The Man Who Went Trying To Come

snipped from Daily Swarm excerpt of a GQ excerpt James Brown really was a Sex Machine: “That man died trying to come” TDS EDITORS   Sean Flynn’s lengthy James Brown profile in this month’s GQ (excerpted online here) is making headlines for its claims that...

The Great Annie Leibovitz

from the New York Observer What Makes Annie Shoot? The great Leibovitz realized she was never a journalist but made news with magazine covers. An artist who was once fascinated with her subjects lately seems largely fascinated with herself   BY CHOIRE SICHA  “I look...

THE MOST FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH WORD

Well, it’s shit … that’s right, shit!  Shit may just be the most functional word in the English language. You can smoke shit, buy shit, sell shit, lose shit, find shit, forget shit, and tell others to eat shit. Some people know their shit, while...

New Titles Out Next Week

from Shelf Awareness Attainment: New Titles Appearing Next Week Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, April 8: The Third Angel: A Novel by Alice Hoffman (Shaye Areheart Books, $25, 9780307393852/0307393852) follows three women facing important life choices....