The Duke Still Rules; Crime As a Career Track

Written by Taki on . Posted in Breaking News, Posts

LEMAÎTRE Duke of All  I’ve got some very bad news for media liberals: Even though it received little media attention, a recent Reuters/Zogby poll shows the Duke to be America’s favorite actor of the century. Yes, dear readers, John Wayne, always riding tall into the sunset, is more popular than those grimacing, foul-mouthed twitching midgets who pass as film stars
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Hillary Clinton Loves New York

Written by Russ Smith on . Posted in Breaking News, Posts

Okay, I give in: Hillary Clinton‘s astoundingly selfish New York Senate run is Topic A this week. Since many readers keep track of my political wagers—I’ve been on a losing streak since ’94—let me assure them that I’ve already mailed a check for $100 to Chris Caldwell at The Weekly Standard, a deserved comeuppance for predicting just weeks ago that
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The Anti-Heros Sue Over American Hero X

Written by J.R. Taylor on . Posted in Posts

Mark Noah has been singing with the Anti-Heros for 10 years, since back when he kept a low profile as “The Unabomber.” Guitarist Mark Magee and bassist Mike Jones have been a little less shy while defining the band’s unrelenting style. The occasional nightclub riot has helped sift through the usual succession of drummers. Throughout, these three great men have
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MUGGER Goes to Memphis, Eats BBQ, Still Thinks John McCain’s a Loon

Written by Russ Smith on . Posted in Breaking News, Posts

Coping with the Alternative Press   It was about 4 a.m. last Friday when a pot of coffee and three liters of Evian arrived at my suite in Memphis‘ Peabody Hotel, and the room service fellow asked where I was from. When I said New York City, he replied: “Ahh, you must be here for the convention.” I nodded
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The Small-Town Surrealism of Desert Blue

Written by Matt Zoller Seitz on . Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Desert Blue directed by Morgan J. Freeman Casting and directing actors in ways that play to their strengths is a talent in itself. In both Streets and Blue, the Sexton character is a troubled hero who has a disordered home life (one parent is dead and the other is either a deceiver or deceived). He has an unlikely dream—in Streets,
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Henry Flesh’s Massage

Written by J.T. Leroy on . Posted in Books, Posts

Massage by Henry Flesh Akashic Books, 384 pages, $15.95   When I read a blurb about Henry Flesh’s Massage saying it was about this erotic masseur, Randy, involved in a violent, sadomasochistic relationship with this rich older guy, Graham, who has AIDS… I thought cool! I’ve mostly been reading Goodnight Moon and Babar books, so it was refreshing to read
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Hands Off the Bill of Rights, Leeza!

Written by John Strausbaugh on . Posted in Breaking News, Posts

On her sub-Rosie talk show one morning last week, Leeza Gibbons and her guests were going on about youth violence and gun control when someone cited the Second Amendment. Well, Leeza plotzed. Forget the Second Amendment, Leeza huffed. Forget the Constitution altogether. It’s ancient history. It was written by a bunch of old men. Kids
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