7 November 2002

  • New York's currently: ooooh......just a little unbalanced
  • Prostitutes protest in Paris, against law that forbids 'passive soliciting,' where a woman that gives the impression of soliciting money for sex faces jail or fine, though paying for sex is legal in France.
  • Excellent analysis of why Bill O'Reilly hates Ludacris, when he should just hate himself.
  • The thing about the boys club is that it's not like we would ever want to participate in that world. I mean, thank God there's an alternative to that. Interview with Christine Vachon, film producer extraordinaire.
  • Koko the talking gorilla pens lyrics to album, titled 'Fine Animal Gorilla,' gets involved in production process.
  • Furor in Brazil over striking similarities between Booker-winner Life of Pi and 1981 book, by Brazilian writer Moacyr Scliar, Max and the Cats.
  • N.Y., N.Y., a wireless Internet town.
  • Reviews of practically every movie now indexed at The Movie Review Query Engine.
  • Ed Levine studies the making of a good New York slice of pizza; story features picture of fresh mozzarella piece at Joe's, the best slice in the city.
  • Many people nowadays do jobs that they know are worthless. They know there's nothing actually being made that anyone can actually use. They just have this job. I think that causes more misery than we're willing to face up to yet. Powells interview with Michael Faber, author of The Crimson Petal and the White.
  • New York photography at Quarlo.com.