In the Dark with Ozzy

by Jim Coughlin November 29, 2012

This is the story of how I found myself in complete darkness, alone, with the Godfather of Heavy Metal–Ozzy Osbourne. It was just a surreal minute or two. Also, I was dressed as Spider-Man. My friend Leesa Severyn, an actress, got me the job. She was helping produce an internal video for Activision about Activision […]

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The Catchiest Post You’ll Ever Read

by Katy McCaffrey November 29, 2012

Very often, around mealtimes, or clothes-picking times, or any culling from a large group to a small group of something-times, I will have to ask my daughter over and over again what she wants.  “Do you want meatballs?  Carrots? Udon Noodles?  Quail? Hello?  Can you hear me?”  Eventually she’ll remember a person is talking to […]

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Snuz Bros – Hot Day

by Eric Hoffman November 29, 2012

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Kevin, Delmar and Murphy

by Tony Shea November 26, 2012

Kevin would sit by himself in a restaurant or coffee shop or library reading a dirty magazine, or a book with color photographs of the city medical examiner pulling someone’s big pink brain out like a magician with the rabbit. He would sit there calmly, quietly, without shame apparently, perusing each page like it was […]

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Philanthrope

by Jay Stone November 26, 2012

Listen to a track from Jay Stone’s very unique album Soul Cab. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67465737″ iframe=”true” /]

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Small Pox

by Daedalus Howell November 21, 2012

What we talk about when we talk about Thanksgiving Recently, I wrote a piece on the so-called “turducken,” the culinary abomination that shares its theme music with the Frankenstein movies, and received the following note from my pal Geoffrey Cain, who opined: “If you are going to write about the turducken, you should remember to […]

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The Summer I Was 19…

by Carlos Kotkin November 21, 2012

Carlos Kotkin gives a hilarious reading about the summer he was 19 and worked on the production of Jimmy Hollywood, staring Joe Pesci, and Victoria Abril. Carlos Hollywood from Carlos Kotkin on Vimeo.

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In Praise of Robert Altman

by Thad Weitz November 20, 2012

November 20th  marks the anniversary of the death of  Robert Altman. Thad Weitz discusses the director’s legendary work. (7 video clips) Perhaps Scorcese, Coppola, Peckinpah, and Woody Allen were his only contemporaries who rivaled his artistic achievements. Even so, his name doesn’t have quite the same widespread recognition as these peers—he is more of a […]

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Tea Party

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. November 19, 2012

FRESH FROM HIS WINNING PREDICTION IN THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, HARVEY ASHER ANALYZES THE FUTURE OF THE TEA PARTY. History suggests that the changing of the guard—Democrat to Republican and vice versa—takes place roughly in ten-to-twelve year cycles. A tally of the years the Republicans and Democrats have held the presidency over roughly the last […]

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Vonnegut

by Tony Shea November 19, 2012

Kurt Vonnegut would have been 90 this year. His birthday was November 11th. I missed it, not that there is any grand celebration per se. I usually just read some of my favorite work of his – Mother Night, if I had to pick an absolute favorite, although I love them all, and Bluebeard, which […]

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What’s Left

by Jay Stone November 15, 2012

LISTEN TO A TRACK FROM JAY STONE’S VERY UNIQUE ALBUM SOUL CAB. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67465748″ iframe=”true” /]

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In Contempt of: A misanthropic column that celebrates all the things I can’t stand!!

by Mike Anthrope November 15, 2012

I can’t stand Hacky Sack. Of all the sports and games of leisure ever devised, Hacky Sack is the most lame. I suppose “twirl the stick with two other sticks and pretend to be a Renaissance Faire jester,” and “balance yourself on a board over a rolling log” (presumably as a nod to lumberjack competitions) […]

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Marcia Nadel

by Carlos Kotkin November 14, 2012

While attending the USC School of Cinema-Television, I was assigned to make a short character sketch. Students were only allowed to have one person in their short. For each additional human being who appeared, we would be docked a grade. I thought this was ridiculous. For starters, art – in any form – cannot be […]

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