April 2006 Archives
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Manufacturing Reality
Paris Hilton and the American Cannibal
In our continuing series, a profile of the pornographer who put Paris Hilton in your living room, and a fascinating look at “pseudo-events” in our culture and the media that can’t get enough of them.
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Of Recent Note
April 2006
It’s the last Wednesday of the month, so it’s time for another page of what the writers have been watching, reading, eating, hearing, quaffing, and loving oh so much.
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Op-Ed
In Praise of Loopholes
There’s something to be said for working smarter, and not harder, and humans have been looking for—and finding—loopholes to enable it for centuries.
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Watching
Video Digest: April 24, 2006
Last year, director Paul Weitz found himself torn between two dramas: the Iraq war and American Idol. It’s a disconnect familiar to many of us with a conscience and...
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Personal Essays
Townie or Country?
City or country? Weekends of restoration or weeks of relaxation? With one renovated country house behind him, can our food writer take the plunge and finally open a preserves shop in the woods?
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Spoofs & Satire
Do You Have Hipsters?
You’ve seen the warning signs—now’s the time to do something about it. A step-by-step guide on how to rid yourself of a hipster infestation.
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Reading
Book Digest: April 20, 2006
It doesn’t take omniscience or prescience to know that as you read, this editors at relevant media (a category opening room for much debate) around the nation are preparing...
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Spoofs & Satire
BetweenTheLines.com
Tired of having your work rejected by editors left and right? The Frustrated Amateur Writers Network may be just what you need to jump-start your writing career. They won’t be able to get you published—but they can help you feel better about it.
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Gallery
Field Dressing
For non-hunters, the idea of a hunting trip is defined by violence; for hunters, it’s rarely involved. A chat with photographer Brian Lesteberg and a gallery of pictures from North Dakota.
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Listening
Coachella, MySpace & the Octopus Project
The single greatest problem our country faced throughout the 1990s, the summer music festival, was responsible not only for 90 percent of infections in 18-24 year-olds, but also for Live’s...
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Birnbaum v.
Richard Reeves
The fascinating author and journalist Richard Reeves talks about writing Reagan, founding New York magazine, and covering Lévy’s America more than 20 years ago.
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Personal Essays
Some of This Is Made Up
Sharing your name with a celebrity can be frustrating, especially when the two of you pursue the same occupation.
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Letters From the Editor
Intern Desired
Spring has arrived, Brooklyn’s turning hot, the editors are back on their tennis game, and TMN needs a new intern. We’re excited to announce that our most recent...
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Watching
Video Digest: April 13, 2006
Teenagers are all talk. That’s why the best high school movies are so quotable—The Breakfast Club, Heathers, Clueless, Donnie Darko. Though Brick isn’t as good as those...
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New York, New York
For Love of the Fame
Summer softball is every American’s right—unless you live in New York City where the fields are stocked with former pros. An insider’s story from the city’s elite leagues.
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Reading
Book Digest: April 11, 2006
I don’t get out much but I make occasional forays to events that include rooms full of strangers, and so I recently attended the latest version of the yearly...
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Reader Letters
Al Qaeda Could Not Be Bothered
Dale Peck’s “judging” of McEwan’s and Smith’s novels shows that this self-proclaimed “most-hated man in publishing,” while lacking any critical acumen, possesses an unmatched ego. “Contemporary fiction’...
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Personal Essays
How to Hang a Cabinet
Nothing satisifies quite like home improvement, especially after you’ve ripped the wall out of your bathroom. A short guide to avoiding complete catastrophe.
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Spoofs & Satire
Hoping for a Safe Return
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: Your child goes missing only days before you try and claim him as a dependent on your tax return. A tale of loss and capital gains.
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The Non-Expert
Piping Hot
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we show a tenant how to beat the heat that’s still pouring out of the radiator.
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Listening
Menacing Chamber Blues
Sometimes I just have to gush. I don’t know much about the Candy Bars (MySpace page), but I do know they’re a new-ish trio from Tampa. I’ve...
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Reader Letters
Not Getting all Dewey-Eyed
In “Doozy of a Decimal System,” published April 5, 2006, Anthony Doerr admits that his half-serious censure of library borrowing is “silly.” I’d like to argue that not only is it...
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Gallery
Literary Lives
An interview with artist Edward Sorel and a gallery of images (featuring the story of Tolstoy’s odd life) from his new book of illustrated—and unflattering—biographies of canonized authors.
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Watching
Video Digest: April 4, 2006
The View has always been fascinating for the wrong reasons: the egregious lack of insight among its female hosts; the infomercial leading up to Star Jones’s wedding; Jones’s...
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Gallery
Animals
Seeing animals killed accidentally or for sport, can we help but see images of war and cruelty? An interview with photographer May Mantell and a gallery from her new “Animals” series.
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Notes From the Lawn
Forced: A Flower Show
Gardeners love to commune with nature. Though not as much as they love to commune with ice cream and plasma screens and loud noises and personality quizzes. Our writer reports from the middle of 33 indoor acres of plants.