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Posted on January 10th, 2012 in Diary (2009-2011)
I had a choice today of things to blog about. Movies or food. I think movies first. I finished a series of next-book related projects (proposals, second drafts, lighting candles, burning sage, listening to “i am the resurrection” into “fools gold”) over the holidays and am now moving along to this screenplay that I’ve been [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2012 in Diary (2009-2011)
Have been thinking about D.B. a lot in the days leading up to his 65th. I went back, this morning, and dug up the proposal that I wrote for the book that eventually became Bowie: A Biography. It’s funny. Proposals for books that aren’t already written have a bit of smoke and mirror to them… [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
happy christmas, chanukah, boxing day to everyone… have been doing my best to ride it on out like a white swan. each yeah, around this time, i find myself some weird hybrid of fonzi with the ravioli can and bartleby the scrivener; that’s a handsome and perfectly graceful hybrid, there. i’m on self imposed deadline [...]
Posted on December 13th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
I was tempted call call this blog post “everyone goes south every now and then.” I’ve been listening to much Billy Joel as I walk around in my new parka. It’s the headphones equivalent of comfort food, I guess. Used to be The Smiths. Sometimes still is. Basically perfect metaphor for my split personality. I’m [...]
Posted on November 16th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
Have not blogged in a while. Am wrangling a massive magazine story for early 2012 issue and it’s basically my third fucking book of the year (in addition to jagger and the memoir i wrote on spec) that just happens to be a feature. It’s a few months of casual telephone interviews followed by a [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
You cannot find peace by avoiding life. – Virginia Woolf (The Hours) I’m not sure if she actually said or wrote this or maybe even famously wrote this. I’ve never read Woolf. I only know she put stones in her coat and walked into the water. And that Nicole Kidman said it in a movie [...]
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