My hometown friend Mr. O'Brien contacted me on Facebook with a question about something I'd always taken for granted. He asked "George - I need to know exactly how jeans should drape over dress shoes..." There are a couple of…
On a lap through Salvation Army a couple of weeks ago, my eye was caught by this jacket. When I tried it on, it fit in the shoulders and chest, but needed to be taken in a bit in the…
Watch here tonight at 7:00 p.m. for a TimesTalk with George Clooney and Alexander Payne, who directed, co-wrote and produced The Descendents. The talk will be moderated by none other than David Carr (@carr2n).
Back in July of 2010, I snapped this photo on the corner of West 40th Street and 11th Avenue. Undercover NYPD seemed overly curious about my motives and asked me about what I was up to. The photo (and the…
10 min., 32 sec. In our digital age, there is unprecedented expectation and pressure to be always "on." Armed with smartphones, we're expected to be available for text messages and emails at any time - even calls, if you're part…
Other than my watch and a silver I.D. bracelet I occasionally wear, cufflinks are the only other place I'm comfortable sporting bling as a man. For me, they're one of the few instances where a man can sparkle, literally. Too…
The original silent Super-8 footage was filmed by Ruby Max Fury on September 21, 1979, the second of a two-night run at the Palladium in New York City. A fan (DrugStabbingTime) layered bootleg audio onto the footage to give the…
Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's the…
Guillaume Blanchet spent 382 days riding through the streets of Montreal to make this video. He dedicated it to his cyclophile father, Yves Blanchet. Music by Paul Maco at Studios Apollo End credit music by Bamprod SFX by Sonart, post…
Here is the video for "Andrew In Drag," the ultra-catchy new tune by The Magnetic Fields. From their website: "Claudia and Stephin rotate on a lazy Susan while Darrell Thorne and Stormy Leather transform themselves with lipstick and pomade." The…