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The Tao of Bill Murray

Hey everybody! My next book is all about Bill Murray and his crazy, awesome life. It’s got hundreds of stories about him enlivening movie sets, golf courses, and kickball games–many of them never told before. The Tao of Bill Murray isn’t out until September 20, but I wanted to share this excellent cover art by […]

posted 16 May 2016 in Buy My Stuff. no comments yet

R.I.P. Darwyn Cooke, 1962-2016

I was very sad to hear of the passing of the hugely talented comics creator Darwyn Cooke, struck down by cancer. Every page I ever saw that was drawn by him crackled with life and wit; he was also a gifted writer who had a knack for making complicated stories come alive in far fewer […]

posted 15 May 2016 in News. no comments yet

We’re Putting It on Wax

Because I had never recapped a TV show before, I tried it for The New York Times with the first season of Vinyl, HBO’s lavish reconstruction of the early-1970s music business. The series had a promising but flawed beginning (with a two-hour pilot directed by Martin Scorsese), then it gradually got worse, then it perked […]

posted 9 May 2016 in Outside. no comments yet