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		risk getting up, crossing the street, and sticking your face in the fan by joe procopio (@jproco) topic: writing 7.1.11 • CLASSIC

Back in what the kids now call "the day," my best friend Greg and I had an incredible knack for daring each other into doing some unbelievably stupid things. And when we were hanging off a 50-foot embankment hiding from state troopers or flying down the thruway at triple digits in a car that made way too liberal use of duct tape or pouring the x-teenth shot of some expensive stolen liquor, one of us would invariably smile and quip: "How'd they die?" This became a tradition, more in the spiri read on

		yo no se. je ne sais. ani lo yodeah. at 33, i don't have all the answers by adam kraemer (@DryWryBred) topic: humor 10.10.07 • CLASSIC

Wow. A new column out and it's my birthday. How does a guy get so lucky? Well, with luck, actually. My Intro to Philosophy professor once said on a paper of mine when faced with a stupid hypothetical I posed about a man jumping out of a window in virtual reality: "He hits fake ground. That was easy. Give me another." He was a funny man. I recall another quote from the class, that of Socrates who said, "The Ultimate Knowledge is knowing that you know nothing." Man, I loved philosophy. Where el read on

		portrait of an artist: christian kane a one-two punch of talent by tracey l. kelley (@TraceyLKelley) topic: television 7.28.10 • CLASSIC

Christian Kane has a favorite quote from Steve McQueen: "When I believe in something, I fight like hell for it." But the multi-faceted entertainer is also a testimony to Warren Zevon's adage: "I'll sleep when I'm dead." Kane celebrates his third season as Eliot Spencer on the hit TNT series, "Leverage". Eliot is the kind of man who squires a lady down a country lane with one hand placed gently on the small of her back while he haymakers her deadbeat ex-boyfriend with the other. The gracious, S read on

		an interview with jaimyon parker renaissance performer tackles faith, friendship, typecasting by jason gilmore (@JasonGilmore77) topic: film 3.14.11 • CLASSIC

Jaimyon Parker is a Houston-raised, Los Angeles-based actor who also produced, wrote and co-stars in Iris, which recently wrapped a successful four-week run at the Complex Theatre in Hollywood. Iris is a powerful, memorable tale of the damaged title character (played pitch perfectly by Lauren Elliott) who is taken through a review of the missteps of her troubled life by a sarcastic but potent demon named Bastiel (Parker). Over the next 90 minutes, abortion, drug abuse, incest, sisterhood and fai read on

		somewhere, under in rainbows the record industry, radiohead, and the rest of us by jeffrey d. walker topic: music 10.19.07 • CLASSIC

Selling your soul isn't easy. Neither is selling your country, R&B, or your rap music. And selling classical is extremely difficult. Just ask the major record companies, whose sales have been in decline for the last several years. Anyone following the decline in record sales have certainly heard the major labels blaming illegal downloading, a/k/a "piracy", for the trouble with CD sales. I've read many studies supporting this theory, and a small few refuting. At any rate, the big labels r read on

		i am really good at being shocking but shockingly bad at just being by maigen thomas (@Maigen) topic: pop culture 1.23.12 • CLASSIC

So I'm a girl, right? Right. As a female, there's a general understanding that we don't require pick up lines to meet men or get a date. The joke is something like all you have to do is say “Hi.” While this may be accurate to a very large degree, I wouldn't say this is totally true. Friends of mine say that's not the case at all, but some of those people have spent an evening with me at bars near Times Square during Fleet Week, shooting fish in a barrel. I mean, flirting with military boys on shore passes. Same thing. But me? Well, I don't exactly have a problem meeting people. I never have. I'm fairly outgoing; I have no trouble striking up conversations with strangers, and I seem to have a personality that helps make other people laugh and feel comfortable pretty quickly. I like being social, telling stories and impressing people. Just saying "Hi" isn't really my style, though. It doesn't always reflect well on who I might actually be on the inside, but if I want attention, I'll get it. read on

		memoirs of a sober addict a cautionary cocaine tale by alex b (@Lexistential) topic: general 1.18.10 • CLASSIC

White lines. Colombian marching powder. Nose candy. Devil dust. Blow. You've heard all the names for it, the whole reason why Tony Montana was cranked enough to tell people to say hello to his little friend. Just about everywhere, there's a cocaine culture. In New York, you really got to know it. But you weren't originally introduced to it in the Big Apple; a few years ago overseas, you remember your first line. Even now, you can still picture it perfectly cut from the ID card with the currenc read on

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