Video: Samantha Bee on the Orlando Massacre
. Samantha Bee’s rage is glorious to behold. By the way, here are the 50 senators whose votes allowed the Orlando shooter to do what he did.
Video: Charlie Chaplin and the Eating Machine
In Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 masterpiece Modern Times, we see the Billows Feeding Machine in action, not quite fulfilling its promise to “eliminate the lunch hour, increase your production, and decrease … Continue reading
Video: How To Do Visual Comedy
Tony Zhou: “If you love visual comedy, you gotta love Edgar Wright, one of the few filmmakers who is consistently finding humor through framing, camera movement, editing, goofy sound effects … Continue reading
Video: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, “Chasing Bubba”
Powerhouse raconteur Dhaya Lakshminarayanan recounts the story of how she met Bill Clinton. Original score by Alex Mandel, performed by Alex and the Snap Playaz.
Gabriel García Márquez: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Translated by Gregory Rabassa On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them … Continue reading
Edna St. Vincent Millay: I, Being born a Woman and Distressed (Sonnet XLI)
I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind, Am urged by your propinquity to find Your person fair, and feel a … Continue reading
Video: Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power
In this animation of a 1994 interview, Farrah Fawcett tells a great story about how she dealt with an attempted robbery in New York City: “I’ve got stiletto heels … Continue reading
Video: Hipsters Love Coffee
A lot of people think that being a barista in a coffee shop is easy. Well, it’s not. A lot of people come in with really strange requests. .
Video: “Careful What You Ask For” by Jack McCarthy
Jack McCarthy (1939 – 2013) was an American writer and slam poet whose book, Say Goodnight, Grace Notes, was released in 2003 by EM Press. His work appeared in a … Continue reading
Video: Guerrilla Girls — Not Ready To Make Nice
BILLIONAIRES HIJACK THE ART WORLD, GUERRILLA GIRLS HIJACK BILLIONAIRES Guerrilla Girls: “We’re feminist masked avengers in the tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman. How do … Continue reading
Arlene Weiner: Indecision 2016
Bernie’s an idealist—I am too. I’m another liberal New York Jew. I won’t blame him for the worst Bernie Bros And I won’t blame Clinton for her work at Rose. … Continue reading
Video: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee – Hootin’ the blues
. Saunders Terrell (1911 – 1986), known as Sonny Terry, was a blind American Piedmont blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Procedure
While the doctors were riding around in me in their little chrome submarine, and a sniper with his snippers stood by the bay door poised to pluck any polyp stupid … Continue reading
Jose Padua: A Poem About UFOs Ending with a Flashback to Days Long Gone
Whenever time passes more quickly than I think it should, I wonder if I’ve been abducted by a UFO. I check if all my body parts seem to be in … Continue reading
