It was hogwash, if you really want to know the long and short of it. Pure and utter hogwash. He knew damn well that he had better words than the words he’d been spitting at the world. He believed all sorts of decent things that, for some reason he couldn’t entirely understand, he wasn’t willing … Read more
David Carr, a native Twin Citizen, has carved out a nice niche at the New York Times as a media columnist. After a couple years on the media beat, he recently rose a notch up the masthead. His byline has ripened into a headline, and he gets to insert informed commentary into his semi-regular stories … Read more
The Peugeot looks good, and boy, will it back up! As a “Car Guy” ages it becomes important to maintain a certain dose of what Henri Bergsson called “elan vital.” This can be translated to mean a spirit for life. I could find a suitable substitute in English but this would betray my continental bias … Read more
An abbreviated rant: At one of the “experimental” theater productions I attended over the weekend, they were distributing a lil’ pamphlet called “How To Look At New Work,” and it was about the most condescending thing I’ve ever seen. It was enough to send a girl shopping, and that’s about all I did on Saturday … Read more
Number of received chocolate bunnies: 6 Number that still have auditory abilities: 0 Chances that a colored egg was undercooked and inedible (if not dangerous): 36 in 90 Ratio of eggs hidden to eggs found: 44:39 Percentage of alleged guests that allegedly had to work and could not attend, which allegedly had nothing to do … Read more
Can you believe it’s already tax day? I’m lucky this year, having gone to see Mr. Mark Fox–tax accountant for every writer, actor, painter, or musician I’ve ever known–in February. This frees me up for my usual Monday evening activities of movie-watching and/or reading. But lookit! This sounds interesting: Once Upon A Crime bookstore is … Read more
Dear Sirs, I never asked for your treatise. Your recent manifesto bored me to tears. Every one of your manifestos, in fact, has landed unwelcome on my doorstep. No man over the age of twenty-five should write a manifesto. After that it’s just too fucking late. I want you to know that I haven’t forgotten … Read more
So, okay, after a woeful start on the road the Twins have come home and swept Oakland and shutdown a New York club that has been alleged by some to be one of the greatest offensive teams ever assembled. That’s been impressive. And that’s been entertaining. The Twins have won two one-run games, battled back … Read more
Cheney and Rummy: 31 years of listening only to each other In case you haven’t noticed, we’re not winning in Iraq. It’s not the military’s fault, unless you fault them for not rising up, deposing Bush and Rumsfeld, and restoring the democracy that was taken from us in 2000. At any rate, the military has … Read more
L’Enfant and Friends With Money “L’Enfant”, 2006. Written and directed by Jena-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Starring Jeremie Renier, Deborah Francois, and Jeremie Segard. Now showing at the Edina Theater. If you’ve ever lived in Michigan, specifically Detroit or one of the constellation of broken-down factory towns on the eastern side of the state (Flint, Saginaw, … Read more