July 19, 2016: So there: I told you the next one would be a non-blonde. Anyway, I wrote about the fiftieth-anniversary …
Oh Jackie…
Happy Birthday, Anita Pallenberg (I Think)
April 6, 2016: Happy birthday to Anita Pallenberg [note: I’m 83.57 percent certain that today is her birthday—it’s just that …
Farewell, Face
March 6, 2016: I was hesitant about mentioning “Farewell to My Face,” my Salon essay/tantrum about crossing over into middle …
The Sopranos at Seventeen
January 8, 2016: Them’s fightin’ words, I thought when I, ‘Wire’ superfan, read David Remnick’s 2013 declaration, “’The Sopranos’ remains the best television …
Like a Virgin
December 18, 2015: Don’t you dare underestimate Doris Day. Bright Lights Film Journal just posted my essay in praise of her …
La, La, Lovely Linda (McCartney Essay)
January 20, 2015: So…I’ve just published an essay about the great Linda McCartney and the fact that she was Jewish …
Happy Fiftieth Birthday, Grapefruit
July 4, 2014: Slate posted “The Book That Inspired ‘Imagine,’” my piece about Grapefruit‘s semicentennial (ooh—fancy word), on its Beatles …
This Just (Kind of) In: My Yoko Interview for the Reelz Channel
June 11, 2014: Last month I was interviewed on the subject of Yoko (and John) for a forthcoming episode of Hollywood Scandals (cable show) devoted to John Lennon. The show has a creepy name, but the content should be righteous.
Yoko Ono: Collector of Skies by Nell Beram and Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky
May 22, 2014: Here’s some of what Abrams says on its website about the book: “This lyrical biography explores the life and art of Yoko Ono, from her childhood haiku to her avant-garde visual art and experimental music. An outcast throughout most of her life, and misunderstood by every group she was supposed to belong to, Yoko always followed her own unique vision to create art that was ahead of its time and would later be celebrated. Her focus remained on being an artist, even when the rest of world saw her only as the wife of John Lennon.”