Longer NYT obit for Dick Francis, as promised.
Also among the dead: Doug Fieger, lead singer for The Knack and co-author of “My Sharona“.
By way of Lawrence, we note this LAT article about a new collection of work by St. Clair McKelway, longtime New Yorker writer.
For 37 years, McKelway was one of the New Yorker’s most prolific and inventive nonfiction writers. In his time, he was regarded as a master of the long-form profile, a superior chronicler of rapscallions and low-rent hustlers. Indeed, when he was on his game, McKelway might have been the best nonfiction writer the magazine had — this at a time when Liebling, Mitchell and E.J. Kahn Jr. were also producing signature work.
Yes, I will be purchasing this.
What are the costs of green energy?
Edited to add: Today’s update from the Department of WTF: A French judge has issued an arrest warrant for Floyd Landis. Apparently, the judge wants to question him about an alleged computer hacking incident.
Today’s update from the Department of WTF, part 2: Dave Eggers can’t understand why Gourmet was shut down.
“It’s impossible” that Gourmet magazine wasn’t profitable, Eggers said, referring to the popular magazine Conde Nast shut down last year. “It’s impossible that you have a million subscribers paying 50 bucks a year and it can’t work.”
$50 a year? No, Dave. $15 a year is more like it. I think I paid $12 for a year when I subscribed.
Nets watch: At the All-Star break, the Nets are 4-48, for an 0.077 percentage. For the 82 game season, that works out to a projected 6.314 wins.