Periscope is fascinating and yet slightly pointless. On a recent discovery of the latest social media buzz I browsed the app’s world map and traveled around the globe virtually, seeking out people and events to spy on. People in the act of … Continue reading PERISCOPE
Imagine, just imagine the films of Fellini without the music of Nino Rota. Impossibile! Rota, who died in the late seventies, also composed scores for Visconti and Zeffirelli. As exemplified in the videos below, Rota’s music had a magical, circassian … Continue reading Nino … Nino Rota? The guy’s genius!
Seeking a well-educated, multi-langual female personal assistant who can shout “hijo de puta” in a slightly masculine voice when needed. The position pays $ 10,000 per week. A year’s salary has already been deposited in Swiss francs in escrow at the Banque du Luxembourg. To protect the … Continue reading JOB ADS SECTION | Personal assistant wanted
When Pineapples got angry the back of his neck turned beet-red. It was a curious thing. -That’s just wrong! You don’t do it like that, he shouted at the young man standing by Ju-Long. Newbie Hamilton had just got owned. … Continue reading Just take a little bit off at the top
The Lufthansa plane landed at Khomeiny International airport just minutes after one o’clock in the morning. He’d barely slept an hour. An envoy from the presidential palace was waiting for him on the tarmac as he stepped out of the … Continue reading Sloboda
As far as the practical concerns went Jerome P. considered The Department to be a good place to work in. The benefits were many, the working hours consistent and the campus integrated the city well, admixing the good and the not-so-pleasant about urban living. Daily conversation in … Continue reading The Department
A fevered Ralphie paced outside the Bretagne movie theatre. The cinema, built in the sixties, sat on the last fragment of Boulevard Montparnasse before the square. It gave him aggravation whenever Niels ran late, and Ralphie was an anxious individual … Continue reading Lukum empire
Ritalin Zack threw the half-smoked cigarette out and stuffed his hands in his pockets. Walking down an East Village street in the middle of the morning felt spot-on to him. Avenue A, north-bound. Thompkins Square Park which abuts the harbor … Continue reading New York Strange
I’ll take you shopping for books to Larry Ferlinghetti’s CITY LIGHTS (we’ll park the Impala crooked on the sidewalk) We found Lake Shasta on a Sunday morning at the intersection of gods and kings Stared down into the G.C. And stood … Continue reading American cigarette
Cliches, like generalizations, hold part of an unshakeable truth. Their usefulness can’t be overstated. What do we need them for? We need them to simplify our world, a world that’s becoming increasingly complicated – Ali Naderzad (@alinaderzad) Continue reading A cliché’s inherent usefulness
