I read a thoroughly entertaining and engaging essay by Matt Evans for The Morning News on the legend of Frances Farmer during one of my breaks from work this morning and was struck by how often tragic fantasies obscure what I feel are the grounded yet infinitely more compelling real-life tragedies.
Yesterday was the Common Council Planning Committee’s meeting and public discussion pertaining to the Albany Cabaret License legislation that would see changes to the way live entertainment is regulated in the city of Albany.
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The idea was to make the process simpler and […]
Responding to a 15-year-old’s temper tantrum to her friends on Facebook by sputtering and rambling for eight minutes and shooting a laptop with the hope that the whole world will see it and she’ll become embarrassed and ashamed.
Who’s the child here?
What a big man. A+ for bullying here, Daddy-O. Wonder where she […]
Daniel over at FUSSYlittleBlog has been lobbying to change the way the Times Union structures its annual Best of the Capital Region survey so we don’t look like podunks. I wish him all the best […]
Keep Albany Boring has an open letter from Matt Kelly, who organizes the monthly Laughs on Lark showcase for local and touring comedians:
An Open Letter to The Capital Region and Beyond
Many of you are familiar with, or have come to enjoy our monthly Laughs on […]
There was quite a bit of hullabaloo this week about the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation’s decision not to renew their donation to Planned Parenthood, bowing to pressure from far-right groups and anti-abortion activists.
The level of shouting from both sides was inversely proportional to the amount of money that at first glance […]
Could I write a clumsier headline? Fuck you, I do this for free.
Chuck Schumer and New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen have made a friendly wager on the outcome of this Sunday’s BIG FOOTBALL GAME! Sources tell me that big game is either the Super Bowl or the Chelsea/Man U game the Fox Network is […]
Debate about minimum wage in New York State has been renewed and it’s likely to be a hot button issue in the next legislative session.
Kristi Barlette, the Times Union’s Features Editor, weekly columnist, and blogger of important topics like such as pictures […]
In one of his many blog posts about the troubling dichotomy between Ron Paul the public figure and Ron Paul the guy who let the craziest shit ever be printed under his name, The Atlantic‘s Ta-Nehisi Coates (himself a historian) wrote the following:
It is often said that Americans aren’t interested in history, but I […]
Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill “until there is wider agreement on a solution.”
“I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their […]
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