The eBay Voldemort Confesses
Will Collier tells the tale behind that $250 pre-publication sale of the final Harry Potter volume.
Welcome to heaven—here's your harp
Welcome to hell—here's your electric accordion.
'Tis the Season . . .
. . . to break a copier. Remember folks: Do not drink and photocopy body parts at the office party. You might have to submit to small arms inspection.
"Billboard"
Through a process that R. Luke Dubois has dubbed "time-lapse phongraphy," you can listen to all of Billboard's number one singles since 1958. Playing a "spectral average" of each piece, lasting one second for each week it charted, the 857 songs create a spacey collage.
"I Was Attacked By a Deer"
"I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it."
"I've Never Got Over It"
Harry Patch, the last survivor of Passchendaele, did something 500,000 of his mates didn't: He survived the three months of carnage. He's the last WWI Tommy.
"King of Porn" Empties Out His Castle
Before reading this article, put down that cup of coffee and swallow that last sip. I will not be responsible for any spewage.
"Motion Denied Because You're an Idiot!"
I do so love The Smoking Gun.
"Poignance Measured in Digits"
I've been kicking myself for years for not saving the copy of The New York Times in which Hans Fantel wrote about hearing Bruno Walter's 1938 performance of Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
"The Wind Cries Mary"
Jimi Hendrix on Swedish television in 1967. Need I say more? Computer speakers don't do it justice, turn it up.