February 2010
33 posts
January 2010
41 posts
Sometimes, I'm convinced the sole purpose of the...
"There is nothing here that I would not be ashamed... →
I write about Mbilly for the Portland Mercury. →
“WHAT SEPARATES William Helfrich—AKA mbilly—from the other quiet, self-effacing boys you know who write thoughtful songs and harbor a Sam Cooke obsession? For one, he has a voice that flexes and ripples like Jack LaLanne’s pectorals—classic and classy, despite the nakedness. But more importantly, Helfrich has thought a lot about the values that drew him to his earliest loves: Uncle...
Writes Nick Fraser in the Guardian, "Guston's... →
"Observational comedy is when the comedian... →
From 41st Best Stand-Up Ever, 2008.
My Pazz and Jop ballot — for the Village Voice. →
Words movie reviewers of the 1940s overused,...
“Luminous”
“Haunting”
“Lyric”
“Brave”
“Tender”
“Compassionate”
(and above all) “Poignant”
(From the Gibbs essay, “The Country of the Blind”)
Writes André Aciman in the Times, "Mr. Rohmer was... →
I write about the animated adventures of Def... →
I write about the Yummy Fur — for the Portland... →
Stuart Walton on GK Chesterton's What's Wrong With... →
A taxonomy of animals from the Heavenly Emporium...
(A) Those that belong to the emperor
(B) Embalmed ones
(C) Those that are trained
(D) Suckling pigs
(E) Mermaids
(F) Fabulous ones
(G) Stray dogs
(H) Those that are included in this classification
(I) Those that tremble as if they were mad
(J) Innumerable ones
(K) Those drawn with a very fine camel’s-hair brush
(L) Etcetera
(M) Those that have just broken the flower vase
(N)...
Gaby Wood profiles Edmund White in the Observer. →
"Oh, the way they dress down there! One woman came... →
