Archive: June 2005

• Music / Oakland blown up by Japanther. in music, san francisco · Jun 30, 12:50

  A bunch of us journeyed to Oakland to watch Japanther kill em all at a house party. 50 people + 12′x12′ living room + 40’s & Crown Royal = sweat & mayhem = just another Monday night in Oakland. Also on the bill: XBXRX (wore matching orange leotards, broke the stage), I Hate You When [...]

• Nurse! Get me Rolling Stone on the phone! in lit, reviews, tip · Jun 21, 12:17

  Has there been a more thankless task in modern literary history than editing Hunter S. Thompson? According to former Rolling Stone editor Robert Love, the magazine actually assigned junior editors the task of babysitting Thompson as he approached his deadline. (Okay, there are worse junior editing tasks than that; I’ve done them). In a recent [...]

• Movies / Sans Solo: The real problem with the new Star Wars trilogy in reviews, tip · Jun 13, 12:15

  I’ve never met anyone who enjoyed an installment of the second Star Wars trilogy — Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. Commonly cited aspects of its unpopularity (in no particular order): terrible dialogue, insufferable “love” scenes, new characters that would be merely uninteresting if they weren’t offensive, and over-dependence on [...]

• Deep Throat / Not so deep after all in law & order, the ancient past · Jun 2, 18:37

  So as it turns out, Bob Woodward met Deep Throat in a White House waiting room. Of all the juke joints in all the world! Woodward was a lieutenant in the Navy and often delivered documents to the White House. Felt was there on FBI business, undoubtedly looking out for the best interests of the [...]

• Reflections on my Pynchon obsession in lit, reviews, the ancient past · Jun 2, 17:18

  Bookforum recently published a tribute to Thomas Pynchon called “Pynchon from A to V,” written by critic and Pynchon maniac Gerald Howard. Most Pynchon fans discover that their love dare not speak its name because when it does, it instantly labels one as a literary snob and smartypants. Like experience in armed combat, love of [...]