Coming soon. And then going somewhere else.
Louie Anderson is coming to Dallas this week. I wrote this story about him 32 years ago.
From The Dallas Times Herald Jan 3, 1985 LOS ANGELES – Louie Anderson heard his name and knew it was time to move toward the light. There was no more time to worry, no more time to dream. [...]
Bernie 2 (Part Two): The Trial Begins
So, where were we? Oh, yeah, Austin, at the top-secret all-star blow-your-mind-empty-your-pockets fund raiser for Bernie Tiede’s resentencing trial, featuring appearances from Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater, lots of people with suits and wallets, the dulcet tones of Tenacious D and, looking alternately [...]
Bernie 2 (Part One)
So where were we? Oh, yeah, Atlanta. In the summer of 2014, right after the kidney-stone-in-the-parking -lot incident but before I spent the bulk of the next six months hanging around with the Alabama Shakes, who succeeded in spite of me and [...]
In Which I Write About “The X Files” For The New York Times
‘The X-Files’: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson Return to the Paranormal Beat
In Which I Write about Drinking My Way Across the Upper Peninsula for The New York Times
Touring 109 Bars Across Michigan's Upper Peninsula
The Year (or two) In Review (Part Two)
So where were we? Oh, yeah, getting our head shaved in Palm Coast, Florida by Carmelo, The Demon Barber of Cypress Branch Way. For those of you who haven’t been following along, which is most of you, I’m trying to make up [...]
The Year (or two) In Review (Part One)
So, where were we? Oh, yeah, back in Los Angeles, recovering from the Traipsemobile’s one-and-only criminal intrusion, the window-breaking, GPS-taking smash-and-grab in Oakland. The Traipsemobile on the Going To The Sun Highway And that was, let me do the math [...]
In Which I Write About Alabama Shakes for the New York Times Magazine
Alabama Shakes’s Soul-Stirring, Shape-Shifting New Sound
In Which I Write About LeBron James and “Survivor’s Remorse” for The New York Times
Sprinting Downcourt to the High Life LeBron James's Experiences Inspire "Survivor's Remorse"
In Which I Write About Soccer Fans in the Pacific Northwest for the New York Times
Soccer as Spectacle in the Pacific Northwest
In Which I Write About Greg Kinnear and “Rake” For The New York Times
Now Starring As The Jerk You Can Feel For
In Which I Write about “Arrow” for The New York Times
A Fanboy Shows Superheroes The Way