Wednesday, February 10, 2010

"It's as if you are carrying the suffering of the people you have photographed."

A retrospective of British photojournalist Don McCullin's work opens at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester.


Watch a video slideshow with commentary from Don McCullin at Economist.com

Thursday, February 4, 2010

"The album is very close to me"

An interview with Charlotte Gainsbourg on her latest album, "IRM" (which I've had on repeat for the past week) and her interesting past in Time Magazine.

Monday, February 1, 2010

"All about personality, because the tasks the leads perform...are so mundane."

"Kell On Earth" premieres tonight on Bravo. Read a review from the New York Times here.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

"So secretive that perhaps you could call them 'commercial terrorists.'"

Over the course of 20 years, a highly brazen group of Serbians have stolen $350 million dollars worth of jewelry from some of the most exclusive stores in the world. Tonight, "Dateline" investigates the rise, fall and resurrection of the group know as the "Pink Panthers."

On the Trail of the Pink Panthers - Crime reports- msnbc.com

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

"People are the same everywhere; it's the places that define them that are different."

A quote from Radhika Jones' review of Best European Fiction 2010 (Dalkey Archive Press) in Time.

Friday, January 15, 2010

"We expect ourselves to be available"

An interesting perspective from a baby boomer on how "working" has evolved from yesterday's New York Times.