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March 28, 2012
TALENT ACT-I-VATION
Trip City founder teaches comics
Music
December 29, 2010
R.I.P. 2010's Jazz Notables
Honoring this year's fallen, with a few we failed to note last year
Blogs
December 23, 2010
People Who Died, Circa 2010
Jay Reatard, gone but not forgotten.It is depressing but accurate to note how inexorably the internet bends toward death, and how much of the work of professional critics these days is announcing it, verifying it, and making sense of it (often in that order, unfortunately). Michael Jackson, a ... More >>
Film
October 20, 2010
Cleveland Is Dying: Sketching a Town in Decline in Sometimes City
Jay Reatard, gone but not forgotten.It is depressing but accurate to note how inexorably the internet bends toward death, and how much of the work of professional critics these days is announcing it, verifying it, and making sense of it (often in that order, unfortunately). Michael Jackson, a ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 22, 2010
American Splendor
Jay Reatard, gone but not forgotten.It is depressing but accurate to note how inexorably the internet bends toward death, and how much of the work of professional critics these days is announcing it, verifying it, and making sense of it (often in that order, unfortunately). Michael Jackson, a ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Week in Review: What Your Kids Will Learn
Not again! Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.In the week we mostly spent anticipating tomorrow's Siren Festival, we talked at length with headliner Ted Leo, celebrated at a pre-party with Monotonix, and looked back at nine years worth of past triumphs. See you there, hopefully?
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Update: George Steinbrenner Dies of Heart Attack
Update: We've just heard via ABC that George Steinbrenner has died: New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died in Tampa after suffering a heart attack, three sources tell ABC Action News. The Steinbrenner family has now released a statement, per MLB.com:
Blogs
July 12, 2010
Harvey Pekar, R.I.P.
Let's just say that the Perpetual Misery of Cleveland has been in the news again lately, and acknowledge that no one was better at a) articulating it and b) rising above it than Harvey Pekar.
Blogs
July 12, 2010
Harvey Pekar, Comic Book Icon, Has Died
via Cleveland Plain DealerHarvey Pekar has died at the age of 70. As Rob Harvilla writes on Sound of the City, Comic book icon, brief Hollywood star (via 2003's American Splendor, coming soon to thousands of Netflix queues near you), thoughtful jazz critic (here he is on free-jazz deity and f ... More >>
Art
December 8, 2009
2009's Best Comics and Graphic Novels
Orpheus, Dick, and a little reefer: our annual round-up of the year's best
Voice Choices
February 4, 2009
AMERICAN MENSCH
Discussing Jewishness with a lovable crank
Film
August 14, 2007
Bugaboo Confidential
Life as a young, hot, white, educated nanny in the city sure is a drag
Books
July 4, 2006
Gothic Revival
Old father, old artificer: Tracing the roots of Alison Bechdel's exhilarating new "tragicomic," Fun Home
Books
April 11, 2006
Books
Old father, old artificer: Tracing the roots of Alison Bechdel's exhilarating new "tragicomic," Fun Home
Books
October 25, 2005
Panel Discussion
Old father, old artificer: Tracing the roots of Alison Bechdel's exhilarating new "tragicomic," Fun Home
Screens
June 7, 2005
American Splenda
Non-terrorist chatter captured here: 'Is that your cell phone ringing?' 'Julie, those are birds'
Film
May 17, 2005
Film
Non-terrorist chatter captured here: 'Is that your cell phone ringing?' 'Julie, those are birds'
Film
April 12, 2005
Film
Non-terrorist chatter captured here: 'Is that your cell phone ringing?' 'Julie, those are birds'
Film
January 4, 2005
Living in Oblivion
Reagan-era callousness sparked an indie film renaissance. Will Bush II inspire another?
Film
October 12, 2004
Days of Wine and Neuroses: Bachelor Buddies Hit the Road
Reagan-era callousness sparked an indie film renaissance. Will Bush II inspire another?
Film
May 4, 2004
First Person Plurality
Some don't like it hot: Narcissism and celebrity at a doc fest
News
December 23, 2003
Lost in America
Bill Murray's Star Vehicle, Gus Van Sant's Double Comeback, and the Year of the Documentary
News
September 16, 2003
Straighten Up
New Stances Sharpen Traditional Disciplines
Columns
August 19, 2003
NY Mirror
New Stances Sharpen Traditional Disciplines
NYC Life
August 12, 2003
Listings
New Stances Sharpen Traditional Disciplines
Film
August 12, 2003
The Secret Lives of File Clerks
Self-Promoting, Anti-Careerist Comix Hero Harvey Pekar Gets the Biopic He Deserves
Film
August 5, 2003
Urban Renewal
Harvey Pekar's City of Industry
NYC Life
August 5, 2003
Listings
Harvey Pekar's City of Industry
Film
July 29, 2003
Tooth and Nail
Hope Davis's Ordinary Magic
News
July 29, 2003
Losing His Voice
Harvey Pekar's American Splendor Is Coming to a Movie Theater Near You. Why Can't the Pioneer of Autobiographical Comics Talk About It?
Film
July 29, 2003
Life Sentences
Dentists in Domestic Prison, Nuns Behind Bars, Jewel Thieves on Holiday
Film
February 4, 2003
Unnatural Selection
Evaluating a Movie Lover's Chances of Survival at a Topsy-Turvy Sundance
Film
January 28, 2003
Sell it on the Mountain
Risky Business at Sundance 2003
Film
March 5, 2002
Thinking Inside the Box
Test-Tube Babies
Specials
August 17, 1999
Letters
Test-Tube Babies
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August 10, 1999
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