Oh, Anita.

Dig this 1970 painting by Charles Comfort, "The Goal Keeper."

Over at the Beast I reprinted Robert Ward's hugely entertaining Rolling Stone profile of Lee Marvin:

Just because.

Merry Christmas.

Beautiful piece by David Simon:

I've curated a bunch of killer profiles of some of our finest comedians over the past few years. In case you missed…

I come from a bookish family. We didn't just read books, we owned them. It was no small thing, having your own…

Kim Morgan recently sat down with Elliot Gould, George Segal and Joseph Walsh to talk about California Split, a movie they…

Via Cathal Kelly's Twitter feed, dig Jimmy Breslin's column about John Lennon's death:

Who says ballin' stops when you reach 65? Or even 70. Especially when you live in the land of milk and honey?

...And for a long time now, too.

Dig this gem from Brad Darrach, People magazine, 1974:

From the Paris Review comes this funski.

Respect to the Biz 'cause he is who he is.

Uncle Walt.

Here's a beautiful little essay by the great Jhumpa Lahiri. From Food & Wine (April, 2000):

Illustrator and designer, Gary Cieradkowski runs the dope site, Infinite Baseball Card Set. He's got a new book out, …

Kindle Singles has a smart, provocative new interview with Iron Mike Tyson. It was conducted by the most-talented…