#bill buford

[mumblelard]

darkness intrudes or manifestations of my familiar

i think boba moonlights as a gravitational vacuum star manifesting as a cat but her actual job is a mystery beyond our ken or cunning

yesterday, i started reading kandinsky's point and line to plane , thinking it would be an interesting novelty, but i can't stop thinking about it

last night i dreamt that i fell asleep in the middle of a haircut and i woke up with snake scales tattooed on not my face. the face i see reflected back in dream mirrors is never mine

this morning i woke up with that tight clenched ache in my core like a single fist squeezing my heart and stomach at the same time. the exemplar of physical sensation that insists on expression as an emotion, that masquerades as the dark revelation (a revelation mundane?) that the grinding vastness of this existence has no regard for me or mine. i think it's the dry echo of an echo of a hangover stored materially somewhere in my cells and there is nothing to be done for it but remembering it will pass

tonight, i'll eat macaroni and cheese pizza and detroit deep dish with finn and fall and we'll sit around finn's kitchen table, drinking dollar bucket nonsense, and talk about our week, and i am very much looking forward to it

[grlbts]

Bill Buford, photo Chris Buck

[witch-breaker]

[blurryvizionz]

Any book recommendations?

[progsuggestion]

I am the most fuckable drummer in this progressive rock band

[dadrockconfessions]

[soitsashowpodcast]

ep. 100: We just had a very All the President's Men moment. (Journalism Super Ep!)

Welcome to our 100th episode! In honor of this huge milestone, we're learning about Rory's journalism heroes. Who learned about boxing by hopping in the ring? Who followed the Hell's Angels? Who followed English soccer hooligans? Who survived 4 months in a Nazi prison? Who was killed in action while reporting? We talk about the reporters who inspire Rory to take a literal leap of faith, and then we dive into the legacy of All the President's Men, one of the best movies about journalism ever.

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MORE ABOUT GEORGE PLIMPTON

Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback by George Plimpton (1966)

Shadow Box: An Amateur in the Ring by George Plimpton (1977)

"George Plimpton, Urbane and Witty Writer, Dies at 76," NYTimes.com (2003)

"Plimpton's Tryout Changed Hockey, Journalism," NHL.com (2012)

"The Remarkable Life and Times of George Plimpton," JewishJournal.com (2013)

MORE ABOUT BILL BUFORD

Bill Buford's articles for The New Yorker

Bill Buford's biography, PenguinRandomHouse.com

"Sports Book Hall of Fame: Among the Thugs, Bill Buford, 1990," Grantland.com (2011)

"This is 25: Looking back at Among the Thugs," WhatAHowler.com (2015)

"Thug Life: When the Ugly Spectre of Violence Became Part of the Beautiful Game," IrishTimes.com (2021)

MORE ABOUT RICHARD HOTTELET

""Richard Hottelet Describes Stay in Dreaded Nazi Prison," Perspectives.USHMM.com (1941)

"Richard C. Hottelet dies at 97; last of CBS News’ ‘Murrow Boys,’" LATimes.com (2014)

MORE ABOUT ERNIE PYLE

Britannica entry

IndianaHistory.org entry

The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

TCM entry for The Story of G.I. Joe

"This Day in History: War correspondent Ernie Pyle killed," History.com (2010)

MORE ABOUT HUNTER THOMPSON

Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson (1967)

MORE ABOUT ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN

TCM entry

"When Worlds Collide: Lights! Camera! Egos!" WashingtonPost.com (1975)

Roger Ebert review (1976)

"13 Facts About All the President's Men," MentalFloss.com (2016)

"William Goldman Turned Reporters into Heroes in All the President’s Men," NewYorker.com (2018)

"Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominees: Who contended for a performance of only 139 seconds?" GoldDerby.com (2021)

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-- Petra