Subject: Newsweek Inc.

• Morning Report 5/16/05
  Newsweek, Flushed With Embarrassment, Pens 'Dear John' Note

  May 16, 2005

• Clayton Riley, 1935-2008

  October 27, 2008

• On the Sonic Youth Preview of The Eternal, In Which Kim Gordon Says the Word "Orgasm"

  Andrew KesinDespite the headline, I will not make a phone-sex joke here First, let me restate the utter confusion experienced this morning when the official Sonic Youth Twitter, a hilarious thing in and of itself, alerted the world to a new "audio sample" of the band's upcoming Matador release The Eternal at Newsweek.com. (Quick request: SY's ghost Twit--short url next time, please?) Naïveté perhaps, all things considered, to be surprised that a Newsweek blogger would be the one to land an "e

  March 3, 2009

• S! M!

  January 27, 2004

• Whose 'Talking'?

  July 7, 1998

• Wrigley's in the Trashcan

  September 14, 1999

• Who’s Sorry Now?

  January 30, 2001

• Darn, I Forgot to Have Babies!

  August 21, 2001

• Doctors With Borders

  July 25, 2006

• Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

  October 28, 2003

• Year of Living Digitally

  January 6, 1998

• Drudge Match

  February 3, 1998

• India Ink

  May 26, 1998

• Drudgement Day

  June 16, 1998

• Hiring Squad

  June 1, 1999

• The Informer

  July 13, 1999

• Noodle Diplomacy

  October 12, 1999

• Sports

  February 22, 2000

• Beasts and Beefcake

  May 16, 2000

• The Female Hard-On

  June 6, 2000

• Chads Into Confetti

  January 23, 2001

• World Leaders on Dope

  May 29, 2001

• I Am, I Said

  June 12, 2001

• Exquisite Corpse

  January 8, 2002

• The Atrocity Exhibit

  March 12, 2002

• Quid Pro Coup

  April 30, 2002

• Gamma Gamma Hey

  June 18, 2002

• Keep It Together

  August 6, 2002

• NY Mirror

  March 11, 2003

• NY Mirror

  November 18, 2003

• Drugless Ecstasy

  May 4, 2004

• Flyovereasy

  November 30, 2004

• Down by Law

  April 12, 2005

• Show of Farce

  May 17, 2005

• Extinguished Journalist

  June 21, 2005

• The Interpreter

  August 9, 2005

• Chads Into Confetti: A Great Day for America

  October 18, 2005

• Bloggers Vs. an Author: No One Wins

  Thoughts on book tours, literary self-promotion, and one published writer's blog spat

  December 10, 2008

• Second New, Free Bob Dylan MP3, A Phrase We're Getting Used to Typing: "I Feel A Change Coming On"

  Newsweek, of all cultural edifices, is the sole US possessor of the streaming audio to the title track of Bob Dylan's new album I Feel A Change Coming On--until tomorrow, anyway, when it hits the man's own website. The Times Online, overseas, pairs their copy of the mp3 with an inspired interview conducted by Bill Flanagan about the man who likely inspired the song. BF: You liked Barack Obama early on. Why was that? BD: I'd read his book and it intrigued me. BF: Audacity of Hope? BD: No i

  April 6, 2009

• KNOCKED UP

  August 12, 2008

• Amok Time: Star Trek Provokes Political Gibberish

  Oh boy, the new Star Trek movie is here! Can we just go to the theater and forget about mundane crap like politics? Fat chance. This is 2009, baby -- everything is politics. Newsweek started the ball rolling by announcing, "Spock's cool, analytical nature feels more fascinating and topical than ever now that we've put a sort of Vulcan in the White House." Also: "the Obama foreign policy, at least for now, emphasizes cross-cultural exchange and eschews imperialistic swagger. That sounds very m

  May 8, 2009

• From the Voice Archives: Robert Christgau on the Mass Culture Spectacle of Michael Jackson in 1984

  In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd willingly spend the first weekend of August 1984 watching rock and roll in sports arenas, I'd have prayed for the souls of Strummer & Jones and wondered whether Debbie Harry would ever learn to dance. Suc

  June 26, 2009

• Britney Saves Lives!

