All Things To All People
[Ben’s been murdered at work, so his posts will be along shortly.] It’s in these pages that the story begins to get a little bit more explanatory; not fully so, given that we’re only a 7th of the way in, or, perhaps…
[Purchase Book] Y’all have probably all heard of The Perry Bible Fellowship; if you haven’t, it’s not a Bible fellowship at all, but an absurdist comic strip. It used to be weekly, but, sadly, it’s either defunct or in hiatus since February…
Another night and I can’t sleep I need to cry but I can’t weep Feeling that I’ve lost control Where’s my spirit, where’s my very soul? Kevin Ayers, “Wide Awake” (from the album The Unfairground, 2007) Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shotgun…
I am no stranger to the advertisements of American Apparel, the clothing company headed by its hyper-sexualized CEO, Dov Charney. On Facebook, the ads for AA’s clothes are splashed all over the place, ironically enough all over my profile. They advertise something…
This is the first actual entry in the Gravity’s Rainbow discussion thing! If you’d like to read along, this is the edition that we’re reading — so if you’re reading another edition, the pagination might be slightly different. (As a guide, this…
Cover of As She Climbed Across the Table [Purchase Book] Despite considering myself a fan of Jonathan Lethem, I really haven’t read as much of his stuff as I should. In way of remedying that, I’ve recently read As She Climbed Across…
Cover of Love All the People [Purchase Book] Bill Hicks often seems to be a comedian where you either don’t know who he is, love him, or absolutely hate him. There’s rarely much middle ground. And, well, I think Bill Hicks himself…
UPDATE: Craigslist kills “erotic services” section, adds oversight. CNN reports that the classified Web giant will assign live staff to vet every “adult services” ad. 70-something Dave Newton and 20-something Matt Keeley struggle with Web ethics via e-mail. —- On April 27…