Archive for April, 2008
A few plugs for friends: Watch this!
By Tom Teicholz at 25 April, 2008, 11:12 am
NPR has a story today about a Pacific War Hero, Guy Gabaldon, who never received but deserves the Medal of Honor.
Filmmaker: Pacific War Hero Deserved Higher Honor
by Richard Gonzales
Listen Now [6 min 41 sec] add to playlist
Steve Rubin, whom some of who you may remember from my October 2006 column about the World War [...]
Read More >>At Proust & Jim Morrison’s Graves –at age 20
By Tom Teicholz at 24 April, 2008, 3:20 pm
Posting the pic of me at Kerouac’s grave sent me hurtling into my photo archives to see what other other’s graves I had visited and taken pictures.
What immediately came to mind was a visit at age 20 to the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris where we gathered to commune with the spirit of Jim [...]
At Proust & Jim Morrison’s Graves –at age 20
By Tom Teicholz at 24 April, 2008, 3:20 pm
Posting the pic of me at Kerouac’s grave sent me hurtling into my photo archives to see what other other’s graves I had visited and taken pictures.
What immediately came to mind was a visit at age 20 to the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris where we gathered to commune with the spirit of Jim [...]
Murdoch & Zell: Why are these men smiling?
By Tom Teicholz at 24 April, 2008, 2:47 pm
News that the current managing editor of the Wall Street Journal is leaving and that Murdoch will shortly put his own person in situ, combined with a recent study of the WSJ in the weeks since Murdoch’s purchase all point to the same conclusion: Murdoch’s got his fingerprints all over the thing. So much for [...]
Read More >>At Kerouac’s Grave
By Tom Teicholz at 23 April, 2008, 4:30 pm
Lowell, Mass is famous for many things including its history as a factory town where many young women worked and who fought hard for decent work conditions and a union. However, the first thing that comes to mind for me when you say Lowell is that it is the place where Jack Kerouac was born [...]
Read More >>At Kerouac’s Grave
By Tom Teicholz at 23 April, 2008, 4:30 pm
Lowell, Mass is famous for many things including its history as a factory town where many young women worked and who fought hard for decent work conditions and a union. However, the first thing that comes to mind for me when you say Lowell is that it is the place where Jack Kerouac was born [...]
Read More >>Ricky Gervais & Larry “Doc” Karman
By Tom Teicholz at 23 April, 2008, 4:16 pm
Lawrence Karman, a/k/a “Doc” Karman, cameraman extraordinaire, who has made several appearances in my column occasionally under his nom de Magyar, Latzi, is working on Ricky Gervais’ movie, “This Side of Truth” shooting currently in Lowell, Mass.
Gervais, best known as creator of “The Office” (he starred in the original Brit version) and also creator and [...]
Ricky Gervais & Larry “Doc” Karman
By Tom Teicholz at 23 April, 2008, 4:16 pm
Lawrence Karman, a/k/a “Doc” Karman, cameraman extraordinaire, who has made several appearances in my column occasionally under his nom de Magyar, Latzi, is working on Ricky Gervais’ movie, “This Side of Truth” shooting currently in Lowell, Mass.
Gervais, best known as creator of “The Office” (he starred in the original Brit version) and also creator and [...]
Mark Sarvas’ “Harry, Revised” — available for purchase
By Tom Teicholz at 22 April, 2008, 3:39 pm
Mark Sarvas’ long awaited debut novel is finally in stores.
Sarvas, as many of you know, writes the literary blog, “The Elegant Variation. ” I wrote a column about him once upon a time (check it out here).
A fellow of Magyar descent and a francophile, he has been kind enough to cite this blog and column [...]
Mark Sarvas’ “Harry, Revised” — available for purchase
By Tom Teicholz at 22 April, 2008, 3:39 pm
Mark Sarvas’ long awaited debut novel is finally in stores.
Sarvas, as many of you know, writes the literary blog, “The Elegant Variation. ” I wrote a column about him once upon a time (check it out here).
A fellow of Magyar descent and a francophile, he has been kind enough to cite this blog and column [...]