Month: July 2008
55 posts
RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS
It used to be that the circus was an affair no one would dare miss. A train rolled…
July 26, 2008
ATTACK OF THE ARISTO-BRATS!
Children of the rich and famous are taking over the world. Welcome to the new age of nepotism…
July 26, 2008
THE BILLY LETTERS
Dick Cheney In 1998, Billy reached out to former Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney. Cheney wished Billy…
July 26, 2008
THE BILLY LETTERS
In the late ’90s, pop-culture historian Bill Geerhart had a little too much time on his hands and a surfeit…
July 26, 2008
THE BILLY LETTERS
Larry Flynt In 2001, Little Billy sought the council of Hustler magazine’s founder and publisher, Larry Flynt. The first-amendment activist…
July 26, 2008
LITERARY LEGACIES
With a few exceptions (the Brontës, the Amises), there’s not much evidence that superior writing ability runs in…
July 26, 2008
THE KILLING FIELDS
New Orleans has always turned a blind eye to sin. But now you can even get away with…
July 26, 2008
APRIL 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Scientology, Will Arnett, Gayface and more! Check out Radar‘s current issue. CULT FRICTION After an embarrassing string of high-profile…
July 26, 2008
ARRESTED MOVIE DEVELOPING: MAEBY
DON’T BE CROSS Shawkat (Photo: Getty Images) Alia Shawkat might be best known as Arrested Development‘s kissing cousin Maeby Funke, but the…
July 24, 2008
IS ALIZA SHVARTS THE ANSEL ADAMS OF ABORTION OR JUST ITS BANKSY?
ABORTION ART God, this day… Is abortion artist Aliza Shvarts really crazy, or is her fancy Ivy League school simply trying…
July 24, 2008