James Frey's Blog, page 163

The hedonists. The provocateur. The phenom.

from Harper’s Bazaar SEX, DRUGS, AND BESTSELLERS: THE LEGEND OF THE LITERARY BRAT PACK By Jason Diamond Bret Easton Ellis, Gary Fisketjon, and Jay McInerney in June 1987 / Patrick McMullan The hedonists. The provocateur. The phenom. The forgotten talent. In the decadent 1980s, the media shipped novelists Jay McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz, Donna Tartt and Jill […]

Earworms Explained

from The New York Times What Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ and Other Earworm Songs Have in Common By  JOANNA KLEIN You should stop reading this now. No really, just don’t. You’re still reading. O.K., you asked for it: “Rah rah ah-ah-ah!/ Ro mah ro-mah-mah!/ Gaga ooh-la-la!”  There’s your “Bad Romance.” Like the “ugly” “disease” Lady Gaga sings about […]

Tugging The Salmon

from UFUNK Masturbation – Les expressions hilarantes des différents pays Si en France on possède déjà de nombreuses expressions très imagées et subtiles pour désigner la masturbation masculine, je vous propose de découvrir quels sont les doux euphémismes utilisés dans les différents pays à travers le monde : Frapper le cyclope, cirer le salami ou serrer la […]

Leonard Cohen Gone

from Variety Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen Dies at 82 by Christopher Morris DAVID ROWLAND/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK Leonard Cohen, the Canadian poet and novelist who became a singular international presence as a singer-songwriter, has died. He was 82. A statement on his official Facebook page read, “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen […]

Secret global conspiracy to enslave humanity

from The Sun Conspiracy theorists claim plan to create Asgardia ‘space nation’ in orbit above earth is secret Illuminati plot to take over the world BY SAM WEBB PLANS for a ‘space nation’ that will orbit the earth are secretly part of a global conspiracy to enslave humanity – if conspiracy theorists are to be […]

Hackman The Assman

from Vulture On the 30th Anniversary of Hoosiers, the Movie’s Director Recalls What a Pain Gene Hackman Was By David Marchese Gene Hackman in “Hoosiers” Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The success and long afterlife of Hoosiers — released almost exactly 30 years ago and new on Hulu this month — may not be quite as improbable as the events depicted in the movie, but […]

“It’s the single greatest aviation mystery of the 20th century.”

from Outside What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980? By: Peter Frick-Wright On New Year’s Day in 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was carrying 29 passengers and a hell of a lot of contraband when it crashed into the side of a 21,112-foot mountain in Bolivia. For decades conspiracy theories abounded as the wreckage remained […]

Brown Sabbath

Proxima Centauri

from SETI Institute The World Next Door By Seth Shostak Parkes Observatory, New South Wales, Australia credit: Ian Sutton If it’s for real, it’s the closest planet beyond our solar system.  The closest planet in outer space. Astronomers using a telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have announced the discovery of a world around the star Proxima Centauri, […]

Someone’s Knocking At The Door

from CNN Signal from sun-like star likely of Earthling variety By Eliott C. McLaughlin Apologies to the Tin Foil Hat Clan, but that mysterious signal emanating from a star in the constellation Hercules? Yeah, probably not an alien. If E.T. didn’t phone home, what happened, you ask? It appears Earthlings are responsible, though scientists haven’t explained exactly how. […]