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Ida Red

Wes Phillips Jun 07, 2007 First Published: Jun 07, 2007 0 comments

Is there a better Bob Wills clip than this? I've never seen it, if so. BTW, these were designed to be rear-projected, so everything is reversed —that's why Wills, Joe Holley, Bobby Koefer, and Cotton Whittington all seem to be playing leftie.

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50 By 50

Wes Phillips Jun 07, 2007 First Published: Jun 07, 2007 0 comments

Fifty things you ought to know by age 50.

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If You Know Three Chords, Play Folk

Wes Phillips Jun 06, 2007 First Published: Jun 06, 2007 0 comments

If you only know one chord, play rock.

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The Paris Hilton Prison Diaries

Wes Phillips Jun 06, 2007 First Published: Jun 06, 2007 0 comments

"My room is insane! TINY! How is it even possible that I got a room without any view? A tiny stainless steel toilet. There is an incredibly thin mattress. If I didn't know I was in prison I'd think I was in an Ian Schrager hotel."

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Disney the Muse

Wes Phillips Jun 06, 2007 First Published: Jun 06, 2007 0 comments

Mark Grief compares Walt Disney to Brian Wilson. It's not as big a stretch as you're thinking.

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Estate of the Art

Wes Phillips Jun 06, 2007 First Published: Jun 06, 2007 0 comments

Tim Cavanaugh's op/ed piece on the James Joyce estate's recent settlement with Stanford prof Carol Loeb Shloss makes really good points about intellectual property in the 21^st century.

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New Yorkonomics

Wes Phillips Jun 05, 2007 First Published: Jun 05, 2007 0 comments

New York magazine asked Edward Glaeser to examine how profitable a variety of New York businesses might be. My favorite line: "Best ways to make money: Underpay writers."

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The Journey of Mankind

Wes Phillips Jun 05, 2007 First Published: Jun 05, 2007 0 comments

Stephen Oppenheimer has traced the routes used by the few bands of protohomonids as they populated the world. This is a stunning piece of animation.

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What the Mainstream Media Can Learn From Jon Stewart

Wes Phillips Jun 05, 2007 First Published: Jun 05, 2007 0 comments

For starters, it could adopt House's dictum: Everybody lies.

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Inside Sushi

Wes Phillips Jun 04, 2007 First Published: Jun 04, 2007 0 comments

I was happily learning more than I ever thought I'd want to know about sushi, when it occurred to me to check out the article's byline. Who on earth writes 10 pages about shopping for fish in Tokyo's Tsukiji market? Oh, Nick Tosches, that's who.