No time for anything but a quick recap in reverse time order: last night saw Dandy in the Underworld, the one man play at the Soho Theatre about Sebastian Horsley. It was quite good and alternately funny and sad, particularly with the fact of his death last week hanging over the production — though Horsley…
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Double BitchBuzz: Tea and Fairy Tales
Busy week and I’m making good use of it! Two extra columns: Fox’s New Biscuit and Tea Tasting Guide “I prefer a nice cup of tea to sex.” – Boy GeorgeWhat could need less thought than your tea and biscuit? Kettle on, package open, insert in mouth. Well, Fox’s Biscuits wants you to reconsider everything…
BitchBuzz: Jane Austen Writes
My BB column this week revisits the Jane Austen exhibit at the Morgan which I enjoyed so much last week (and yes, the William Blake exhibit is still on for a few more weeks). It’s such a delight to see Jane’s own handwriting and little pieces of her life gathered together for this exhibit, which…
Bill, Lenny & Bob
I headed down Thursday to Bard for a talk about Blake’s quiet years that promised to fill in the missing details. I had been surprised to hear about an event at Bard before the actual day of the event, a rarity. However, when I got there and found the room, I also found a note…
A Taste of My Weekend
It’s my long long day, so I’m not sure I’ll get around to writing up all my adventures of the weekend, but here’s a little taste of what I did and saw. An absolutely amazing concert!
Curse of the Demon
Day two of the horror class consisted of a full-on run through the 40s and 50s. While I talked about a lot of things, I concentrated on showing two films — not something I plan to do everyday, but as I was giving short shrift to the time period anyway, it only seemed fair. For…
A Jam-Packed Spring Break
Spring break is meant to give a little breather mid-semester, but somehow it always ends up packed with things I can’t do during the semester proper. Things were off with a bang on Tuesday as I interviewed Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie about Lost Girls for the Angela Carter conference in Northampton this June. Thank…
To the Beach
Off we go to the beach house today (because Susan’s palatial home isn’t quite enough luxury for our indolence). Yesterday was our visit to the North Carolina Museum of Natural History where we saw lots of critters and things — lots o’ snakes, giant bugs and a good number of skinks and salamanders — although…
Opening: LitGraphic
[I’m working backward from today which is the first day I’ve had any time to write.] We headed out bright and early (well, for a Friday, i.e. my non-teaching day) to hit the road for Massachusetts and the LitGraphic exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum. We had our press credentials in hand and a wide…