Associated Press in New York At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. An “unusually high proportion” – about a quarter – of those killed were international journalists, though the overwhelming number […]
by Roy Greenslade, The Guardian Dec. 17, 2014 More journalists are in jail across the world at present than a year ago. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), 220 journalists are in prison, an increase of nine from 2013. It is the second-highest number of imprisoned journalists since […]
The Easiest Way to Live Life Fully Is to Follow Your Weird by Nathan Thompson, from Vice.com Dec. 22, 2014 Erik Davis is an author, scholar and connoisseur of the weird. He’s spent over 20 years exploring fringe movements, occult covens, and liminal cyberspaces, finding some time in between to […]
By: Kidman J. Williams It was around 1PM when Woody and I woke up in a post-drunken haze on my couch. I was awakened by the sadistic ramblings of Rachael Ray blaring through the speakers of my 55 inch plasma screen. Woody had been stirring for a minute or two […]
By: Maven Cade Leary “Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” – Hunter S. Thompson Whenever I decide to move, I tend to do so suddenly and with great force. Such […]
By Ron Whitehead on Friday, July 12, 1996 from litkicks.com William S. Burroughs is one of the greatest writers of our times. His talent has brought him fame, and along with it, many burdens. Daily, Burroughs is swamped with fan mail, unexpected visitors and interview requests…Burroughs, who rarely grants interviews, […]
By Peter Schjeldahl from the New Yorker Feb. 3, 2014 “I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves.” So starts “Naked Lunch,” the touchstone novel by William S. Burroughs. That hardboiled riff, spoken by a junkie on the run, introduces a mélange of “episodes, […]
from The Guardian Dec. 20, 2014 Two New York City police officers were shot and killed on Saturday afternoon as they sat in their patrol car in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood of Brooklyn. In a Saturday evening press conference at Woodhull medical center in the borough, NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton, his […]
By: Davis Ripley Keller I was drinking with the Devil and the Devil got drunk Passed out cold so I put him in the trunk Drove downtown to the county jail Said “book this crook don’t set no bail” Police said, “what did he do?” I said, “what did he […]
In a World With No Boundaries, How Can You Find The Center? or, How Do You Know Where The Center Is If You can’t Tell Where The Edges Are? By: Dan Hallo “Popular and regular governments have always applied themselves to increase the number, strength, power, riches, and courage, of […]
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