Mid-Week Doldrums

Todd — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:34:39 +0000

What do you write about when you have nothing to write about? It’s not as if there aren’t pressing concerns. There are pressing concerns everywhere, pressing so tight I’m wearing them like a turtleneck. The problem is there’s no particular urgency at the moment. Like some mutant fish living in the Gowanus Canal, I’ve become normalized to these strange, twisted times.

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Entering Bat Country

Todd — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:00:49 +0000

For reasons I can’t fathom, I never read Hunter S. Thompson. Any of it. I don’t know why. I just never got around to it. Even after I saw, and instantly adored, Terry Gilliam’s big screen version of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, I still did not rouse myself to pick up a copy of that or any other of the author’s work. Well, finally, after watching two Thompson documentaries over last weekend (Gonzo and Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride), I find myself staring at a shiny new copy of the Modern Library’s volume of Fear & Loathing.

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Mid-Week Doldrums

Entering Bat Country