3.24.2006

Behold the final Biggie!

I keep going back to the Saturday afternoon when I laughed so hard I almost cried into my hefeweizen listening to Joe Wenderoth read this at The Rite Spot in San Francisco...

If I were royalty I would want a Biggie and a hundred plain
burgers. I would throw away the buns and lay the burgers
side by side on the sidewalk so as to form a bed. I would
take off all my clothes and lie down in the bed with my
Biggie. As people passed by, I would say, "Behold the meaty
bed of royalty! Behold the final Biggie!" And I would relax
there until I was arrested.



Joe, if you're out there...there's a very special place for you in my heart.

3.23.2006

Required Reading

Tao Lin's "the MFA in hamsters." Don't forget to pre-order his book while you're there.

Matt Briggs' "Virility Rituals of North American Teenage Boys" in the new Spork 4.3.

The comic, Local #4, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly.

Slate's William Saletan on cigarettes, booze and erections.

3.21.2006

I think Ivan Brunetti, the masochistic cartoonist behind Hee!, Haw!, and the comic book series Schizo, is my new hero.
Schizo #4, includes comics about Soren Kierkegaard, James Thurber, Francoise Hardy, and (not) getting laid.
What more could you ask for?