October 2011
The New Yorker: Sticky Fingers | To Catch A Beat... →
Brooklyn in the early eighties, like all of New York City, could still sustain innumerable hole-in-the-wall used bookstores.
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NYT: The Boss | A King of Kosher →
WatchI’m not sure if this was the greatest moment on television yesterday, or the greatest moment on television of all time.
Not included: Regis calling her “Snoozy Paloozi”
The Hollywood Reporter: Oliver Stone to Direct... →
This is fantastic, amazing news. It’s about time a movie was made about Robert Moses, based on one of the greatest books ever written.
Believe it or not, there’s some great stuff on Moses in The Last Play at Shea documentary, focusing on his visions for Long Island and how he was instrumental in the history of the Mets and Shea Stadium.
“If it was a really ideal Sunday in New York, we’d probably go to Barney...”
– NYT: Sunday Routine | Andrew W.K. - Living for the Nighttime
Just in case you thought Andrew W.K. wasn’t awesome enough, he busts out a quote like this.
three worst O.C. episode titles:
synecdoche:
The Sno.C.
The O.Sea
The Mallpisode
The best OC episode title: The Chrismukkah Bar-Mitzahkkah
WatchKickstarter: The Phantom Tollbooth Turns 50 - A Documentary
Earlier today I posted this. Well, apparently somebody is making a documentary about it now that the project has been fully funded on Kickstarter. Awesome. Can’t wait.
[via housingworksbookstore]
NYT: Video - On The Street with Bill Cunningham:... →
NYT won’t let me embed this video, but I loved this week’s On The Street piece in SundayStyles, all about last weekend’s Tweed Run, and I definitely I recognized a few folks. This goes without saying, but Bill Cunningham’s narration is simply wonderful.
“I was his endearing oaf. I had him pegged as a cross between a ‘White Thing’ and...”
– Diane Keaton, in her new memoir, ‘Then Again’
