The Morning Dump: Sexy writing, non-sexy writing, being stupid about Jay-Z and dinner with Ebert

Posted by in Morning Dump on 09. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments

Sex is always a compelling topic, particularly when debated in the New York Times. Katie Roiphe recently wrote an op-ed for the NYT Book Review bemoaning the lack of literary moaning amongst contemporary writers. An interesting read in itself, Steve Almond soon blogged a response equally insightful but with five times the sex appeal. And [...]

Geoff Pevere

Geoff Pevere's T-dot state of mind

Posted by in Art, Film, media, Toronto on 10. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments

Today — like the dumbest of drunk-dialers — I really miss Film Studies, so hi-five to whoever tweeted this Masionneuve conversation with critic Geoff Pevere about Toronto’s cinematic identity problems. It was doubly nice, since Pevere’s thoughts on some of Hogtown’s most important performances ties in with Jesse’s earlier post about local hip-hop’s complex with [...]


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