Adult Fairytales
On the eve of the film's UK release, Neil Gaiman muses on how he came to write Stardust.
Wes Phillips
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
This Gay Talese Esquire profile of the chairman of the board is frequently cited as the best celebrity portrait ever published. I don't know about that—I'd rate both Wolcott Gibbs' New Yorker deconstruction of Henry Robinson Luce and Lillian Ross' Hemingway profile just as highly.
Twelve-Tone Music Isn't Dead
It's just outside, looking in.
The Worst Radio Interview Ever?
Luke Burbank attempted to interview Sigur Ros on NPR. Watch the video to realize how difficult it is to conduct an interview when the interviewee isn't a self-winding talking points machine.
Time Squared?
Have we missed a dimension of time?
Ablutions
Huckleberry is a meticulous groomer—as long as he doesn't have to strain himself reaching any of his nether bits.
You Can't See Me!
Bagheera practices her Cat Fu out in the open. "It's black, I'm black—you can't see me! Bwahh, hah, hah, haaah!
Rosen/Mozart
In my opinion, Charles Rosen's The Classical Style contained some of the most cogent thinking on Mozart ever written, so when he calls Hermann Abert's W. A. Mozart "the best book on Mozart ever written," I listen.
The Days and Knights of Tom Murphy
Murphy is the Dean of the Chess University of Dupont Circle.
Fixin' To Die?
New Scientist explains what it will feel like—from drowning to decapitation.