The Wrestler: The Redemption of Mickey Rourke
Eli S. Evans02.03.09
The line that keeps circulating about Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler is that, in it, we witness the resurrection of Mickey Rourke. This ain’t exactly the truth. Rourke, the once baby faced tough who earned early comparisons to Dean and Brando, never went anywhere, ‘cept away from Hollywood for a bit, a circuitous route that saw him back in the boxing rings of his pre-acting youth and on the shit list of most everyone in Tinseltown. But he’s crept back with his villainous role in Sin City, and what happens in The Wrestler isn’t necessarily Rourke’s resurrection, but his redemption. A welcome return to form, however it’s put. Review by Eli S. Evans.
Book: Trinie Dalton et al: MYTHTYM
Casey McKinney01.30.09
A new collection drawing from Trinie Dalton’s theme based zines about Unicorns, Werewolves, and the natural world in a beautiful collection…
Superbowl XLIII Preview: The Cards in Tampa?
Adam Underhill01.29.09
Adam Underhill is waiting till after the Super Bowl to put a lid on 2008 and start singing "Auld Lang Syne." But who will the corks be popping for – Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald and the historically lamentable Cardinals? or will the Steelers be celebrating their 6th title? With a win or not on Sunday, the Cards have shown an atypical full deck this season.
Talk Show 21: with Sven Birkerts, Lisa Gabriele, Yael Goldstein Love & Adrienne Miller
Jaime Clarke01.15.09
Venturing backwards in time might be a thrill if you have a certain neoclassical fetishism, a thing for late 19th century mining towns, a penchant for playing "scullery maid" and so on, but damn those fleas and lack of modern dental floss! In TS 21 host Jaime Clarke talks with authors Sven Birkerts, Lisa Gabriele, Yael Goldstein Love & Adrienne Miller about where and when on the dial they’d set their reverse-only time machines to if given the chance. Art by Danny Jock.
Book: My Vocabulary Did This To Me: The Collected Works of Jack Spicer
Casey McKinney01.14.09
Spicer’s one of the last San Francisco beat poets to avoid the seeming universal praise his bones are now swimming in, forty plus years after his…
‘Slush’
Joshua Cohen01.09.09
It’s hard not to be gun shy in writing a blurb for this gem from Joshua Cohen. After all, it’s one of the king of quips, the slush pile lord, who gets his clock cleaned in it. Cohen’s recent work includes the novels Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto and A Heaven of Others, and Aleph-Bet: An Alphabet for the Perplexed (three texts). For more see his website. I command ye to read more Cohen, yes.
Dinner’s Ready
Casey McKinney01.08.09
Try this out… A friend just sent me this from another friends’ blog. You can just make up your own script for this cartoon. Fun…Oh…
Ron Asheton Found Dead
Casey McKinney01.07.09
Ok so I was trying to find a good video clip of Ron Asheton, guitarist of The Stooges, who was found dead today, Tuesday, January 6th. He…
