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    Michael Jackson.

    (Photo by Chris Walter, 1983) I don’t normally post things like this, but I am feeling so sad right now that I don’t know what else to do. Bear with me. I’m…

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    Morrissey is FIFTY today.

    “I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong.” —Morrissey (1984) Well, Morrissey! You truly are the wit of a generation, and judging by the state of…

  • At the 1975 Grammy Awards.

    From the Completely Unrelated to Anything department, I bring you this fantastic clip from the 1975 Grammy Awards! I don’t even know where to start with the awesomeness. Beyond the cast of…

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    Tonight.

    In 1994, I slept on the sidewalk outside of Carnegie Hall for two nights* (see, kids, this is what we had to suffer through before we had the internet) to get tickets…

  • Manhattan.

    I’m not usually big on naming favorites, but I have no problem giving that honor to the best movie ever, Manhattan. It is my favorite-favorite, and the intro is really just the…

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    Glamorous Grout.

    First off, I’d like to thank the people who were courteous enough to either comment about or email me the above photo. The fact that there are at least 17 people in…

  • It was really nothing.

    “Entire coachloads of off-duty gas fitters from Bolton will risk death to get on the stage to try to either shake his hand, or to hug him, or to kiss him, or…

  • Inscriptions.

    Do you inscribe the books that you give as gifts? It’s a practice I think has fallen out of fashion, but I’d like to see it come back. I found this little…

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