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Baseball Marks On The Green Monster
Over at National Geographic dig this cool article by Sarah Polger on the photographs CJ Gunther takes of the baseball marks on the Green Monster at Fenway Park. ...
Harper Lee: Roll Tide!
Harper Lee, author of one of the most popular American novels ever written, was famous for not granting interviews. But Marja Mills, a former reporter and feature writer for the Chicago Tribune, became friendly with Lee and her sister, Alice Finch Lee, and was permitted to write about them. Mills's ...
World Cup Cuisine
George Zisiadis imagines the World Cup as a series of food mash-ups....
Forgotten Bookmarks
Over at Narratively, Shannon Firth profiles Michael Popek:...
Desert Island Discs
Dig this post over at Cinephilia and Beyond. It hips us to a great BBC 4 radio show, Desert Island Discs. Check out interviews with Michael Caine, Stephen Frears, Mel Brooks, John Huston, Elia Kazan, Bob Hoskins and many more....
R.I.P. Paul Mazursky
Rest in Peace, Paul Mazursky. He made some memorable movies, particularly Harry & Tonto. I've always had a soft spot for Moscow on the Hudson. This scene is nice to revisit as July 4th approaches. ...
How Grand Central Station Almost Died
Here's some goodness from our chum Kevin Baker:...
Steve Martin: A Very Funny Fellow
There's a good excerpt from Mike Sacks' new book, Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers, over at the New Yorker....
19 Tips For Comic Artists From Moebius
Via Royalboiler here are 19 tips for comic artists from Moebius. ...
The Making Of The Geneal
As I've mentioned here in the past, Buster Keaton is one of my heroes. So you can imagine how stoked I was to read this in the San Francisco Examiner: ...
The Ten Greatest Baseball Uniforms Of All Time
According to Jake Gallagher over at A Continuous Lean....
Jack Davis Baseball Cover
Found over at It's a Long Season, check out the second cover of Mad Magazine, from 1952. ...
H-U-S-T-L-E-R
The great John Lardner's take on Titanic Thompson (True, 1951):...