James Frey's Blog, page 66

Bourdain and a Boner

from Vanity Fair Bourdain, My Camera, and Me The photographer behind one of the most indelible images taken of the late chef remembers their friendship—and the way it evolved over time. BY MELANIE DUNEA The bone kept sliding out of my hand. I had picked it up at Ottomanelli & Sons on Bleecker Street, overloaded and […]

Celebrating Sublime

from San Jose Mercury News ‘Sublime’ at 25: Remembering Bradley Nowell and the SoCal band’s massive hit album The album sold over 18 million copies worldwide and spawned hit singles including “What I Got,” “Santeria” and “Wrong Way.” By KELLI SKYE FADROSKI On July 30, 1996, Sublime released its self-titled mainstream debut on MCA Records. Although […]

The Maestro of San Francisco

from SF Gate The curious life of the Bay Area’s 84-year-old bodybuilding rhinestone cowboy artist by Michelle Robertson Stills of Maestro Gaxiola from the Criterion Collection. Courtesy of the Criterion Collection In his 84 years, Gerald “The Maestro” Gaxiola has been an artist, a bodybuilder, a philosopher, a writer, a singer/songwriter, a leather worker, a salesman […]

Interior People

LouvreHub

from The Observer The Louvre Is Cracking Down on Pornhub for Turning Classic Art Into Explicit Content By Helen Holmes Pornhub, one of the most highly visited adult websites in the United States, is reportedly facing legal action from the Louvre museum in Paris and the Uffizi in Florence after debuting a new interactive website and app, “Show Me the […]

The Genius of Earl

from PASTE It Still Stings: My Name Is Earl‘s Incomplete Journey Towards Forgiveness By Kristen Reid When My Name is Earl was canceled by NBC in 2009 after its fourth season, fans were heartbroken that our final glimpse into Earl Hickey’s life was a simple title card promising “to be continued…” After four years of watching Earl transform his […]

Not A Good Year

from AP US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, public health officials said Wednesday. The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even […]

Taco No

from CBS News Taco Bell’s menu hit by nationwide shortages of ingredients BY KATE GIBSON The menu at Taco Bell may be a bit limited these days, with the quick-service restaurant chain warning customers that it might not be able to fulfill their current appetite hankerings.  In an apology offered in an orange banner atop […]

Vidiots Lives in Eagle Rock!

from The LA Times Beloved video store Vidiots is set to reopen. How Rian Johnson and others are helping By MARK OLSEN Vidiots, the long-running L.A. video store, is reopening in Eagle Rock with a restored movie theater. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) When Vidiots, the long-running video store in Santa Monica that had become […]

‘Big Ass Steamroller’ Cool

from VICE Police Destroy 1,069 Bitcoin Miners With Big Ass Steamroller In Malaysia Malaysian authorities did not mess around when they broke up a cryptocurrency mining farm and charged the operators with stealing electricity. By Andrew Hayward As Bitcoin’s price surged this spring to a new all-time high, the spotlight shining on its controversial mining process […]