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More New Yorker…

Today’s Photoshop contest at Fark.com is unlikely New Yorker covers. Worth a look.

Hidden meanings in "The Shining"?

I watched Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” last night (switching channels when it got too scary–yes, I am a wuss). It’s stayed with me this morning, and as I was poking around on the Internet, I found this essay on the hidden meanings of the movie which I found, frankly, pretty fascinating. And sobering.

Yippee! The New Yorker may be in the black this year!

Here’s an article from the San Francisco Chronicle. Yay, David Remnick! Yay New Yorker! I noticed that the article still linked the magazine’s 17 years of unprofitability to the old “fusty” Shawn era. I’m not arguing that Shawn’s magazine didn’t exist in the dreary realms between “homework” and “unreadable,” but the real money was lost [...]

Confused about Iraq?

The History News Network has a page of resources regarding Iraq; I haven’t read it all, clearly, but it looked worthy of passing along.

Eggers, et al under the microscope…

Generally, I’m allergic to the whole McSweeney’s scene, because I think there’s such a high ratio of noise to signal, publicity to substance. But the pleasantly cranky literary website Moby Lives is running an enlightening exchange in its Letters section which I thought was worth pointing to. The writers, pro and con, discuss just how [...]

Jack the Ripper, Preston Sturges, and of course, Barry Trotter

Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell’s new book attempts to solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper. Here’s a short AP story to tease you. If your interest is piqued in the case, there’s an excellent website on it here. Regarding last week’s screed about “Stardust Memories,” Matt Fogel wrote: “Along with your blogging on great 8 [...]

I wish I’d thought of this…

…but I’m glad somebody did. It’s a campaign to buy President Bush a PS2, as a peaceful outlet. The site’s reached its goal, but the text is still worth a skim. In other news, aging Welsh sausage merchant Tom Jones says he’s offended when female fans throw fresh, store-bought panties on stage during his act. [...]

Roundup

The New York Observer has some interesting things to say about the young breed of star novelists this week. Coming in 2005, “sheet computers.” Bet they won’t be compatible…

This site is rather good.

Back on the List!

After a week in the icy exile of #11, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody has stormed back onto the London Sunday Times bestseller list! Okay, so maybe #10 isn’t “stormed,” but certainly some locomotory verb with an overtone of butt-kicking is required. The cats have heard the news and are demanding a brand of [...]