Lemurian Congress

I am near the end of the 1930 issues of The New Yorker, and I am interested to see when Adolph Hitler begins appearing in the pages. I knew ...

Many things have prevented me from blogging recently, not least my own laziness and ennui. My computer's hard drive totally died after m...

When I say repeatedly that the early New Yorker magazine didn't usually tackle serious subjects, I was obviously lying, because here is ...

(From the June 14, 1930 issue of The New Yorker, by Art Young )

During late 1929, the Embassy Theatre in New York started a phenomenon: "The Newsreel Theatre." It was a massive hit, other theatr...

Just a bunch of things that don't deserve separate entries (or do but require more time and thought than I can spare at the moment). Eve...

Rest in peace, Blossom Dearie . You were hip, but not weird, and I notice you never wore a beard.

I have to admit I'm getting a real kick out of Canada's sudden "coalition crisis." It's not just that I'm hoping t...

We've gotten so used to instant-gratification that, when following a news story, we often expect a New Explosive Revelation at every cli...

What a weekend. We lost Richard Wright as well. Now that's REALLY sad.

...apparently killed himself on Friday. This is awful. I admit that I haven't much cared for his later work, and I was getting the sens...

More interesting than Halley's Comet and nearly as rare, Andy Prieboy has quietly released a new EP. My love and admiration for brillia...

Personally, I'm thrilled that they're putting a small park in front of Waterloo Town Square. There are certainly other parks in the ...

I always knew that Zsa Zsa was destined for super-stardom, but I wasn't quite sure how until now: News article with Zsa Zsa picture. (I...

Yesterday -- a gloomy, cold Monday morning -- I got the happiest surprise possible: Dimitri Nabokov has finally decided to publish his fath...

During the past few years American scientists have been bemoaning the lack of accessible science literature, particularly in the field of bi...

I'm starting to see the signs and I'm dusting off my widow's weeds: the compact disc is in its last throes. I'm not exactly ...

This weekend's Kitchener-Waterloo Record has a nice article about the BusWalk Tour. It makes me sound a little goofy, but I suppose tha...

The collapse of this bridge inspires awe. We just don’t expect structures to behave like that. And obviously commuters don’t expect to find ...

Okay, this one isn't as nasty, I can live with it. Be sure to read this post first to understand the context behind this "editoria...