Bea Arthur and Rock Hudson singing an ode to substance abuse. [source]
Like millions of people, I was sad to hear of the death of Bea Arthur today. She was a tough broad and a brilliant comedian. I grew up watching Golden Girls, and the model of friendship-as-sustenance shown on that series has influenced my own […]
I don’t have anything incisive to say about the above video, other than that I love George Carlin. The more I listen to him, the more I think he’s on my side most of the time. I wish I’d been a bit older when his short-lived sitcom was on TV. As it is, all I […]
Through some twist of lucky faith, I had the immense privilege of serving as column editor for Henry Jenkins way back when I first started working on Flow. One of my favorite pieces was one discussing the problem of Sarah Silverman’s film, Jesus is Magic.
We recently ran a kind of “greatest hits” issue, and […]
I’m sorry, but how did someone cast Matthew Lillard, Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, and Ron Perlman all in one movie? How? Is it even conceivable to watch the trailer for In the Name of the King and not suspect, strongly, that it’s the work of some mash up genius? But, no, it’s real.
I’ve always […]
Some velvet morning when I’m straight
Lee Hazlewood has died, which is quite sad. He wrote “These Boots Were Made for Walkin’” rebranding Nancy Sinatra as a tough blonde bird, and he penned Dean Martin’s hit “Houston,” a love song to a city that has been treated too often as unlovable, but I most prefer his […]