Performer of the Week: Andrew Bird
Friday, January 9th, 2009 Posted in Music | No Comments »Is this guy the coolest, most understated, idiosyncratic and imaginative performer out there these days? I'm asking. He whistles (preternaturally well), uses tape loops, plays guitar and violin and glockenspiel, and casually uses words like "palindrone" in his lyrics, while ...
Overheard: Proposition 8
Friday, January 9th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, Uncategorized | No Comments »Regarding Proposition 8, one married man shrugged and said to another: "Hey, as my twice-divorced brother always says, 'Why should they be spared?'"
Fan Mail Wednesday: #24 (Friday Edition)
Thursday, January 8th, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones | No Comments »Buckle up, folks. It's time for Fan Mail Wednesday: The Friday Edition! That's right, we're double-dipping this week. Hi Mr.Preller, I like the Jigsaw Jones books you write because they are mysteries. I also like the codes and pig latin that you ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #23
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Posted in Along Came Spider, Fan Mail | 2 Comments »Every year I hope to be better with Fan Mail. But I guess I might as well confess this, even if it makes me look like a creep: While I'm grateful for fan mail, and amazed, and often touched, there's a ...
Lynda Barry, Part Duex
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Posted in Around the Web | 1 Comment »Hey, it's a Lynda Barry Rock Block. Two posts in a row! I found a great link to a Lynda Barry audio slide show at Julie Fortenberry's Picture Book Illustration blog. Go here for the Barry link. Great stuff, under three ...
What It Is: The Lynda Barry “Distraction”
Monday, January 5th, 2009 Posted in Greatest Hits, Interviews & Appreciations, the writing process | 4 Comments »I think it's time we talked about the supreme awesomeness of Lynda Barry . . . . . . and maybe a little bit about why I love her most recent book, What It Is. I'm not practiced at writing reviews, ...
For Mets Fans Only
Monday, January 5th, 2009 Posted in New York Mets | No Comments »You know how when you walk around and come across a construction site, and there's about six people standing around watching it? I was one of those guys. Here's two photos of Citi Field and Shea Stadium taken by Tom Kaminski ...
One Year in 40 Seconds: Sublime
Monday, January 5th, 2009 Posted in Fun Clips | No Comments »[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmIFXIXQQ_E] The video speaks for itself. For more information on "the making of," including all sorts of camera-geek details, go here.
My Word for 2009
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 Posted in Around the Web, Greatest Hits | 3 Comments »About a week back, I linked to One Little Word, a concept for the New Year when we are called upon to select a single word as more or less our theme/mantra for the coming year. As far as I ...
Best Books of 2008, and so on . . .
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 Posted in Six Innings | No Comments »I have a lot of ground to cover this morning -- and hopefully some of it will be in the snow-covered woods and in the company of my dog, Daisy. So check this out: Sue Corbett, author of 12 Again ...