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The fall

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon the arrest of a Catholic priest in Frederick, Colorado, for jogging in the nude before sunrise
By JAMES PARKER  |  August 15, 2007

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Angels and devils of porn

A vintage X-rated actor and a goofball clergyman face off, in a debate sponsored by an energy drink: what the hell is going on?
Odd choice for a date, one would have thought — an evening of robust debate about pornography.
By JAMES PARKER  |  August 15, 2007

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Animal husbandry

Ted Hughes and Les Murray
Les Murray and Ted Hughes, though they dwelled in each other’s antipodes, had plenty in common.
By JAMES PARKER  |  August 15, 2007

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A dose of Dad

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon learning that Keith Richards, though he did snort some of his deceased father’s ashes, did not — as was previously reported — chop them up with cocaine
By JAMES PARKER  |  August 09, 2007

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Endless rhapsody

How Queen trumped the punks
If Queen had not existed, it would by no means have been necessary to invent them.
By JAMES PARKER  |  August 07, 2007

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Enter sandman

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon reading about the anesthesiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who was suspended for falling asleep during an operation
By JAMES PARKER  |  August 02, 2007

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Presidency of the absurd

Looking for insights into Bush’s torture policy? Try limericks, rhinoceroses, and a pistol-packing midget bicyclist
In the literature of absurdity, torture is never far away.
By JAMES PARKER  |  August 01, 2007

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Coup de colon

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon learning that George W. Bush, before undergoing anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, temporarily handed over his presidential powers to Dick Cheney
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 25, 2007

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All but the wank

Is Deep Throat sexier than the 1934 Tarzan and His Mate?
The image of Marlon Brando demanding that Maria Schneider stick two fingers up his ass, now seems the reductio ad absurdum of improvised acting.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 24, 2007

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Police profile

They never were your average punks
One of these days, in a British crime movie, there will appear a gangland boss with a fetish for the Police.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 27, 2007

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The un-metal lightness of being

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon learning that a Swedish man is to receive sickness benefits for his addiction to heavy-metal music
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 18, 2007

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You say you want a revolution?

The Redcoat diaries, or visiting the Port-o-Potty in a tricornered hat
“Don’t you worry, boy. We’ll have your ass bleeding by the end of the day.”
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 20, 2007

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All eyes on me

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon learning of the recent stipulation, by the pop artist Madonna, that any journalist wishing to complete an interview with her must maintain eye contact at all times.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 11, 2007

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Devilution

Glenn Danzig reveals his Lost Tracks
There’s an interesting moment in the new memoir by former Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch, when the author finds himself on tour with Danzig and Marilyn Manson.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 09, 2007

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Greatest reality hits

The 10 best moments of the past nine months or so
To be read while listening to Green Day’s “Time of Your Life” or Mary Hopkin’s “Those Were The Days, My Friend."
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 03, 2007

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Mystic rivers

When G.I. Gurdjieff came to Boston
Was Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff a charlatan?
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 03, 2007

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iPhone home

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon the Multimedia and Internet-enabled Mobile Phone Newly Produced by the Apple Corporation
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 06, 2007

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Morrissey interrupts

Morrissey, Bank of America Pavilion, June 26, 2007
Morrissey was playing his first Boston show in three years, and erotic revelation was at hand.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 02, 2007

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Weird science

Could be verse: poetry ripped straight from the headlines
Lines in Anticipation of the Final Installment of the Harry Potter Series, After Reading About the “Fringe Research” Being Conducted by the Pentagon.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 27, 2007

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Lean to the left . . .

Total Bull star Western Wishes, plus Ultimate Fighter 5 , Fight Girls , and Last Comic Standing
Western Wishes — what an animal.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 27, 2007
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