Remembering Lenny Bruce August 3, 2016 marked the 50™ anniversary of groundbreaking comedian Lenny Bruce’ s death from an overdose of morphine, while his New York obscenity conviction at Café Au Go Go was still on appeal. On that same day he received a foreclosure notice at his...
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My second column was about Lenny Bruce—titled “Lenny the Lawyer,” since he defended himself in trials He was arrested for obscene performances only because there were no blasphemy laws. I went to the bank and deposited my check, withdrawing half of it in cash, a $500 bill. Lenny...
And that moment served as the conception of an irreverent magazine for grown-ups, 7he Realist... HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015045
REMEMBERING CAVALIER MAGAZINE LAUNCHING A MAGAZINE My friend Michael Simmons, who has been the editor of National Lampoon, recalls that Cavalier hired fine scribes. A few examples: Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth, William Saroyan, Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon. Ch...
in front of him, the first thing Johnson would do now is kill him.” She smiled sardonically, adding, “Unless Bobby beat him to it.” Postscript: The most significant thing about “The Parts Left Out of the Kennedy Book” was its widespread acceptance--if only for a moment--by intel...
…always wild to read that piece. I have parts of it memorized at this point. After reading your comment about vibes from the movie, I feel like I have some explaining to do. This is all stream of consciousness writing so take it on merit, I guess. No harm is meant. As 'The Last of...
operation no eye sees. You go by the sense of feel and touch. The voice of the uterus. But the only thing | can see is hypocrisy, hypocrisy. Everywhere | look is hypocrisy, Because the politicians--and I’ ve had politicians in here--they still keep those laws in existence, but ye...
…nts, my friends, and my reminder that life should be lived to its fullest Hauser Evilicious. Front matter 2 Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ⎯⎯ Plato To witness suffering does one good, to inflict it even more so. ⎯⎯ Friedrich Nietzsche Man produces evil as a bee produ...
25 August, 2011 Article 1. Scientific American Is Muammar Qadhafi Clinically Psychotic? John Matson Article 2. The Financial Times Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong Anne-Marie Slaughter Article 3. Foreign Policy Sinais Bedouin run amok in post-Mubarak Egypt Mohamed...
Article 4. The National Interest Foreign-Policy Failure Dimitri K. Simes August 24, 2011 -- PRESIDENT BARACK Obama is in many respects the opposite of Richard Nixon and George H. W. Bush, both foreign-policy presidents who subordinated their domestic ambitions to America’s na...
linens were to be cut into two-inch squares and sold for $1 each. The price included a notarized statement of authenticity. My second column was about Lenny Bruce—titled “Lenny the Lawyer,” since he defended himself in trials He was arrested for obscene performances only becaus...
definition was “arousal of sexuality.” Lenny was performing that night at Town Hall. He asked me to hand out copies of The Realist, with the Ellis in- terview, in front of the theater. From then on, Lenny thought that his act would be protected, because it had redeem- able socia...
From: paul krassner Sent: 5/15/2019 12:17:32 AM To: George Krassner Rebecca Risman Subject: rather long and a few typos • nick kazan Linda W. Grossman REMEMBERING CAVALIER MAGAZINE ; Mrisman02 LAUNCHING A MAGAZINE My friend Michael Simmons, who has been the editor of National Lam...