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Moore misbehavior
Michael Moore has been bashing Pete Townsend in interviews for refusing to allow “Won’t Get Fooled Again” to be used in Fahrenheit 9/11. (It would have been used in place of Neil Young’s “Rockin In the Free World” at the … Continue reading
It Can’t Happen Here
And so it begins: American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call “alarming” intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the November presidential election in … Continue reading
It’s the possessive, stupid!
Can someone explain to me how a glaring grammatical error — “there was nothing where it’s face should be” — makes its way from a professional writer with a dozen published novels, to one of the biggest SF magazines in … Continue reading
Here’s your “straight face” test…
There’s an arrogance in the scientific community that they know better than the average American. — Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition, in the New York Times today. So which bridge do you want to walk across: … Continue reading
No Artificial Cows Here!
A new brand of milk has shown up in the local bodega lately, Cream-O-Land. Their label design somewhat resembles the organic milk brands, and proudly proclaims, FROM REAL COWS. As opposed to…?
NYC Journalism
Well, in the aftermath of the Post’s exclusive coverage of Kerry’s VP choice yesterday (see the Daily News’ chortling about the gaffe; the Times also reported that News reporters sent a bottle of Australian wine to the Post along with … Continue reading
The Great Arnorio
Richard Thompson, the British virtuouso guitarist and songwriter, now lives in Los Angeles and coaches his kids’ soccer team. Also on the team is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son. Now, one must take anything Richard says with a grain or two of … Continue reading
Meaningless Responsible Criticism
The composer, author, and critic Ned Rorem wrote a letter to the New York Times book review, protesting a review of Christopher Ricks’s bookDylan’s Visions of Sin, a portentious 500+ page analysis of Dylan’s lyrics. Rorem wrote, in part, As … Continue reading
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From Brownout to Blackout
Our power problems in Brooklyn culminated Friday afternoon and evening with five separate transformer explosions and fires along Vanderbilt Avenue, the first around 4.30 in the afternoon and the last about 11.30 at night. Voltage went from just under 100 … Continue reading
Brooklyn Brownouts
The low-voltage problem continues in most of western Prospect Heights. Street lights are dim, grocery store freezers are way too warm (soupy ice cream, just the right thing for a hot and muggy night) and the elevators in most of … Continue reading