to find an elegant Chinese poem to grace the cover of a special issue, focusing on China, of the M…
I'm just reading a Rolling Stone article from 2005 about Rahm Emanuel, who's going to be Obama's chief of staff. The quote is from Paul Begala. [There should be quote marks in the post title, but for some insane reas…
Jimmy Carl Black, RIP . ADDED: The album cover above is "We're Only in It for the Money," one of my favorite records, which is full of great songs including one that I think is just as appropriate for election eve …
I'm watching one of the first movies I ever saw... from back in the days when TV played "The Early Show," "The Late Show," "The Late Late Show," and -- if I'm not mistaken -- "The Late L…
Danny Flores, RIP. He played the saxophone on the 1957 number 1 hit "Tequila!" You know the lyrics to that song, I bet. Or should I say lyric . And that was Flores growling it. Don't you just want to get up on the …
Woody Allen in tights. This is sweet--a quote from Diane Keaton in today's NYT: ""We used to hang out, like, when I was going out with him, we had this thing we called 'The Kitchen Follies.' And we would ju…