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A Beatles fan comments on Life After Death for Beginners
Today is a red-letter day for me, one that I’ve been thinking about and wishing for since 2007. It’s always incredibly meaningful for a writer to get thoughtful critique about his/her work. And when that critique is positive, it’s the kind of public, yet deeply personal compliment that’s difficult to explain–unless you’ve hung your own [...]
Continue reading...Parody review-in-progress of Doggett’s Beatle book, “You Never Give Me Your Money”
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Sung to the tune of the song of the same name. (I blame MAD Magazine for making my brain do this.) “You never give me your money I have to suffer through your crazy bullshit If you knuckles were less narcissistic You’d work it out. The one I pity is Ringo Of the lot of [...]
Continue reading...Welcome back, Summer of Soda!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
A while back, Kate and I were in the habit of going to Galco Soda Pop Stop in Eagle Rock, loading up the Honda with weird-ass sodas from all around the US (and occasionally the world, too), and then drinking them to see what we thought. Then she graduated USC, and I had to write [...]
Continue reading...Ancient Rome in Glorious 3-D
Monday, March 29, 2010
I’ve been fascinated by ancient Rome from the moment I started watching “I, Claudius” on PBS at age eight (that was 1977, for those of you keeping score). Every Sunday night, my mom and I would curl up on the couch and watch Derek Jacobi brilliantly stumble and stammer his way through the bloodshed and [...]
Continue reading...Jason Epstein on the Future of Publishing
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Former Random honcho and current publishing entrepreneur Jason Epstein has some interesting musings on the future of publishing, courtesy of The New York Review of Books. Here’s a video of Epstein’s neato print-on-demand device, the Espresso Book Machine.
Continue reading...Who thinks the JFK assassination still matters?
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The CIA, that’s who. Today’s New York Times details Agency stonewalling over 295 documents relating to George Joannides, an agent working with anti-Castro Cubans out of JM/WAVE, their Miami station. Groups under Joannides’ direction “publicly clashed with” Lee Harvey Oswald. These clashes were some of the most significant ways that Oswald’s personal politics–in other words, [...]
Continue reading...The Secret Policeman’s Ball(s)
Friday, June 19, 2009
As some of you know, I celebrated my 40th last weekend with a viewing of several rare versions of “The Secret Policeman’s Ball” series. It’s really worth seeking out for anyone the least bit interested in that great Oxbridge generation of British comedy (from Cook to Cleese to Atkinson). Film critic Gregory Weinkauf was there, [...]
Continue reading...Like The Beatles in 1961
Saturday, August 23, 2008
F.O.S. (friend of site) and boon companion Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser plays tuba in a Seattle-area “Balkan-inspired brass-and-drum band” called Orkestar Zirkonium. The Orkestar’s homebrewed CD has just been reviewed by All About Jazz; here’s what Elliot Simon had to say: Balkan brass bands are large aggregations with lots of brass, a tuba/drum/percussion backbeat (one of the [...]
Continue reading...The Greatest Cartoon EVER is coming back…
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Dear wife just turned me on to this bootleg video: it’s a preview of Season 3 of The Venture Bros. TiVo being set NOW…
Continue reading...Playboy’s party jokes, written by God
Sunday, February 3, 2008
[Reviewed Feb. 2010: "Overheard at College seems to have deteriorated into nothing, but these are still funny.] “Guy: I slept with a bear once.Girl: In what way?Prof: Was it a mistake?Guy: Oh, it was definitely a mistake.”Sarah Lawrence College My favorite so far: Guy: Guess what? I’m coming out to my parents over Thanksgiving!Girl: Yeah?Guy: [...]
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
For 30 years, Ravin fans wondered: What if Tom Larkin had survived? Now, the story can be told.
Mixing alternative history, hardboiled noir, parody and satire, Life After Death for Beginners is a must-read for every Beatles fan. "A cross between The Rutles and Three Days of the Condor. I loved it."—Jonathan Schwarz
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