The incandescent writer Terry Tempest Williams — whom you must go see read if you ever get the chance — sends along a print called. Cherry tree in the wind. The artist, Ethan Friedland, says this is a pencil and charcoal drawing tinted yellow. Williams says he's twelve years old.
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Kathleen Edwards: Never Gonna Feel the Same
On tour last night in Ventura, the increasingly popular Kathleen Edwards concluded with her near-hit Change the Sheets, which opens: My love took a ride on a red-eye planeGoing homeAnd we're never gonna feel the sameChange this feeling under my feetChange the sheets and then change me This central idea reminds me of what aContinue reading “Kathleen Edwards: Never Gonna Feel the Same”
Tony Parker, starring in the “Flop of the Night”
Since the great Vlade Divac left the NBA for charity work a decade ago, the prize for best flopper in the Association has been up for grabs. But last night, the ever-clever Tony Parker made a move to take Vlade's crown, transforming a slightly extended elbow brush-by into a flailing backpedaling collapse that took himContinue reading “Tony Parker, starring in the “Flop of the Night””
Climate: How do we tell this story powerfully?
Dave Roberts has a problem with the reaction to the revelation that Mike Daisey rewrote the truth in now infamous anti-Apple story. He thinks the moralizing journos at the NY Times sound a bit self-satisfied: It’s a weird and naive notion that there is a bright line between objective and subjective, fact and opinion, reality andContinue reading “Climate: How do we tell this story powerfully?”
Journos cheer: Santorum lives to fight another day
E.J. Dionne wraps it up perfectly, and admits that "For those who like to watch election nights, the Alabama and Mississippi results are a tonic. They’ll keep things going in the Republican race for some time." Yes. But even better is Rebecca Traister's tweet: Yeah, so, Mitt, here's the thing: your party DOES NOT LIKEContinue reading “Journos cheer: Santorum lives to fight another day”
Rush Limbaugh is a grotesque monster: Tom Toles
Tom Toles rarely draws El Rushbo, but when he does, Limbaugh always ends up looking like Jabba the Hut. For Toles, it's uncharacteristically unfunny. A little grotesque, disturbing.
Global warming is driving Rick Santorum crazy
Following Rick Santorum on the campaign trail for Slate, Dave Weigel declares that Santorum is "really swinging for the fences on global warming denial." Weigel thinks that's smart in Michigan, and maybe that's true in a purely political GOP primary, but still…he's sounding strange. And the strangeness seems to be escalating: We're not here toContinue reading “Global warming is driving Rick Santorum crazy”
Thinking about climate change: Tom Toles
For the beginning of the new year, Toles had this to offer: Note the tense he employs — the past.
The pen is mightier than the Mitt Romney
As the inevitability of dreary Mitt Romney's candidacy for President for the GOP becomes inescapable, one has to wonder — will today's character artists be able to make fun of him? Will he be a target-rich opportunity, as exemplified by the likes of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, or will he just be bland, likeContinue reading “The pen is mightier than the Mitt Romney”
Why we shouldn’t like writer’s houses
From a marvelous piece by April Bernard in the NYRB (only partially available on-line, I should add): Here’s what I hate about writers’ houses: the basic mistakes. The idea that art can be understood by examining the chewed pencils of the writer. That visiting such a house can substitute for reading the work. That realContinue reading “Why we shouldn’t like writer’s houses”
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