Mars Attacks By Laraine Newman Last night, at about 2:00 a.m I woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep. Normally I give myself an hour of trying to go back to sleep before I give up and go downstairs to watch TV. Last night I knew it just wasn’t gonna happen. It was warm … [Read more…]
Winter Fruit by Laraine Newman Sounds funny, right? “Winter fruit”. It’s a sorry state of affairs, especially in California where we can get so many splendid things almost all year round AND believe it or not, we DO have winter. The Farmers Market web sites list what’s in season and during winter the list looks … [Read more…]
I was a little bit frantic while speaking to my pal Raha Lewis, an editor at the LA Times Magazine.”Raha, they want me to interview this guy from Kaskade. Do they know what my story is about? I’m not a rock journalist…” I paused. Then, like Jon Lovitzs’ liar character I said ..”but I’ve always … [Read more…]
http://www.jewishjournal.com/books/article/childcare_for_the_book_collection_20100513/ This was in the May 13th online issue of The Jewish Journal. My friend, Jonathan Kirsch, asked me to review this book. It really came out of left field and his asking me made me fell all big ‘n smart ‘n stuff. I did my best and I’ve actually read a few of these … [Read more…]
The Golden State I recently joined Facebook and that is another story for another time, but its relevant to what I’m telling you because I’ve never made a friend this way until recently. I was reading my favorite magazine, The Believer. I always turn to Sedaratives when I first get it and this month it … [Read more…]
Gold Class Cinemas by Laraine Newman During the Great Depression, Hollywood did its part by providing people with the ultimate escape. It didn’t try to provide its audience with everyday situations that just reinforced their misery. Sullivan’s Travels made that point brilliantly. Instead, Hollywood gave them fantasy and opulence. The glamour of the Busby … [Read more…]
Hey guys. Please check out this article my daughter and I wrote for the LA Times Magazine online. Here is the link: http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/06/the-chords-that-bind.html My younger daughter took the pictures. If you like it, please recommend it to others. The more hits the article gets, the better chances I have of getting them to let me … [Read more…]
Happy Happy Joy Joy by Laraine Newman I hate 3:00 p.m. on a school day. It means I’m a failure. Once again, I’ve failed to come up with a “healthy snack” for my ravenous Varsity Cheerleader. Our routine was to just go over to Chipotle which wasn’t really great because those burritos, even though … [Read more…]
If you’ve been reading any of my blog posts, you know The Believer, McSweeney’s and Wholpin are some of my favorite publications. So, as you can imagine, I was thrilled to pieces when I was asked to write the Sedaratives column. Its a fake advice column as you’ll soon be able to determine. Just some … [Read more…]
Holiday Catalogue Shopping by Laraine Newman Tis the season of Catalogues and I was flipping through the Bed Bath and Beyond Catalogue and besides realizing that its absorbed Sharper Image, I noticed that the Catalogue itself was pretty fuckin’ funny. I’ve always assumed BB&B to be at least a step above Fly Mall and one … [Read more…]
