Where Are You Now?
Possible humiliation, almost-certain ridicule, and excused overindulgence: Never one to flee from a challenge, our writer goes to her high-school reunion.
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The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
My brother, easily the most knowledgeable scholar of Beatle lore I’ve ever known, introduced me to Pet Sounds long, long ago. And this under the pretense that the Beach Boys’ 1966 album was what inspired the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Paul McCartney, apparently, saw in
Bienvenue au Musée Renteria
Like many modern painters, the extremely famous Renteria had issues with women. Our writer shares a guide he picked up at Renteria’s museum.
16 October 2002
New York's currently: gloomy Virginia sniper left clues this time, was noticed by witnesses; Pentagon to deploy surveillance planes. Illinois Prisoner Review Board starts back-to-back clemency hearings for many of the state's 159 death row inmates. Attention wedding planners: Etiquette allows for the bride&
15 October 2002
New York's currently: a giant drive-through liquor store Woman shot outside Home Depot store in Northern Virginia probably the sniper's ninth victim. Bombing in Bali linked to al Qaeda by Indonesia's defense minister, and Bush. 'He is sending a signal of dominance,
11 October 2002
New York's currently: enjoying Columbus day by not publishing Congress passes Iraq resolution, authorizing the president to 'use the armed forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing
Gillian Zoe Segal
The photographer and author of “New York Characters” on farts, the infamous Dr. Zizmor, and losing her husband to the kindness of strangers.
Hart Island
New York City is a collection of islands, and one, Hart Island, is completely inaccessible, possibly because it’s reserved for the dead. A report on the home of potter’s field and an abandoned missile base.
10 October 2002
New York's currently: finalizing the details on a party next month The Bush war machine is about to roll out of Washington, but if plans for a Post-Saddam Iraq have been designed, they are not being shared. 'There have been no rapes,' [Russian General Moltenskoi]
9 October 2002
New York's currently: so glad it's fall Health officials say Africa needs more condoms to fight AIDS. Study on Saddam says he won't attack unless he feels a U.S.-led attack is inevitable. Related: Anti-war-with-Iraq but not sure what to