First published on LAist on January 15, 2010.
Mark Williamson is not a nutjob, although when I saw videos of him parading in Times Square trying to break the “Jets Curse” it’s hard not to think he has a screw loose (or two).
First published on LAist on January 14, 2010.
It’s clear that Benoit Denizet-Lewis loves the gays and the kids. We talked for about 40 minutes on Sunday about his book American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life, and he notes a recurring theme of fitting in particularly in the gay culture.
First published on LAist on January 13, 2010.
Below is part one of my book review/interview with author Benoit Denizet-Lewis.
In the introduction to his second book American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life Benoit Denizet-Lewis writes, “And although I have written about sports, for the most part I’ve gravitated toward chronicling the lives of people who are ignored, misunderstood, stereotyped, or outside the mainstream.”
This collection of pieces he has written for various publications traditional and online like The New York Times magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine, Salon.com, Slate.com and Out to name several from 2000 to 2008 does probe into the lives of those normally marginalized by the media and the public.
Originally posted on LAist on November 7, 2009.
She did it. It took a shade over two minutes, 2:00.62 to be exact, but Zenyatta became the first mare or filly to win the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in an improbable come-from-behind fashion that was indeed a classic.
First published on LAist on October 15, 2009.
Good Day LA’s Steve Edwards is a huge Dodger fan. He’s also an honest Dodger fan.
While 3,000,000 confirmed they were at Dodger Stadium on that fateful night Kirk Gibson hit his iconic home run exactly 21 years ago today, Edwards admits the truth.
Originally published on LAist on September 14, 2009.
The ideal gas law states that p=nRT/V where p is pressure, n is the amount of stuff, R is the gas constant, T is temperature and V is volume of the gas.
I saw this on Bradford Shellhammer’s blog and decided to do it. Here’s a list of bands I’ve seen live in no order.
Thanks angelly_beanfor reminding me of the last four! 🙂
I saw this on Bradford Shellhammer’s blog and decided to do it. Here’s a list of bands I’ve seen live in no order.
