All stories published by The Awl on August 26, 2009

All Stories published by The Awl on August 26, 2009

Dave Bry in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Public Apology: Dear Visiting Music History Professor

Dear visiting music professor who taught History of Jazz at Connecticut College spring semester 1990:

I’m sorry for comparing Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue to Bob Seger’s “Turn the Page.”

The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Two Weeks Out: Motorhead, ‘Obsessed’, TIFF

by Natasha Vargas-Cooper

It’s almost over! This awful summer of death and disaster will soon give way to a glorious season of overall pleasantness: we’re of course talking about fall TV programing and prestige movie releases! By…

Dave Bry in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Danish Paper Scores With Headline: “Drug Addict Orgy Of Violence”

How about the Danish newspaper Politiken? Besides having such a great name-so verby and hip-hop-here’s a publication that knows how to write a headline, even in the English translation version. “Drug Addict Orgy Of…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

On Leonard Cohen

“Cohen’s lyrics stand up in a variety of settings, and his limited vocal range tends to leave his melodies unfinished, allowing room for experimentation. On Buckley’s version of ‘Hallelujah,’ for instance, the verse melodies ascend, and the open-throated singing transforms the chorus into a kind of…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Frank Bruni: “There are a lot of reviews I would write differently.”

Also! In other things That Should Be Read, here is an extensive exit interview with outgoing Times food critic Frank Bruni. It took place at Babbo-and, most telling about our current time, the meal’s waiter wrote…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

The Medieval-Style Hay Bed Vacation Vogue

So apparently the hot new thing is to go to Europe and sleep on hay beds. CNN says so! Hay hotels. Yes, sure. “With private bedrooms and the option for ‘real’ beds, the ‘Zum Alten Marstall’ is at the ‘luxury’ end of the market. It also takes advantage of…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Yoga Studios Escape Watchful Eye of the State, Now Free To Hurt People Randomly

While Virginia is now figuring out whether to regulate yoga studios, New York State’s Education Department has just lifted the randomly-adopted practice of claiming the state must license yoga…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Sharks!

Alex Balk in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Ted Kennedy, 1932–2009

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

‘Day of the Locust’ at 70

It was 70 years ago that Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein, under his de-Jewed name, published The Day of the Locust, and, for some reason, a new edition of the double-play of it plus Miss Lonelyhearts was just produced, even though the old edition of the two books together was perfect…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Joe Biden Remembers Ted Kennedy

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Aug 26, 2009

Dominick Dunne Dead at 83

Dominick Dunne, a correspondent for Vanity Fair for 25 years, has died. “His first article for the magazine appeared in March 1984-an account of the trial of the man who murdered his daughter, Dominique,” the magazine wrote this afternoon in an obituary. The summer of death takes no prisoners. By Labor Day, there’ll be no one left.