Gypsy Punks, Motherfuckers!

Gypsy Punks, Motherfuckers!

Dogs were barking, guests were parking and my wedding was about to start Dogs were barking, monkeys clapping Then I got up on table and…

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Seven Days.  Five Interviews.

Seven Days. Five Interviews.

Forgive me if it’s been sucking here this week. But now you know why. Lots of podcasts to come. Incidentally, for those who have written…

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You Mean They AREN'T Going to Praise Our Gas-Guzzling SUVS If We Empower Them?

You Mean They AREN’T Going to Praise Our Gas-Guzzling SUVS If We Empower Them?

Hilarious.

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Remember the Ladies

Remember the Ladies

This Monday, a number of smart and fantastic women (including Meghan Daum, Heather Juergensen, Erin Ergenbright, Michelle Richmond, Samina Ali, Kimberly Askew, Carla Kihlstedt, Flor…

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Let the Hate Flow Through You

Let the Hate Flow Through You

I can’t tell you which book I loathed more: the one that was 342 pages or the one that was 368 pages. 368 pages were,…

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More Deaths

More Deaths

RIP Denis Twitchett and Doris Muscatine.

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Plagiarism: Cracking Down on the Hard Cases

Plagiarism: Cracking Down on the Hard Cases

Plagiarism has found a slimy new instigator in the form of a ten year old Dutch girl. This evil little urchin, whose four ventricles beat…

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Something Revealing Apple's True Vulgarity in a Nutshell

Something Revealing Apple’s True Vulgarity in a Nutshell

Introducing the iGoatse.

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I May Be an Internet Fiend, But There ARE Limits, People.  Browsing Over Carousing?  You've Gotta Be Shitting Me.

I May Be an Internet Fiend, But There ARE Limits, People. Browsing Over Carousing? You’ve Gotta Be Shitting Me.

Carolyn Kellogg on SXSW: “As a group of us finished lunch, we realized we had an hour to kill before the next session. ‘Where should…

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For Those Who Are Blind to His Precious Cargo

For Those Who Are Blind to His Precious Cargo

Seen today on California Street (around 1:45 PM): man with jacket reading BEER DELIVERY GUY.

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Tell Caitlin What You Think

Tell Caitlin What You Think

It looks like Caitlin Flanagan is scheduled to guest blog at the Powell’s blog next week. But here’s the important thing: the Powell’s blog has…

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Players and Quitters

Players and Quitters

Levi Asher reports on yesterday’s book publishing panel with Sarah Weinman and Akashic‘s Johnny Temple: “Next up was a young woman with a forlorn Fiona…

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RIP John McGahren

RIP John McGahren

Dead at 71. (via Mark)

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The Tournament of Books Jumps the Shark

The Tournament of Books Jumps the Shark

Saturday over Garner? You’ve got to be frickin’ kidding me. [UPDATE: My colleague Scott Esposito says it better than I can. But as an aside,…

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But Does "Reindeer Games" Really Count as Influential?

But Does “Reindeer Games” Really Count as Influential?

The Greatest and Most Influential Erotic/Sexual Films and Scenes: an amazingly detailed list and good reference point for those (like me) who are interested in…

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Maybe It's a Two-Way Street After All

Maybe It’s a Two-Way Street After All

Josh Marshall writes: My point is to call out the assumption among too many reporters that original reporting on the web amounts to free pickings,…

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Savage Hypocrisy

Savage Hypocrisy

October 17, 2002: Dan Savage writes, “These developments–a Republican administration recognizing that support for dictators in Third World countries is a losing proposition; a commitment…

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Just My Two Cents

Just My Two Cents

Any list of skylines that doesn’t include San Francisco is utterly worthless.

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Tom Hanks is a Whore

Tom Hanks is a Whore

“How Starbucks Saved My Life” (via MeFi)

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Note to the IQ Test Spammers

Note to the IQ Test Spammers

While I can pretty much ignore most of your ignoble cousins, it is you who, for whatever reason, seem to think I might be receptive…

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Thoughts From a Real Writer

Thoughts From a Real Writer

Earlier this week, I had a chance to talk with writer B.S. Napkin, a local writer who has published several books, including A Hose for…

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Before You Go to Med School, You Might Want to Subscribe to This Feed

Before You Go to Med School, You Might Want to Subscribe to This Feed

Surgeries via video podcast. To be clear on this, one podcast features “a pull-through procedure for a high imperforate anus,” a procedure that I suspect…

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This Man Brainwashed His Own Children Against Google and iPod

Article here, but I don’t think the shivers will stop until after lunchtime.

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Roundup

Roundup

It is, as they say, a crazy week. Amazingly, no monkeys are involved. So blog participation must be scarce. Trust me on this: prolificity is…

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Subscription Model Publishing

Subscription Model Publishing

Richard Nash, who seems to have more ideas in his head than magicians have rabbits in their hats, is offering an innovative subscription model program….

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Boilerplate for All Future Comics Articles

Boilerplate for All Future Comics Articles

Once [considered a lesser art form] [limited to superheroes and lasers], today’s comic books [are evolving into a bona-fide literary form] [are tackling personal stories…

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Roundup

Roundup

The Seattle Weekly devotes a remarkable amount of space to the Courtney Love-Paula Fox family history. Needless to say, it’s about as stable and functional…

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Bush, Facing Record Low Approval Ratings, Stands Under Chandelier, Hoping Bulbs Will Give Him “Idea”

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1,000 of Those Life Coaches Have Been Hired by Tom Cruise

1,000 of Those Life Coaches Have Been Hired by Tom Cruise

New York Times: “But behind the scenes life coaches are also finding plenty of work in the entertainment business. As their ranks swell nationwide —…

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The Other Big News: People TiVo Programs That They Have No Intention of Watching

The Other Big News: People TiVo Programs That They Have No Intention of Watching

There’s currently some controversy about podcasts. According to Bridge Data, 80% of podcasts that are downloaded never make it to a portable audio player. They…

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