Here is Studio 6-A in Rockefeller Center last November.On Friday , Conan O’Brien’s filmed his last episode as host of Late Night in this studio. A valedictory moment like this reminds me of where O’Brien’s show sits on the evolutionary tree of comedy and how much it influenced the sensibilities, and sometimes behavior, of people [...]
An unusual video showed up on the Ifgogo blog that’s created a ripple on the internet over the last few days. It’s a video of a Chinese farmer piloting a flying machine that he is supposed to have built on his own. The shanzhai huaxiangji, or little mountain village glider, if the translation’s any good [...]
Grace Paley died two days ago. She was a sweet and humane poet and short story writer, one of those individuals for whom many will admit a familiarity with the name if not a specific knowledge of the work because some high school English teacher somewhere along the line (but a fan, truly) assigned a [...]
In June, the Chronicle ran a good story about a woman who discovered—and pursued—the person who had stolen her identity. It is engaging to read and a lucky score for the Chronicle, a story like that, one that unfolds cinematically and neatly. There are advantages to being the only show in town, as far as [...]
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