Posts Tagged with "New York"

Michael Jackson died for our sins

Sunday, June 28, 2009

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When I heard that pop singer Michael Jackson had died, I could not help but remember what a staple he was in the late-night monologues. What would all the hacks, myself included, do now? Crypto-queer GOPers and philandering family-values types can only get you so far. Perhaps Roseanne Barr could be coaxed out of retirement [...]

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Michael Caine

Thursday, April 30, 2009

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Michael Caine is quintessential Sixties cool, and I love him (and the National Health glasses he wore in The Ipcress File). Here’s a brief but interesting interview from New York magazine. Included is John Wayne’s acting advice, and why famous people should never wear suede shoes.

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Jeremy Hornik, Quizmaster

Saturday, February 14, 2009

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This, from il mio amico hystericalissimo Jeremy Hornik: Jeremy Hornik just took the “What kind of giant green thing in New York Harbor are you?” quiz and got the result: Statue of Liberty. Statue of Liberty: you came from France to signify America. You like spiky hats. Who will you burn with that torch? If [...]

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Judging a “book” by its cover

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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I’m taking a break from writing (blogging in particular) for the summer and maybe longer. But there is a controversy afoot, a tiny little tornado in a teacup that, like the ringing of Pavlov’s bell, has wrung an inevitable response from me. I’m just as God made me, folks, a simple satirist and ex-magazine person [...]

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Clay Felker, RIP

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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Legendary editor Clay Felker has died at 82; here’s the NYT obit. Along with his one-time Esquire-mate Harold Hayes, Felker has always been a bit of a hero of mine. His New York continued in the 70s what Hayes had demonstrated in the 60s: the vision of a magazine as a beautiful, lively, important thing. [...]

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Around the World in 72 Pubs

Friday, October 19, 2007

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Though alcoholism is draped across my family tree like so much Spanish moss, this odyssey was simply too fun not to pass along: “By now I trust you are aware of the nature of this initiative. For those that are not let’s put it in simple mathematical terms – 2 men, 20 days, 6 continents, [...]

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Newsbreaks for Monday

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

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Audio version is here. For centuries, human beings have dreamed of colonizing Mars. And why not? I mean, we’ve done so well with this planet. Now scientists say they might actually be able to do it. ‘Course, it won’t be easy: Mars has a rocky, desert-like surface, fierce ultra-violet radiation, and an atmosphere loaded with [...]

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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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Newsbreaks for Wednesday

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

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Audio version is here. The World Health Organization has announced that using a water pipe to smoke tobacco may be just as harmful as smoking cigarettes. This reverses the popular belief among American users, who never thought of using it to smoke tobacco. A New York pit bull with severe heart and lung problems has [...]

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Newsbreaks for Friday

Friday, May 18, 2007

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Audio version is here. Treasure hunters announced today that they had found $500 million worth of treasure in a shipwreck in a secret location somewhere in the Atlantic. This could be the richest haul in history…or just another tie-in. After New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said that his city was being flooded by guns purchased [...]

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