The artwork of Marcel Dzama (which I was first exposed to via McSweeney’s) has seemingly been everywhere lately – most prominently on the cover of Beck’s latest album, ‘Guero.’ There was a good metafilter thread on his current visibility …

     Based on the obsessive-compulsive nature of my previous postings on all aspects of vinyl technology, several people have recommended that I check out Vinyl Video, an artistic venture by a collective of European artists, who encode black and …

     From this week’s New Yorker:

JOE HELLER

True story, Word of Honor: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island. I said, “Joe, how does

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     Someone at Northeastern State University in my home state of Oklahoma left the following comment on the HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL tulip entry below. I deleted it, because it has absolutely nothing to do with tulips, but I wanted to preserve this …