Author: Jonathan Kieran
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Random and Truly Gentle Life-Impressions
We really are sinking to new lows every day as a culture, as a species. What a thrill it would be, what a grace to the very air it would be, if every human being on earth, all at the…
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I Always Knew These Malevolent Birds Would Arise
“Penguin Axes Legendary Publisher.” There have long been rumors of aggressiveness and malice lurking beneath the darkling feathers of this species and its jolly, waddling “tuxedo” approach to other beings, but this abomination is unprecedented. As far as my knowledge…
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The Poop’s Exorcist
Not that I was in any way stunned or surprised, but the big-budget Russell Crowe-helmed horror flick, The Pope’s Exorcist, turned out to be one of the five or six worst specimens of cinematic deuce-pinching imaginable. The story was asinine.…
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Dog Days, Dog Star
Few people pay much attention to the star Sirius anymore. It’s the brightest star in the heavens and associated with the Orion constellation. It vanishes beneath the visible horizon of our portion of the world for just over two months…
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Queen of Outlaw Music Jessi Colter Returns in Power
FINALLY, the OG Legend and Queen of Outlaw music Jessi Colter returns to the game with her long-awaited new album, Edge of Forever, and the eponymous first single finds Colter at her country-funk, blues-rock, mystical, dazzling Americana best. It’s a…
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Stay Out of the Water, Anne of Green Gables!
With great white sharks the size of polar bears lurking off Prince Edward Island, you’d better hightail it up a cherry tree, all silllllvery in the moonlight, Anne, or maybe walk the ridgepole of Moody’s roof. Your chances of survival…
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NYT Legend Cintra Wilson Gets Her Haggis On in Scotland and In STYLE, Ye Pies
Cintra Wilson is one of our genuine American literary geniuses and a friend of mine, so I love supporting her ever-evolving body of multi-media artistry. Recently, she was whisked away to Scotland for High Wizardly consultations and had a chance…
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Wicked Water Weasels Wound Woman in Wrathful Wrangle!
Don’t you just hate alliteration? I mean, it has its place in satire (in my opinion) but never in straight literature or reporting. Writerly folk, please use it strictly for comic effect (or affectation) if you employ it at all.…
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With or Without Hunchback?
Hey, such things are crucial for me to know. [Look for Jonathan Kieran’s fabulous new—as yet untitled—book of hundreds of witty, cynical, zeitgeist-rocking, and knee-slappingly clever cartoons of Pure Smartassery in 2024! Stay tuned for developing news and previews.] ————-…
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Mt. Athos, The Ultimate Boys Club
This Greek mountainous region (actually a remote aerie/enclave containing dozens of ancient monasteries and caves and hermitages) remains one of the more flat-out mysterious and enduring spaces of human residence on the planet. Its priceless relics, scrolls, libraries, artworks, and…
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