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Johnny Marr was on Fallon the other night. For a web exclusive, they got him to perform the Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now.” Words fail.
May 5th
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April 2013
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The Globe, the Times and the Boston Bombings
I’ve been awestruck by the Boston Marathon bombing coverage in the Boston Globe and New York Times, just as I was by the Times’ coverage of Sandy and the Denver Post’s coverage of Aurora. But I can’t help but wonder: how much longer will the rest of us — and by “us” I mean readers, the broadcast media, the commentariat and the blogosphere — be able...
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March 2013
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This is the welcome placard for the Applied Design exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Definitely worth a visit — here’s a selection of what’s on display.
Mar 24th
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The decline and fall of alt-weeklies
In the wake of this week’s closing of the Boston Phoenix, Jack Shafer has a sad piece on the decline of alt-weeklies. Back when I was a grad student at Berkeley in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the East Bay Express defined for me what an alt-weekly should be — in-depth reporting on topics that the local dailies weren’t covering, excellent arts coverage and a strong...
Mar 17th
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February 2013
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Saw these guys yesterday at the Grand Central subway station. They bill themselves the “Ebony Cowboys” and they were rocking OUT.
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Here’s a wonderful tribute to the career of former New York Times chairman, CEO and publisher Arthur O. “Punch” Sulzberger. Also make sure to read the his obituary in the Times. One way to appreciate the Sulzberger’s legacy is to imagine what American journalism would be like if he had failed to staunch the company’s financial losses in the ’60s. Or if he’d caved...
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July 2012
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What actually happened at the Nuclear Security...
juliekorea: I must’ve missed that…
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April 2012
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President Obama, "the Preezy of the United... →
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Sara Ganim, a 24-year-old staff writer at the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for her coverage of the Jerry Sandusky child-rape scandal at Penn State. The kid beat everyone to the story.
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March 2012
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February 2012
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Carl Crawford is still one of my favorite players in the Majors and I’m fully confident he’ll turn things around in 2012. The guy’s too classy for Sox fans, wish he were still with the Rays.
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“To call it a train wreck wouldn’t be right. Train wrecks are fast and violent....”
– The Washington Post, reviewing a Guns N’ Roses show at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Md.
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I just had a 20 minute discussion about the...
seouladrift: With my kindergarten kids. Who were born in 2005. In Korea. They all contributed. Talking about their names, the songs they sang, the reason they broke up, John’s murder…and I didn’t even initiate it. They’ve just gotten really interested in The Beatles since we started rehearsing our graduation song. These are the times I love my job. I love these kids. I love The Beatles. Wow.
Feb 21st
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