More from Merle Kessler
Elevate this!
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From: Merle Kessler
Scientists are studying a new emotion: elevation. Ian heads straight for the basement.
None Dare Call It a Depression
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From: Merle Kessler
Ian scratches his head at whatever it is we're going through. Apparently, we're broke. Welcome to my world.
Axl Rose: Dinosaur?
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From: Merle Kessler
Is Chinese Democracy the end of the album as we know it?
Jane Austen's Little Problem.
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From: Merle Kessler
Visitors to Jane Austen's museum are scattering cremains. Administrators there disapprove. So does Ian.
End of World in 2012?
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From: Merle Kessler
The Mayans said that the world will end in 2012. Maybe.
Sex Worker at Play?
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From: Merle Kessler
New York Times takes a look at a prostitute's MySpace page so we don't have to.
Movie Critics: Endangered Species?
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From: Merle Kessler
Mainstream media movie critics are being laid off. Consequences?
Billions lost! Ask me how!
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From: Merle Kessler
Some flunky at a bank in France lost billions. How?
No Thanks for the Mammaries
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From: Merle Kessler
Proposal by PETA to replace cows' milk with mothers' milk makes Ian squirmy.
Flat is the new black.
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From: Merle Kessler
More cultural shorthand from the folks who offer cultural shorthand. We are not shorthanded in that department.
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Piece Description
A faux-nostalic look at urban trends that are disappearing. NOTE: A sky grifter is slang for a con man/woman specializing in evangalism.
Transcript
I learned from a recent New Yorker profile of a New Jersey barber that barbering will soon be a thing of the past – you know, the red and white striped barber’s pole, the electric razor, the phlegmatic man in white.
It’s hard to find a barber shop these days. Salons, yes, stylists, yes, beauty parlors, you bet, but a neighborhood joint where people hang out, read the paper, and watch the locks pile up on the floor…
Those days, despite the success of BARBERSHOP and BARBERSHOP 2, and the transformation of Ice Cube from gangsta thug to bankable family fare movie star, are gone. Where are the Allman Brothers fans going to go to maintain their mullets? Where are the guidos and fancy boys going to get their DAs, their fades, their buzz cuts, and flat tops with a fender?
And shoe shines. Remember shoe shines? Well, to be frank, I’ve never had my shoes shined in my life, I do it...
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