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William Holden

  • Namedropping.com (amended, due to the vicissitudes of memory)

    June 16, 2009

    • We live in a world where our encounters with celebrity are becoming more and more commonplace, or at least where we believe we’ve seen someone, as in China Miéville’s novel The City & the City, where one sees and then unsees, for fear of trespassing on a forbidden second city occupying the same physical space. I have had emails from friends in L.A. such as “Today I was in a 7-11 and ...
  • Howard Beale, the first blogger

    June 8, 2008

    •   I saw Network again a couple of days ago. It's one of my favorite all time movies, one of those movies I would bring to a deserted island, if the deserted island had electricity, a DVD player, and drinks. Anyway, I was watching the movie, amazed by it, because in a way it's so timeless, it could still work today. Also, I realized something: Howard Beale was the first ...