Charles Dickens
The Two Neil Youngs: Demme’s Film Shows A Saccharine Singer
Bob Vergara
Rural virtue: Neil Young in Jonathan Demme
As you may have noted by now, I like the friction—sometimes comic, sometimes revealing—t read more »
In Today's Paper: A Meeting In The Ladies Room
Don't miss today's story on Elizabeth Redvers, a 15-year-old model-hopeful. It's truly... wow.
Of course, last night the Observer broke the news about Rupert Murdoch installing himself as publisher of the NY Post.
And, in The Transom itself, the story of two dogs, one rich, one poor, and the assault that brought them together. Plus, the second item, on Citizens Band, explicates the new sincere downton cabaret.
The summer reading round-up is rather fantastic: Janet Malcolm is reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Daniel Harris' Diary of a Drag Queen. When asked what she liked about the books, she replied, "What's not to like?" Ah, Ms. Malcolm, always the marvel of economy. And Nicholas Kristoff is reading... Harry Potter. And from Frank Gehry: "What makes you think I read?" Indeed. read more »
Also: Thomas Krens takes his apartment off the market. What means this for the museum director's Guggenheimlich future?A Ghost of Christmas Past Haunts Today's Work Force
Here we are, back in the suicide season: It's Christmas time. read more »
McGrath Does Dickens
"Ed Koch is out of Dickens, and so is Giuliani, in his way," said screenwriter and director Douglas read more »
Like Dickens, I'm a Tourist On Withered Ground
The parties I go to are not the sort of affairs where people exchange stock tips or lay the groundwo read more »
Karl Marx Had It Right About Greedy Bastards
On a recent weekend, Master Francis and I drifted over to the annual Potato Festival at the Hampton read more »
