Markowitz, you friggin' genius

http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html

Every day I'm burger flippin'

"Hustlin' (Snakes Say Hiss Remix)" - Rick Ross

2br with a gorgeous view of Earth

In the super '70s, NASA conducted a few studies to determine the possibility of setting up colonies in space. Gerard O'Neill, a professor of physics at Princeton, led the charge to develop settlements in the final frontier. NASA has some of the artists' renderings of these utopian compounds, which would presumably function like a sexy cosmic condo community for swinging intergalactic singles.

Space Colony Artwork from the 1970s

Glad to be unhappy

Michelle Phillips, 1967

I always wanted to work in a record store

For all I know, that kid just might be dead

Jens Lekman - "Pretty Shoes"

Atrocity Exhibition

16 October 1979

Brussels, Belgium

Un giorno perfetto

Honorary Notables: Dick Cavett

[An ongoing series focusing on history's greats, mavens, and darn-good guys.]

Let's face it: blogs are stupid. Who wants to read your diary? Chances are, that expansive list opens with parents, continues on to siblings, and wraps up with ex-lovers. That is unless you're Dick Cavett, of course. The former chat show host, comic, and sometimes-author maintains a blog for the New York Times website, dubbed Talk Show. The man is a bastion of wit and humor, and this charge gives him a chance to stretch out and display his writing chops. His entries are quite engaging, as if he's sitting across from you at a quiet diner relaying his famed self-deprecating pleasantries and shooting straight about everything from Sarah Palin to clinical depression. For those of you who aren't familiar with this man, his subtle comedy provided a precursor to the intelligent laughs of Conan the Bostonian, just with a less ostentatious hairdo.  He's famed for championing rock music on The Dick Cavett Show (many of the more intriguing episodes are available on DVD) and for being steadfast in his beliefs.  He told Timothy Leary he was full of crap, Nixon wanted him gone, and he matched wits with everyone from Norman Mailer to Salvador Dali.  

So here's to you, Mr. Cavett.  You are an Honorary Notable.

Hell Yeah

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