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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Add it Up
“Wait a minute honey, I’m gonna add it up…” — The Violent Femmes I just spent a month thinking and writing and reading and researching. I lived like a monk, haunting the libraries, completely focused. There were no distractions—other … Continue reading
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Midnight in Paris & Fantasy Linda
A sincere thank you to everyone who wrote me to make sure I knew about Midnight in Paris. This is the conversation I imagined having with all of you about the movie. Hey, you said, do you know that Cole … Continue reading