online archive
1:12PM
JUN 8 2007
Miscellaneous
From Daedalus, Norbert Schwartz (Michigan): Judgments of Truth and Beauty. From New English Review, Ibn Warraq on The Nature of the Literary Evidence: A Dialogue On Methodology With Apologies To David Hume. Here's a list of the 10 books which the British public felt best defined the 20th century. A review of Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family by Alexander Waugh. A review of The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown. Not quite the gentleman: Remembered as an icon of imperial Britain, Elgar has long been misunderstood. A review of The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story by Frances Kiernan. Dishing the 2006-07 Broadway Theater Season: Why is Broadway so unhip?
From American Heritage, a review of Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids: A History of One of Florida’s Oldest Roadside Attractions. Christopher Bonanos on the American heritage of American Heritage. A review of James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years by Wayne Franklin. A review of Josephine Baker in Art and Life: The Icon and the Image by Bennetta Jules-Rosette. A review of This Time, This Place: My Life in War, the White House and Hollywood by Jack Valenti (and more). A review of The Mafia at War by Tim Newark. C.L.R. James Meets Tony Soprano: As the HBO classic comes to an end, Scott McLemee revisits an early analysis of the gangster as American archetype.
From The Walrus, It’s a Dog’s Life: They’re not just pets anymore — they’re teachers, preachers, shrinks, and philosophers; The Perfect Seat: A short course on sitting down; Advanced Search: Ali Symons on how a real-life Google query goes awry; and The Last Laugh: Why Canadian satire can’t measure up to Stewart and Colbert. From Australia's Arena, Blackfella Beats and New Flows: Powerful to Aboriginal youth, yet virtually invisible to mainstream white Australia, a new and distinctly Aboriginal form of hip-hop is gaining momentum.
From The Portland Mercury, The H-Word Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Word "Hipster". The End of the World as We Know It: A survey of new post-apocalyptic fiction. How to keep it simple: Overwhelmed by the information age? Then you need discipline. Cracking Down on "Murderabilia": Notorious prisoners' artwork, notes and even nail clippings are hot items online. But a new law might put a stop to it. Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell tries to ward off Internet attacker.
From Spiked, "It looks like Lisa Simpson giving head": The bizarre squashed swastika that is the London 2012 Olympics logo perfectly captures the authorities' confusion about what the Games are for. Whence the !@#$? A look at how a dirty word gets that way. The Art of Aphorisms: If it’s true that "syllables govern the world," then you gotta give it up for aphorists.
