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JAMES PARKER

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Flushed away

Could be Verse: Poetry ripped straight from the headlines
Lines Upon Hearing of the Systematic Theft by Persons Unknown of Certain Toilet Parts From Fast-Food Restaurants in the Town of Methuen
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 20, 2007

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Keeping It Real

Sticking to the facts in a post-9/111 world, Michael Winterbottom and Paul Greengrass lead a new breed of filmmaker
We’ll get used to it, I suppose, this new category of moviegoing distress. Sooner or later, we get used to everything.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 20, 2007

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Paul’s got Kate?

Maybe not, but Simon Cowell goes up in flames
Paul Potts! Paul Potts! And again — Paul Potts!
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 19, 2007

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Cork it, Corgan

Could be Verse: Poetry ripped straight from the headlines
Lines Upon Hearing the Smashing Pumpkins’ Single “Tarantula,” Their First New Material Since 2000 James Parker, "Cork it, Corgan" (mp3)
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 14, 2007

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Viva Las Vegas!

Sin, sun, and survival, plus lesbian surfers
Last week in reality world, it was Vegas, Vegas, Vegas.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 12, 2007

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Lucky leader

A worthy life of Kingsley Amis
Eight hundred pages long, with another 200 pages of notes, The Life of Kingsley Amis is stunningly comprehensive.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 12, 2007

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Heaven and hell

Paul toodles off to Starbucks while Ozzy goes to war
Feel, feel for Sir Paul McCartney.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 12, 2007

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Waste your time

Ten underrated summer activities
Summer is fleeting. Days are so rare. Precious perfumed breezes. Gentle warmth.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 12, 2007

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Holy War!

A new army of atheists is taking no prisoners in its battle with God and his self-appointed faith dealers
There’s no doubt about it: right now, God is on the side of the atheists.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 06, 2007

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Waxin' Anglo Saxon

Could be Verse: Poetry ripped straight from the headlines
Could be Verse: Poetry ripped straight from the headlines
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 06, 2007

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Dark passage

Insemination, 12-hour tanning, and . . . modka
As we grind collectively toward the Apocalypse, let us pause for a moment to salute the last-ditch efforts of the Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 05, 2007

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One bird's opinion

Could be Verse: Poetry ripped straight from the headlines
One bird’s opinion, or Lines upon Seeing the President Struck by Avian Droppings during a Rose Garden Press Conference
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 01, 2007

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Who wants to be a filmmaker?

Plus, can Diesel stand firm on It’s Me or the Dog?
Anybody who’s had dealings with small children knows the importance of “the pitch.”
By JAMES PARKER  |  May 29, 2007

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Nowhere man

The mysterious Jandek apparently exists — and he’s coming to Boston
The buzz about Jandek is . . . is . . . Well, let’s try again.
By JAMES PARKER  |  May 25, 2007

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He thought Tinky Winky was gay

Could be Verse: Poetry ripped straight from the headlines
The voyage of the soul of Jerry Falwell.
By JAMES PARKER  |  May 23, 2007

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Sucker-punched

Girls Next Door , Going Tribal , The Contender , and Be Real
An unexpected chamber of sympathy opened in my heart this week for Hugh Hefner.
By JAMES PARKER  |  May 22, 2007

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Chemical imbalance

Velvet Revolver, Avalon, May 16, 2007
“We’re Velvet Revolver . . . and we still play motherfucking rock ’n’ roll!”
By JAMES PARKER  |  May 21, 2007

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Words made flesh

Free verse, ripped straight from the headlines
Lines upon learning that a nudist camp in Woodstock, Connecticut, is offering reduced membership rates to those younger than 30. James Parker, "Words Made Flesh" (mp3)
By JAMES PARKER  |  May 18, 2007

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A case of crabs

Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School , Divine Canine , Ultimate Fighter 5 , and Deadliest Catch
fThere’s nothing sweeter than family.
By JAMES PARKER  |  May 16, 2007

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North American idol

Two sides of Neil Young
Neil Young always knows what he’s doing — especially when he doesn’t.
By JAMES PARKER  |  May 16, 2007
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