Ken Layne's Blog, page 17

What does everyone in this photo collage have in common?...

What does everyone in this photo collage have in common? (ANSWER: HOBBITS.)

Thanksgiving traditions must be honored, at all costs. Here is...

Thanksgiving traditions must be honored, at all costs. Here is William S. Burroughs reading his “Thanksgiving Prayer,” in a short film by Gus Van Sant.

And here are my holiday recipes, in case you’re on the West Coast and just now trying to figure out what to do for Thanksgiving Dinner in a few hours: My semi-beloved Real Cranberry Business, and a pescetarian menu featuring grilled wild sockeye salmon, fundamentalist macaroni and cheese and homemade mixed-bread dressing. You can actually do all this in three hours, if you’ve got the food already …..

Sorry.

Sorry.

This is for Josh Fruhlinger.

This is for Josh Fruhlinger.

Is there an eleventh doctor in the house? (Sorry, we go through...

Is there an eleventh doctor in the house? (Sorry, we go through a lot of Doctor Who jokes around here ….) The seven-year-old child as the 11th Doctor.

Monsters I Have Been: A Lifetime In Five Halloween Costumes

Monsters I Have Been: A Lifetime In Five Halloween Costumes:

Here is something I wrote that is not about the election or the hurricane. It is about the other thing, Halloween.

Robert Downey Jr. is … The Christ of the Andes.

Robert Downey Jr. is … The Christ of the Andes.

The War On Halloween Is a War On ... Everything, and Also 'Capitalism'

The War On Halloween Is a War On ... Everything, and Also 'Capitalism':

My new column at Reuters.

Paul Ryan is “Poochie,” right?

Paul Ryan is “Poochie,” right?

This list might seem like foolishness, but *listen* to each song in your head with Westerberg's rasp, that twangy '80s guitar, the snare, the '80s reverb, the creak on the high notes, the lurching piano sometimes ....

This list might seem like foolishness, but *listen* to each song in your head with Westerberg's rasp, that twangy '80s guitar, the snare, the '80s reverb, the creak on the high notes, the lurching piano sometimes ....