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February 13, 2012
Hanksy
from THE AWL
An Interview with Hanksy
By EA Hanks | February 8, 2012
Hanksy is a street artist who puts Tom Hanks' face on copies of Banksy's art. His first show, which just closed at the Krause Gallery on the Lower East Side, and where the menu offered boxes of chocolates and Dr. Pepper, nearly sold out completely, according to the [...]
An Interview with Hanksy
By EA Hanks | February 8, 2012
Hanksy is a street artist who puts Tom Hanks' face on copies of Banksy's art. His first show, which just closed at the Krause Gallery on the Lower East Side, and where the menu offered boxes of chocolates and Dr. Pepper, nearly sold out completely, according to the [...]
February 12, 2012
Die Antwoord's of Wisdom
from SPIN Magazine
Die Antwoord's Totally Insane Words of Wisdom
By David Marchese
[Photograph by Roger Ballen, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery]
Ninja: The response to Die Antwoord was a total mind-fuck. It was like being on an acid trip. I'd been rapping for 20 years and all of a sudden there was overload. It made no sense. You can make your [...]
Die Antwoord's Totally Insane Words of Wisdom
By David Marchese
[Photograph by Roger Ballen, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery]
Ninja: The response to Die Antwoord was a total mind-fuck. It was like being on an acid trip. I'd been rapping for 20 years and all of a sudden there was overload. It made no sense. You can make your [...]
February 11, 2012
Whitney Gone
Still the greatest Star Spangled Banner ever sung…
Sad to see you go, Ms. Houston….
Sad to see you go, Ms. Houston….
February 8, 2012
TG&M: Fiction or non-fiction: Does it matter any more?
from The Globe And Mail
RUSSELL SMITH
Fiction or non-fiction: Does it matter any more?
Published Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012 3:46PM EST
The biggest topic in literature these days – aside from the endless e-book debate – is, once again, the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
We dissected this issue in 2006, after James Frey's bestselling memoir of addiction turned out [...]
RUSSELL SMITH
Fiction or non-fiction: Does it matter any more?
Published Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012 3:46PM EST
The biggest topic in literature these days – aside from the endless e-book debate – is, once again, the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
We dissected this issue in 2006, after James Frey's bestselling memoir of addiction turned out [...]
February 7, 2012
Flipping The Bird
from Slate
Cluck You - Why do we call giving someone the finger "flipping the bird"?
By Brian Palmer
Photo by Christopher Polk.
Madonna was upstaged at her own Super Bowl halftime show Sunday when guest performer M.I.A. extended her middle finger at the camera. When did we start calling this gesture "flipping the bird?"
The obscene gesture itself is far older than [...]
Cluck You - Why do we call giving someone the finger "flipping the bird"?
By Brian Palmer
Photo by Christopher Polk.
Madonna was upstaged at her own Super Bowl halftime show Sunday when guest performer M.I.A. extended her middle finger at the camera. When did we start calling this gesture "flipping the bird?"
The obscene gesture itself is far older than [...]
February 6, 2012
Hard-wired Swearing
from How Stuff Works
Swearing and the Brain
Your brain is a very complex organ, but there are only a few things you need to know about it to understand how it approaches swear words differently from other language:
– In most people, the left hemisphere is in charge of language. The right hemisphere creates the emotional content of language.
– [...]
Swearing and the Brain
Your brain is a very complex organ, but there are only a few things you need to know about it to understand how it approaches swear words differently from other language:
– In most people, the left hemisphere is in charge of language. The right hemisphere creates the emotional content of language.
– [...]
February 5, 2012
Sweet Potato Soup With Bacon
from The Arizona Republic
[ click to continue recipe at AZCentral.com ]
[ click to continue recipe at AZCentral.com ]
February 4, 2012
AMERICA: Stuck In The Teeth
from America Magazine
Stuck In The Teeth
POSTED AT: FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012 07:25:58 PM
AUTHOR: JIM KEANE, S.J.
In his memoir/novel A Million Little Pieces (first pitched as the latter, then sold and made famous as the former, then eventually exposed as largely the latter), author James Frey tells the harrowing tale of undergoing a double root canal without any anesthetic. [...]
Stuck In The Teeth
POSTED AT: FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012 07:25:58 PM
AUTHOR: JIM KEANE, S.J.
In his memoir/novel A Million Little Pieces (first pitched as the latter, then sold and made famous as the former, then eventually exposed as largely the latter), author James Frey tells the harrowing tale of undergoing a double root canal without any anesthetic. [...]
February 3, 2012
Hepworth Purloined
from Financial Times
Hepworth sculpture latest target of 'scrap metal' thieves
By Helen Warless
'Two Forms (Divided Circle)' by Barbara Hepworth, taken from Dulwich Park, London
An enormous bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth which was wrenched from its plinth in a south London park is thought to be the latest in a string of artworks to have been targeted by [...]
Hepworth sculpture latest target of 'scrap metal' thieves
By Helen Warless
'Two Forms (Divided Circle)' by Barbara Hepworth, taken from Dulwich Park, London
An enormous bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth which was wrenched from its plinth in a south London park is thought to be the latest in a string of artworks to have been targeted by [...]
February 2, 2012
Angelo Dundee Gone
from AP via The Arizona Republic
Muhammad Ali's boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dead at 90
Feb. 1, 2012 11:42 PM - Associated Press
There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday party.
The genial trainer got to see his old friend, and reminisce about good times. It was almost as if they were [...]
Muhammad Ali's boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dead at 90
Feb. 1, 2012 11:42 PM - Associated Press
There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday party.
The genial trainer got to see his old friend, and reminisce about good times. It was almost as if they were [...]
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