Overheard Gems |
Yesterday:Woman with clipboard in Copley Square: "Do you have a moment for the environment?"Man she was addressing: "Do you have a moment to suck my dick?"And this dick reference reminded me of a conv...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:07:00 GMT |
Stop Throwing Grapes |
I was having lunch with Gary and a few others, and as he was talking with someone else, I began tossing grapes at him. Gary tried to ignore it, but after 4 or 5 bounces to the head, he ended his conve...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:52:00 GMT |
(Nobody's) Heroes |
Decked out in our usher finery (burgundy polyester jackets, cheap bowties, etc&), Steve and I stood poised over the dumpster wed just filled with several bales of unread Scene newspapers. Then I lit ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:28:00 GMT |
The Best of 2008...Ah, Fuck It |
I've been in such a writing slump lately that I figured I'd do something (ostensibly) easy, like talk about my favorite music and books from this year. And if I were actually going to go down that roa...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:42:00 GMT |
Reginald Markwright Does Darkbuster |
At the dawn of the new era of youth marketing, I was a grunt worker on college campus brand awareness tours, pushing anything from Reebok to Sprint to Perry Ellis to KY Jelly down the throats of stude...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:42:00 GMT |
The Fall of The House of (the stupid) Usher |
Old (sad but true) story from a long time ago:
September 30th-
Fellow usher Rob brought in a demonic-looking clown doll tonight. It had a string sticking out of its back, and when you pulled th...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:33:00 GMT |
Manager Zine |
I just finished reading the first five issues of Manager, a new zine put out by my old pal Ben Walter. I first got to know Ben almost 20 years ago while I was seeing his sister. Even as a kid (he must...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:19:00 GMT |
Martin, William, George, Brian, Suzi, Alison, Cindy & Ingrid |
One problem with drinking so damn much during my nearly 40 years on this delightful planet is that my brain cells are pretty much fucked as far as capacity for fresh original(ish) thought goes. A few ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:22:00 GMT |
Dear Rakish Cad |
My old pal The Rakish Cad has kindly started up an advice column (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&
friendID=298046122&blogID=340487831). Below is a burning question I hav...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:48:00 GMT |
If I was a song Id be... |
The other day I was talking with Alisa (one of my favorite co-workers) and she told me about a game she's played with her friends that revolved around figuring out what your name should be based on yo...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:19:00 GMT |