   It turns out it's not Madonna who has healing powers, despite having given birth to Lourdes. It's Britney, bitch! Proof of that is a BBC documentary called Britney Spears Saved My Life, and you'll simply have to believe me on that since I haven't lied to you that often before. According to this Newsweek piece about the documentary, it includes an 18-year-old who embraced his gay sexuality thanks to the navel-bearing superstar. (Maybe looking at her without hair and having a public meltdow

  July 27, 2009

• Nora Ephron Dishes More on Her Eating Habits; Starbucks Goes Lean

  ​Everyone's talking to Nora Ephron this week, including Newsweek. The Julie & Julia director drops several new nuggets of culinary information about herself: "I'm a pretty careful eater but I do love a good corn chip, I really do." [Newsweek] Life as a competitive eater isn't as glamorous as you might expect. Or maybe it's exactly as glamorous as you'd expect: big meals, nauseating fullness, and uncomfortable flights home from distant competitions. [NY Times] Famous chefs from around the

  August 4, 2009

• Clip Job: Lenny Bruce Out a Window

  ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives April 1, 1965, Vol. X, No. 24 Bruce Injured While giving an imitation of "Superjew," Lenny Bruce fell 40 feet out of a San Francisco hotel window Monday. The 38-year-old comedian broke his arm and suffered possible back injuries. After emergency treatment the hospital described his condition as "good." Bruce is currently free on bail pending appeal of his obscenity conviction as the result of a performance at the Cafe Au Go Go las

  September 15, 2009

• The USDA Gets Locavore Fever; The How-to-Stay-Regular Cookbook

  ​The USDA has launched a new campaign entitled Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food, that includes a close to $65 million handout to help connect small -- especially sustainable -- farms to people seeking local food. [NY Times] To help fight obesity, universities are posting caloric information in their dining halls, but emphasis on calorie counts can backfire and lead to disordered eating, even among students with no history of food issues. [Newsweek] The Un-Constipated Gourmet: Secrets to

  September 16, 2009

• Outrage Du Jour: Sarah Palin in Shorts

  ​Newsweek has on its cover a picture of Sarah Palin in shorts from her Runners' World shoot, which Sarah Palin herself has denounced as "sexist." For a moment we thought this was a Carrie Prejean thing, but apparently Palin knew Runners World would publish photos of her in shorts, and she objects to their repurposing because... well, we're not sure why. So we turn to rightbloggers to explain it. "Newsweek is a joke," explains Conservative American. "It should be called democratweek maga

  November 17, 2009

• Quick Hits

  Weird Al and a team of experts provide a brief history of autotune. (h/t Joe My God.) Folks outraged at Palin in shorts on a Newsweek cover have resorted to their greatest weapon -- Photoshop! This one is our favorite. A Citizens Union report says that in the past 10 years, 14 state legislators have left office due to "ethical misconduct, criminal charges or similar issues" -- five of them in the 2007-2008 season. They suggest ethics legislation of the sort the legislature previously faile

  November 17, 2009

• Cheek, In Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

  ​ Kristen Stewart, New Moon premiere. Twitpic via KriisStewart_. Our Man of the Week is Rudolph Giuliani. He started off with confused but belligerent comments about the KSM trial, making him look like a candidate for something. Then word leaked that he would not run for Governor, then that he would run for Senator. His people deny everything, and even the bookies are confused. Way to keep 'em guessing, Rudy! The runner-up: Sarah Palin, pushing her gosh-darned book (in which our own

  November 20, 2009

• An Early Look at Banh Mi Zon in the East Village

  Banh mi #1: Pork roll, shredded pork, liver pate, and the fixings​ As the journalism business flounders, the banh mi trade booms--no one knows this better than Tai Dang, who was reportedly fired from his job as a photographer for Newsweek, and decided to return to his native Saigon to learn to cook, and then come back to the East Village to open a banh mi shop. The result of this career change is Banh Mi Zon ("zon" means "crisp and delicious"), a small storefront decorated with Dang's phot

  November 23, 2009