As grim as the news has been of late, give this to Fortuna: At least she has a dark wit. Why, were it not for the gallows humor that is the GOP, The Daily Show would have perished already. Please, Comedy Central, consider a host (like Larry Whitmore) who has the snarky cynicism of a political insider, not …
You know you’re in trouble when Hollywood starts talking about you. Just look at Steve Jobs. His death gave birth to six biopics in two years (it will be interesting if history renders a verdict of Jobs as a Henry Ford or P.T. Barnum). Similarly, NFL Commission Roger Goodell, Tinseltown has you in their sites. Hollywood has done …
A buddy noted with some surprise recently that I use emoticons, and I’ll admit: I’m a fan of the fad. But see, here’s the thing. Emoticons aren’t a fad, or even anything new. Journalists have been using them for decades. Of course, we had fewer to employ back then, when language was a more delicate …
Damn I miss Jon Stewart. He would be having a field day with the Republicans. Donald Trump continues to trounce the GOP presidential wannabes, despite his tendency to blow your mind straight out of your ass with his racism, chauvinism, and general disdain for anyone not named Donald John Trump. Hell, even his hair …
I was watching an episode of Counting Cars (it’s fascinating, even if I don’t understand half of what they say). This guy was getting a tattoo of the Second Amendment inked over his right shoulder. He mentioned he’d like a tandem car, one with flags, slogans, Constitutional snippets and a Minuteman, flexing like a Mr. Universe contestant, sneering over …
The interesting thing about having the email address sbowles@gmail.com is that you realize how many people are named Bowles. I used to think the surname weird, if not unique. God how I wished my ancestors had dropped the “e” in my last name. I can’t tell you how many times people have read my …
Imagine you call a friend, just to see what’s up. You ask what she’s doing. She explains she’s sitting in a leather chair, sipping almond mocha coffee, jamming to this haunting tune by Chris Cornell. You’re envious, right? Now, put her in bumper to bumper traffic. You’re so glad you’re already at work, right? …
Dear Beck, Morning Phase is terrific. Thanks for making it! I enjoyed pirating it. I debated doing this. I had heard the same, stern lecture from labels, the law and lack-wit fans who told of taking food off the table of artists who live off shekels they make playing notes for a living. Then …
Always have a set of ransom demands. One, it forces you to grapple with life’s inequities and mysteries, to face the unseen-yet-apparent, to reveal how you view the world and, more importantly, how you’d right it. Two, you never know. Hence: Bring back the following words, in the following context: “swell,” as in ‘That’s great,’ …
