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Mash Note Dept. : Wes Anderson
I am sprawled across the tomato bisque colored couch listening to the soundtrack to Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums. One song slides into another, creating a flawless, cool-hearted,...
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Mash Note Dept.: Bob Fosse
I have been pacing the floor for a year, entangled in this theory that Bob Fosse— dancer, choreographer, filmmaker— is at the heart of the American subconscious. Look, I know it sounds nutty to...
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Mash Note Dept.: Jacques Tati
The universe holds a special place in its starry heart for comedians. And at the core of its deepest heart, you will find Jacques Tati. Jacques Tati was a filmmaker and a comedic actor— at...
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Mash Note Dept. : Elizabeth Gilbert
Last Thursday, I zigzagged aimlessly through the fiction area of the main public library. I had forgotten my list of books, and I am terrible with names. With no list to map my way, I...
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Mash Note Dept.: The Dick Van Dyke Show
All noises become a single hum at the center of summer, and, should you squint at the center of the center of that local hum, you will see me bent into the shape of an s with one dog crooked under...
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Mash Note Dept.: Diana Vreeland
“For years I am and always have been looking out for girls to idealize because they are things to look up to, because they are perfect,” she wrote in her diary. But since she had never...
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Mash Note Dept. : Ernie Kovacs
Bluebird Blvd. - Ernie Kovacs and his equally talented wife Edie Adams played off of one another beautifully on television. I have the dubious distinction of being two types of person in...
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Mash Note Dept. : Joan Didion
Bluebird Blvd. - Once, a long time ago, I moved to Los Angeles, a city so large it defies the description of city. The traffic from my apartment sounded as thick as an ocean, day and night,...
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Mash Note Dept. : My Friend Phillip
Bluebird Blvd. - I came late to television watching as a pastime. Very, very late. In fact, I didn’t own a working television set until my mid 20s, and I really didn’t watch that television set...
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Mash Note Dept. : Sylvia Plath
Bluebird Blvd. - I spend a meaty amount of time thinking about Sylvia Plath. My thoughts on Plath aren’t moribund or peculiar— I got over the facts of her death as a teenager. What I...
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Mash Note Dept. : Sei Shōnagon
I am a keeper of lists. I’m not alone in this practice, but it seems to me the making of lists is one of those habits you either do with glee or do out of necessity. Writers tend to crave...
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Mash Note Dept. : Lynda Barry
Oh, Lynda Barry. I admire you so much. So very sincerely. I first found Lynda Barry’s work on Salon.com, an online news and lifestyle daily that used to pick up a lot of well known, but...
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Mash Note Dept. : Shirley Jackson
A rare photo of Shirley Jackson, famous writer and accidental domestic inspiration. I consider myself domestically feral. It’s a much nicer way of saying that I am about two steps above...
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Mash Note Dept. : Sei Shōnagon
I am a keeper of lists. I’m not alone in this practice, but it seems to me the making of lists is one of those habits you either do with glee or do out of necessity. Writers tend to crave...
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Mash Note Dept. : Lynda Barry
Oh, Lynda Barry. I admire you so much. So very sincerely. I first found Lynda Barry’s work on Salon.com, an online news and lifestyle daily that used to pick up a lot of well known, but...
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Mash Note Dept. : Shirley Jackson
A rare photo of Shirley Jackson, famous writer and accidental domestic inspiration. I consider myself domestically feral. It’s a much nicer way of saying that I am about two steps above...
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Mash Note Dept. : Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs and his equally talented wife Edie Adams played off of one another beautifully on television. I have the dubious distinction of being two types of person in one goofy package:...
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Mash Note Dept. : Joan Didion
Once, a long time ago, I moved to Los Angeles, a city so large it defies the description of city. The traffic from my apartment sounded as thick as an ocean, day and night, and the ocean,...
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Mash Note Dept. : My Friend Phillip
I came late to television watching as a pastime. Very, very late. In fact, I didn’t own a working television set until my mid 20s, and I really didn’t watch that television set with any serious...
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Mash Note Dept. : Sylvia Plath
I spend a meaty amount of time thinking about Sylvia Plath. My thoughts on Plath aren’t moribund or peculiar— I got over the facts of her death as a teenager. What I obsess over in Plath...
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