Tom Waits Interview

One of my few musical gods gives a rare interview in The Observer.  Waits’s music has been the background to most of my life, ever since I heard Small Change in high school.  My inner cynic and my inner romantic feel equally at home in Waits’s songs, a minor miracle in itself.

Doin’ It With the Dinos

Every so often, after 13+ years spent browsing all the finest obscene materials that the Internet can deliver, from ASCII pr0n to Usenet stories to downloading full feature films via the wonder of torrents, I get jaded. Or maybe arrogant would be a better word for it.  In short, I start to think that I've [...]

Mark Foley: Predator or Sleaze?

Probably the greatest irony of the Mark Foley affair is one that gets little attention: if Foley had just had the nerve to act on his urges and cornhole a few of those pretty young pages in the Congressional cloakroom, he'd be free and clear — legally anyway. (The Repubs would still eat him alive [...]

Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV

"Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV," by the Asylum Street Spankers.  (Thanks to Adam for spotting this.)