Spring Blossoms in New York City
I’ve been living in New York City for the last two months. I’d lived here before for ten years starting in the early-1990s. It’s strange being…
Shameless self-promotion.
If you thought my updating this blog once a year was bad, how about the fact that I publish something at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency once every…
Who’s Ready for the Inauguration? Me, That’s Who.
Boy, I’m so exhausted I can barely type. I’ve been super busy getting my house ready for Joe Biden’s inauguration next week. It’s been a long…
This Week in Graffiti, #3
Greetings from Barcelona, where the world is your canvas as long as you have a can of spray paint and no common regard for other…
Let’s Be Snobs and Visit the Joan Miró Art Museum
At the request of a friend, I’ve decided to write about one of Barcelona’s most celebrated contemporary artists, Joan Miró. Born in 1893 to well-to-do…
This Week in Graffiti (#2)
In honor of my friend Lee who is still trying to finish the first paragraph of my last blog post, I’m going with mostly pictures this…
Nation-building, Catalan Style
When you’re in the middle of great political upheaval–I mean serious upheaval, with police batons crunching skulls, half a million protesters clogging the streets, politicians being…