Monthly Archives: July 2007

Yet another way the internet makes me feel better about myself.

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 – 14:09:35 +0000

However odd I might be for looking up details of Human Lanterns to begin with—apparently it’s a masterpiece of the macabre, the martial arts, and the just plain weird starring the incomparable Lo Lieh—at least I’m not this person: Personally, I have always loved the idea of using human skin to make lanterns, so this [...]

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A Soldier Once

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 – 23:41:34 +0000

There was a bit of hoopla a while back when Günter Grass revealed that he had—briefly, in the last months of the Second World War—been a member of the Waffen S.S. rather than simply another young man in feldgrau. The English-language translation of Grass’s memoir is now available in America, and John Irving has written [...]

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Quarter to midnight in the land that I love

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 – 23:45:58 +0000

The elderly shopkeeper made no move towards the register, but glanced down at the items on the counter a second time: Two styrofoam cups filled with ice. Two 40s. Two blunts. The counterman’s eyes flicked back up to the guy on line in front of me, who looked about seventeen. “ID? Please.” The man—the boy?—fished [...]

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