⦿ Friday Links
David Letterman is now in his final month hosting a late night talk show. Here is a fine Q&A with him from The New York Times. David Letterman Reflects on 33 Years in Late-Night Television After over a decade of blogging, I’m finally linking to something from Playboy. And it’s an article! Anyway, you might want to view this page…
⦿ Monday Links
Again links are shared on Monday this week. But for a great reason. I had to get through the incredible oral history of the making of Airplane! before I could post. I’m pretty sure that Airplane! was the first grown-up movie I was ever allowed to see at a theater. And aside from the adult language, drug references, and sexual…
⦿ Monday Links
Monday links this time around. Salon has kicked off a series of interviews with former “Saturday Night Live” cast members. The first participant is Nora Dunn, who had a strong run with a rather controversial end during that fantastic late 80s period. Nora Dunn: “SNL is a traumatic experience. It’s something you have to survive” I trust I’ll be sharing…
Baseball Links
As promised, a whole mess of baseball links in honor of Opening Day. Let’s go to the oldest piece first. The Deadspin Stacks reprinted Robert Ward’s legendary article about Reggie Jackson published in Sport[1] magazine in 1977. It, in many ways, defined how Reggie was perceived for the rest of his career. Not unfairly, I should add. Be sure to…
⦿ Tuesday Links
My Instapaper queue is currently like a cheap toilet: so full that it is overflowing. Wait, that’s a terrible analogy. How about this: by failing to get a links post out before spring break, and then continuing to add items to Instapaper during the break, I have a ridiculous number of articles to share. So I’m going to bundle all…
He Knows The Deal
Straight up, I did not like Maurice Clarett back when he played for Ohio State. Part of it was just that I don’t like Ohio State and I hated their coach at the time, Jim Tressel. There were always rumors about him off-the-field, too. Rumors that seemed to be proven true with some legal issues after he left college that…
TV Notes
A few TV notes. First, I was a couple days late watching the series finale of Parks and Recreation. In fact, I was a couple weeks behind and watched the final five episodes in a two-night binge. And since that was two weeks ago, this is verrrrrry late. But still… An absolutely perfect and tremendous end to a nearly perfect…
⦿ Friday Links
As I noted in last week’s Friday Vid, Courtney Barnett’s new album is out later this month. Grantland’s Steven Hyden recently spoke with her and shares his impressions of both the album and how she has exploded onto the music scene. Courtney Barnett Writes All the Best Songs ’Tis the season for articles diving into what is wrong with college…
⦿ Friday Links
To kick off the week’s links, one that I did not find until last Sunday, but would have been better suited for last week’s edition. Early 1980’s SNL cast member Gary Kroeger shared his observations from the anniversary reunion/broadcast. It’s really awesome. I love his interaction with the Mannings and his son’s reaction to meeting certain stars. Backstage at SNL’s…
Sick Day Reading
I have a sick kid at home with me today. And since this article seems worthy of a share independent of the Friday links, this is a perfect time to do so. There was a lot of buzz about this article, in which Graeme Wood goes into great detail about the Islamic State, last week. Then I heard him on…