Moving On: 10 Pounds’ Worth of Potatoes (Inside a 5-Lb Sack)

By Bob Hill A week after I left home, my parents put the word out they had taken the spare house key from its usual spot. They had fastened all the windows. They had secured all points of entry. It was … Read More

Film Capsule: The Beat Hotel

You ever get the feeling that just about everything Allen Ginsberg ever did – with the obvious exception of writing absolutely brilliant works of poetry – seemed a little bit contrived? I mean, here the guy is, dancing around in … Read MoreRead More

Lee Fields @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg, 3/17

What Lee Fields pulled off last night in front of a capacity crowd half his age was nothing short of amazing. Standing all of 5’5, pimped out and proud in thrift-store shades and cream white pinstripes, Fields was the personification … Read MoreRead More

Deb Olin Unferth on Loneliness

“You can be a lot of things and be lonely. You can do exciting things and be lonely. You can fall in love and be lonely. You can be content and be lonely. Once you’ve felt that kind of deep … Read More

Moving On: I’m 18 (& I Don’t Know What I Want)

By Bob Hill I showed up drunk for my first day of college. I showed up barely coherent, waving like a buoy, reeking like a bad sock that had been bathed in turpentine. After 18 years spent sweating it out in Delaware … Read More

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Film Capsule: Comic-Con, Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

OK. OK. So a designer, a survivor, and a pair of graphic artists walk into a comic book convention … Stop me if you’ve heard this one. No? Well, it’s a good one, that’s for sure. And it’s the central … Read MoreRead More

The Friday Afternoon Serial Proudly Presents: Subhuman: Volume One, Chapter Fifteen

(Welcome to the final week of the Friday Afternoon Serial. If you haven’t had an opportunity to read Chapters 1-14, we highly recommend doing so before delving forward into Chapter Fifteen. Otherwise, enjoy. Pass it on. After the jump, it’s … Read MoreRead More

Film Capsule: Silent House

  Fact: Silent House will scare the living shit out of you. But it will only scare the living shit out of you if you watch it uninterrupted, in a dark space, with all cell phones, laptops, and other worldly … Read MoreRead More

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