by Noah Davis
by Maria Bustillos and David Roth
by Mark Bibbins, Editor
Midnight in Paris
Here in Paris the wind is dragging us through the nervousness of what money means. Women’s clothing, manic repositories of seasons, Satan, expatriate Manhattan, art!, a sculptural exile…
by Matthew Newton
15. Death by electrocution, government sanctioned or otherwise.
14. Human or animal run over, hit, or maimed by a car.
My friend Matt is a great lover of bleach, guns, wigs, booze and chicken & waffles. And so, earlier this year…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiTyqYRE2vU
Did you know that the Rolling Stones made a television commercial for Rice Krispies cereal in…
I would like to pitch some kind of “Bosom Buddies”-type sitcom in which Time television critic James Poniewozik is…
Xeni Jardin’s writing about her breast cancer diagnosis this week is rough going but very much worth reading. But don’t dive in until you’re ready.
Oh yes: this is the story that has it all, baby: Four Loko, insurance scams…
Here are a series of pictures in which people appear to be doing things to the moon. Sadly, none of those things are pounding it in the dark side with such ferocity and single-minded intensity that it crumples into a corner and begs for more because it has finally realized that you are right about it being a…
Awl pal Alex Ross gets listy, picking his ten favorite classical recordings of the year. There is some supplementary material here.
In a poignant demonstration of how the emptiness at the center of American life has resulted in a yearning so desperate for any kind of connection with which to fill that gaping void, a whole bunch of people showed up early today at the train station for the opening of an electronics store.
Try as she might, even someone as skilled at the wacky animal beat as Dara Brown is cannot sell a terrible line like “No word if the squirrel will be getting detention” with any degree of authority. It’s just a bad line. Anyway, check out that squirrel! He totally set off that fire alarm!
Do you like humorous essays that can be read on the electronic device of your choice? Then you should totally get Awl pal Sloane Crosley’s new Kindle single, Up the Down Volcano. There is a donkey on the cover! How can you say no?
Man, now I want a drink.
