Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
On Beckett Lane
I’m a great admirer of Samuel Beckett, and a great admirer of Anthony Lane. So I definitely enjoyed this article on Beckett by Lane, although the latter seems to be trying a little too hard to be cool.
The Worst Thing about a Depression
Lame-o newsreel-style current events coverage of pointless b.s. You can almost hear the staccato drill of the radio-trained narrator:
“Flash! Jumbo jet turned into playground for idle young!”
$358 a night for that??
I’ll take it if she’s included.
No Recession for Crappy Columnists
Newspapers are supposedly dying during the Great Depression Redux, but inane columnists still proliferate. In case you were aghast last time you were in a stuffy restaurant in New York, or, heavens to Betsy, Los Angeles, you’ll be glad to know that Washington, D.C. still has holdouts for neckties.
