Weekend Archive |
A rare PSA (free COVID tests). Rare Jesse news: a public appearance. And 3 movies for those who skip Sunday sports, don’t rake leaves, or want news as fiction - Here are movies for those who don't watch Sunday sports, whose leaves are too rain-soaked to rake, and who prefer their news processed through fiction. All the King's Men This 1946 novel,
HOLIDAY BUTLER: Two unforgettable videos (and a question for you), a Leonard Cohen confession, the best tennis book, the last word on Roger Federer, zucchini you’ll actually like… and I bail for a few days. - FOOD FOR THOUGHT: TWO MUST-WATCH VIDEOS Holly Gleason, author of the definitive book on women in country music and the inside word on all things Nashville, sent me her piece about
HOLIDAY WEEKEND BUTLER (CAUTION: EMOTIONAL): “Five Easy Pieces.” The bill at the Last Supper. Bon Iver. A Danish PSA. Easy Chicken Marbella. - SUPPORTING BUTLER: Since the start of 2023, Amazon seems to have gone on a quiet campaign to rid itself of small sites that, collectively, generate revenue worth noticing — and
Holiday Weekend Butler: Pocket Pema. “How to Spot an Idiot.” Two movies. Wisdom from Steve Jobs. Music from an American Master. And more. - HAVING TROUBLE READING? HERE'S ONE SOLUTION. I've been working on two long projects for weeks, with deadlines just days apart, so I've had a good excuse for reading my own writing
Holiday Weekend: Two cheers for no holiday deep thoughts. Edith Wharton (with a stunning bonus). Four movies to stream. Glenn Gould dances! A necessary dish: Mac and Cheese. - REASONS TO BE GRATEFUL I’m not going to tell you that food purchased for use at home is 25 percent more expensive than it was in February 2020. Turkey is up
I’ve published Butler for 18 years. When was the last time I asked you for help? Never. Now I’m asking. Just this once. - Friends - In a media environment that cherishes massive success, Head Butler is a minnow. After decades of writing for big prestige magazines and then producing features for the reigning god
New Year’s Weekend Survival Kit - SUPPORTING BUTLER: You can become a patron of this site, and automatically donate any amount you please — starting with $1 — each month. The service that enables this is
Thanksgiving Weekend Butler: Thank YOU! What Steve Jobs knew (and Elon Musk doesn’t). A getaway movie. Getaway music. A mind-teasing poem. Recipe: a bird after turkey. And more. - THANKSGIVING: THE ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE A young man entered Club Q, in Colorado Springs, wearing a military-style jacket and carrying a long, AR-15-style rifle and a handgun, and in just a
Thanksgiving weekend: What do you say after you say ‘I’m grateful?’ - WHAT DO YOU SAY AFTER YOU SAY "I'M GRATEFUL?" YOU SAY IT AGAIN. I am grateful for my life. And yours. Such a cliché, but I’m thinking of a news story
The Weekend Butler: An image 55 million light years away, Jeffrey Epstein and alligators, blind gun owners in Iowa, and a novel scarier than ‘Silence of the Lambs’ - THE IMAGE: TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING 55 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY A new phrase for me: event horizon. It's a brain-splitting concept: In astrophysics, it's the point of no
The Weekend Butler: The Italian “Gone with the Wind,” stuff I just learned, and a classic TV hit that would be a hit today - DID SHE READ YOUR MIND? Corinne Putili, on Sherry Turkle, in The New Yorker This year has offered a stark and painful lesson about social deprivation. After a year away from people
Weekend Butler: John le Carré, Jimmy Buffett, Claire Keegan, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Amor Towles, Seamus Heaney. Enough? - SUPPORTING BUTLER: You can become a patron of this site, and automatically donate any amount you please — starting with $1 — each month. The service that enables this is
Weekend Butler for Memorial Day 2022: How bright a light there must be to cast so dark a shadow. - If you are so fortunate as to have no reason to visit a soldier’s grave on Memorial Day, you’re among the millions of Americans who can enjoy a long weekend
Weekend Butler, Tidings of Joy Issue: “The Hannukah Weed’ (a short story). A Pediatrician saves a life (a true story). Nina Simone sings “Suzanne.” Life-affirming commercials (yes, commercials). A political movie (the good guys win). The end of cigarettes (in New Zealand). And much more. - TWO COMMERCIALS THAT MAKE ME GLAD TO BE ALIVE (AND MAY HAVE THE SAME EFFECT ON YOU) Suggestion: Have Kleenex handy. A car commercial. (Really) An insurance commercial. (Really) THE BEST BOOK
Weekend Butler: 420Lovers.com (“where smokers meet smokers”), Moroccan Chicken (yum), Basquiat (must see), a song 4 of you may like - THIS WEEK IN BUTLER Kevin Costner L.A. Burning Local Hero 420LOVERS.COM (“WHERE SMOKERS MEET SMOKERS”) “420” started as a secret code among high school kids in the early 1970s. A group of friends at San
Weekend Butler: Dolly Parton, rockstar. Bradley Cooper, actor/director/writer. Wisdom: Thich Nhat Hanh & David Hockney. E.B. White defines Democracy. Marcella Hazan’s Carbonara. - An unusual week. Two celebrities, famous for a reason bigger than talent: massive intelligence. Don't skip these interviews because you think you know them. You don't. DOLLY PARTON, 77-YEAR-OLD ROCKSTAR Look at
Weekend Butler: If wishes were horses: Fantasies for the week before Christmas - PHOTO: A movie theatre in Mayfield, Kentucky, after the tornado. Photo credit. IF WISHES WERE HORSES… In another world, we wouldn’t be so worried. In another world, Joe Manchin wouldn’t object to
Weekend Butler: James Carville and “The Walking Woke,” Charles Dickens sleepwalks, Raymond Chandler’s memo to his assistant, and the book I’m reading now (you might, too) - JAMES CARVILLE WOKES UP In an interview, political adviser James Carville --- author of the famous campaign slogan “It’s the economy, stupid,” and my personal favorite, “No man stands so tall
Weekend Butler: Shower the people you love with love. A rare video. Your next podcast: Anderson Cooper. The show to see in NYC. A comedy to stream. A recipe for a holiday party. And more. - SUPPORTING BUTLER: You can become a patron of this site, and automatically donate any amount you please — starting with $1 — each month. The service that enables this is
Weekend Butler: Why are new issues of “The New Yorker” delivered every three days???? Movie: The Sicilian “Gone with the Wind.” SCOTUS Christmas party: pay up! A comforting song. Recipe: The best gazpacho. - WHY DOES "THE NEW YORKER" SHOW UP IN MY MAILBOX EVERY THREE DAYS? I've taken a poll. One friend says he too is receiving new issues of "The New Yorker" every
