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Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Welcome Same Phillips
I’ve flown across the country to see Sam Phillips perform. Twice. The first time when she played Carnegie Hall in 2005, the second at a more intimate venue in Santa…
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An Interview with Amy Sherman-Palladino
A decade ago, Amy Sherman-Palladino famously tweaked television by creating whip-smart rat-a-tat patter jampacked with pop cultural references, positioning the single parent as best friend, and practically giving an upstart…
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Welcome Sam Phillips
I’ve flown across the country to see Sam Phillips perform. Twice. The first time when she played Carnegie Hall in 2005, the second at a more intimate venue in Santa…
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Jackson, in Action
With a smash Broadway revival, a hit CD, and now a little show called ‘30 Rock,’ hoofer and heartthrob Cheyenne Jackson is having quite a year.
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Having Their Say
Here's who we talked to: Virgil Vincent, Anita Renteria, Ken Council, Carol Wyatt, Ray Hill, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Ed Barnes, James Sells, John Melton, Zelma Etheredge, James Oxford, Johnny Peden,…
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Santa’s Little Helper
The moment Augusten Burroughs’ eight-year-old self confuses the identity of Santa Claus with Jesus Christ and shortly thereafter quickly, furtively fondles Santa-Jesus’ Christmas package, readers know they’re in for a…
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Inside Job
Jay Rusovich has been snapping pics for more than a quarter of a century. And while many of those subjects were CEOs or celebrities, Rusovich has become more noted of…
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Holiday Q and A
Augusten Burroughs’ new book is filled with hilarious holiday horror stories. Some even manage to be strangely heartwarming. Let’s hear some other hipsters weigh in on their reasons to be…
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In the Pink
It begins, most obviously, with the articulation of her name. The “Kay” appears to rhyme with “day” but instead rhymes with “die.” This disjunct is symbolic of everything about Nellie…
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RitaMae Goes to the Dogs
It would have been difficult to imagine that the young woman who penned a firebrand bestseller known for its frank depictions of lesbianism in the early ’70s would later become…
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