September 27, 2004
Good Reads
What do we really like around here? Well, we dig good reads. Here's some recent stuff that tickled TMB's fancy over the past week:
* From this past Sunday's L.A. Times: Pouty White People. Heh. Yeah, yeah, yeah -- I know the online registration thing is a royal pain in the ass. But just go and read it.
* Speaking of pouty people, the inimitable humorist (and a L.A. national treasure) Sandra Tsing Loh reviews two books in this month's Atlantic Monthly: The Bitch in the House and its companion volume The Bastard on the Couch -- and comes out sympathizing with the fellas! Not to be missed. Heck, while you're there, you might as well read James Fallows' chilling cover story too. Have I told you, I Can't Wait To Vote?
* Not to go stray even further OT than I already have, but this month's Vanity Fair piece on the seemingly odd pairing between the late Johnny Cash and his producer, Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin, is a wonderful study of contrasts. These two individuals might as well be from different planets, yet they struck an intimate friendship that resulted in the most prolific phase of the Man in Black's career (not to mention some of his most haunting tunes). Even if you're no fan of Johnny Cash's music, you can appreciate how the article captures the intruiging spiritual dimension of their partnership. The article's not online, but here's a snippet.
* MayaGate! Alan Keyes' daughter is apparently a "selfish hedonist" too... Modern Vertebrate has all the scintillating details.
* Lastly, this isn't a read, but go and view the Least Likely. Unbenownst to me, this was sponsored by an organization that I'm actually a part of. So imagine my surprise when I learned about it by catching this glossy, high falutin PSA spot promoting the "APIA Vote" on television. And it's for MTV's "Choose or Lose" campaign no less. Hey fellas, if we can pull this off, there's gotta be something we can do about the sorry website, no?
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