What, you say that’s six weeks from now? Well, my article on the Halloween parties thrown by Neil Patrick Harris and his fiancé David Burtka is out now in Food & Wine, and since I wrote it almost a year ago, I’m not inclined to wait any longer to let you know about it. You […]
posted 17 September 2012 in Articles. no comments yet
There’s an area in Runyon Canyon (a mostly vertical park in Los Angeles) where somebody has arranged stones into a large spiral; it takes a few minutes to walk to the center. There’s also some loose stones nearby, which have usually been arranged to spell a word or two, anything from “ROCK” to “LUST.” Recently, […]
posted 14 September 2012 in Photos. no comments yet
I am grateful for many things in my life, not least that I think about my experiences on 9/11/2001 with less frequency as the years pass.
posted 11 September 2012 in Archives, Tasty Bits. no comments yet
Not all of them in New Orleans. 1. The Clash, “London Calling” 2. Randy Newman, “Lousiana 1927” 3. Led Zeppelin, “When the Levee Breaks” 4. Johnny Cash, “Five Feet High and Rising” 5. Bob Dylan, “Down in the Flood” Stay dry, Brooklyn.
posted 15 August 2012 in Tasty Bits. 2 comments
A quick byline update on two articles I wrote that were published in Rolling Stone in recent weeks: pieces on the Killers and Ke$ha. Both acts have new albums coming out this fall. Only one of the interviews took place in bed.
posted 2 August 2012 in Outside. no comments yet
Monday night I checked out the XX (or, if you prefer, the xx), who kicked off their U.S. tour at the storied Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood. I then stayed up late to write about the show–but you can see the fruits of my labor right now on the Rolling Stone website.
A quick link to a small item: my New York Times Magazine sidebar on five of my favorite misheard lyrics is now up on their 6th Floor Blog.
posted 23 July 2012 in Outside, Tasty Bits. no comments yet
If Britney Spears: Elvis Presley, then– Christina Aguilera: Jerry Lee Lewis Max Martin: Lennon / McCartney Ke$ha: The Rolling Stones Pink: The Kinks Katy Perry: The Beach Boys Dr. Luke: Phil Spector Robyn: Love Avril Lavigne: The Doors Miley Cyrus: The Dave Clark Five Rebecca Black: Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs Madonna: Chuck Berry
posted 18 July 2012 in Tasty Bits. 2 comments
Howdy, New York Times readers. If you came here looking for mondegreens, I suggest you try clicking here. And if not, then this is a moment for me to say how cool it was to do a sidebar in the Times Magazine this past Sunday with five of my favorite misheard lyrics: it’s always weird […]
posted 17 July 2012 in Tasty Bits. no comments yet
A couple of years ago, I started writing the alphabet just about every day. Specifically, whenever my kids were drawing with chalk on the sidewalk outside our house, I would write the twenty-six letters of the alphabet in one of the pavement squares. It was two minutes of lexical graphic-design jazz–or it was me goofing […]
posted 13 July 2012 in Photos. 2 comments
