Posts Tagged with "appreciation"

Home of the Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken: Closed

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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Home of the Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken: Closed

The prayers of generations of religious poultry have finally been answered. Chinatown Fair, the video game arcade on Mott St. which boasted the semi-famous “Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken”–by the way, you don’t wanna know how they made it “play” the game–is now closed. This website has posted a nice appreciation, recommended for all fans of old New [...]

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Caddyshack is 30…

Friday, July 30, 2010

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…and here’s a nice appreciation by blogger Edward Copeland. Copeland says he’s always shocked at how loose the film feels—how the dramatic elements (Danny and Maggie) seem to be at odds with the comedy; and of course they are. The movie is, to use my wife’s phrase, “a hot mess,” but it’s fantastically watchable. It’s [...]

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Interesting People: Tom Wolfe on Clay Felker

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Outside of the magazine business, few have heard of editor Clay Felker (1925-2008). Some of this is the nature of the product; magazines tend to age like eclairs, and when was the last time you heard of a famous baker? But from 1963 to 1977, Felker’s weekly New York was always hot and fresh, and [...]

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Breaking the unwritten law…

Friday, June 8, 2007

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…of all Newsbreaks all the time, but occasionally something must be said. I plan to break this rule a couple more times in the next few weeks, as the relentless tides of my obsessions have thrown up an gnarled, weed-strewn essay or two. Friend and fellow Record alum Mollie Wilson is in the midst of [...]

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Nice appreciation of GWS Trow in Slate

Friday, December 8, 2006

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Stephen Metcalfe sums up writer George W.S. Trow and his major work, Within the Context of No Context. It’s a reasonably good read for people interested in such things. The scion of a prosperous New York printing family, Trow was a prime mover in the revivication that turned the Harvard Lampoon from a snotty finals-club [...]

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Peter Ivers: ave atque vale

Friday, August 11, 2006

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Dennis Perrin takes a break from the troubles of the world, here. In reading Dennis’ post, I was moved to find out a little more about someone he mentioned: Peter Ivers, the brilliant but ultimately somewhat troubled songwriter/performer/New Wave impresario. Ivers belonged to the coterie of folks who haunted Harvard in the late 60s, who [...]

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Lawrence of Arabia

Monday, July 3, 2006

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Lawrence of Arabia

I had the great good fortune to watch the movie “Lawrence of Arabia” in 70mm at the Aero Theater last night. I decided to do it on a whim, and the theater was packed, but it was really a wonderful experience. It reminded me of other times, mostly as a boy, when a movie has [...]

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Book roundup

Sunday, June 13, 2004

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Here’s what’s on my night-table now, in case you care: Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History, by Devin McKinney This book is very hard to describe; it’s one part Beatle history, one part psychological appraisal of the group and its fandom, with plenty of song-by-song appreciation and Sixties history in there, too. The [...]

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Stephen Fry on PG Wodehouse

Thursday, January 15, 2004

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Kate got me the complete Jeeves and Wooster on DVD for Christmas, and we’ve been chomping through them at a steady clip. Both Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as Jeeves are pitch-perfect. Meanwhile, Ed Page pointed me to a nice appreciation of PGW by Fry in the Independent. Have you read any [...]

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Happy Birthday Robert Benchley!

Sunday, September 15, 2002

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  Today would’ve been humorist Robert Benchley’s 113th birthday. He’s one of my all-time favorites. Anyway, while we’re raising a glass of soda pop to Bob—he died of cirrhosis of the liver–you can read my short bio/appreciation below… With his breezy, conversational style mixing high culture and low, Robert Benchley (1889-1945) is the first modern [...]

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