This gives me goosebumps:
In the summer of 2005, National Gallery of Art personnel and a consulting engineer were chasing down a leak on a roof terrace atop the gallery's marble-clad, I.M. Pei-designed East Building. Suddenly the beginnings of what would turn out to be a far more serious problem caught someone's eye. One or two [...]
Good mornin', wenises! So, as I told the man himself, cruising around former-WCPer Joe Eaton's Rumble Note blog over the weekend got me pining for my old motorcycle. But because that sweet-ass Suzuki 805 is 1,000 miles away in some boomer's driveway, I decided to cruise craigslist, where I found a Honda Nighthawk 750 with [...]
Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City is one of the best books of the year. So sayeth me; so sayeth the sage critterpoos at the New York Times, who include Lethem's eighth novel in their holiday gift guide. (Speaking of guides, check out ours!) While a good friend of mine alleges that Chronic City, which is about [...]
Morning, y'all! Pep-pep's back, after an extended leave of absence, and he's ready to link your mind! For starters, WaPo runs yet another Facebook article; this time, there's a news peg on which to hang your irritation. Also, the Boston Globe really demonstrates its reach by patting the shit out of its own back: The [...]
How awesome is this?
"A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number."
My fondest holiday memory involves my dad and stepmom's long-haired dachshund shitting mad diarrhea under the dining room table while my aunt, who smoked two packs a day until she passed away, turned the screws on my dad's temper by arguing at full volume that of course his kids masturbated–Don't you kids? Jesus, yes, you [...]
Some people just don't like Christmas. Baltimore Director John Waters knows this, and has taken it upon himself to help such people through the holiday season with his spoken-word performances, in which he elaborates on why you can love or hate–but can't possibly ignore–Christmas. In anticipation of his show at the Birchmere (which, sadly, is [...]
Thomas Fricilone, of Biz 3 publicity, writes in an email: "There are no tour dates currently planned for Daft Punk. The recent rumors of a Daft Punk tour are false. We would like to ensure that no fans are taken advantage of by fictitious rumors of upcoming shows."
Damn. What am I supposed to [...]
Michael Wolff goes to town on the book publishing industry, namely HarperCollins, for pushing "vanity books" instead of "real books." Front and center is Sarah Palin's Inuit romance novel, Pantsuits with Wolves:
Morning, y'all! Above is a lil bit of Mountain Goats/Aesop Rock to start your day. Clay Shirky, new media prognosticator extraordinaire, turns his attention to bookstores, and his analysis and conclusions hit awfully close to home. Ask the average District dandy for a list of retail complaints, and the closures of Olsson's and Vertigo–or a [...]
