by | Sep 21, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from the Los Angeles Times Hog days of summer Forget ‘Born to Be Wild.’ All those overaged ‘Easy Rider’ types need to put the mufflers back on their bikes. By John Johnson Jr. Summer is ending, and not a moment too soon. In my seaside Long...
by | Sep 21, 2009 | Literary News
from The Guardian UK US poetry greats to reach Arabic audience New Arabic anthology from Abu Dhabi-based project, Kalima, to include poems from 15 US poets, including Anne Sexton, Charles Bukowski and Sylvia Plath by Alison Flood Sylvia Plath is one of 15 US poets due...
by | Sep 20, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The Coolhunter Françoise Nielly’s massive, colorful portraits are delicious to look at. Even more wonderful – and particularly infuriating to those of us who have timidly dabbled in painting – is to watch her create them. In a beautiful video posted on her site,...
by | Sep 19, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from the New York Observer Nick Cave Shaves! Rock Snob Reads Raunchy Passage From New Novel By Joe Pompeo If there is one man in the rock-snob canon who can rattle off a series of filthy expletives without sounding anything less than utterly eloquent and polite, it...
by | Sep 19, 2009 | Weirdness
from CBS News Chicago Mobster Al Capone’s Wis. Hideout For Sale Auction Set For Chicago Mobster Al Capone’s Sprawling Wis. Hideout, Stone House, Guard Towers (AP) The buyer of a scenic property in northern Wisconsin will get more than just its bar and...
