Bad Lit:Journal of Underground Film (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Dec. 3. Lynn Margulies presents a night of rare and never-before-seen video starring Andy Kaufman, including stand-up and lady wrestling.
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Local comedian Robert Buscemi knows funny. His off-kilter, inventive humor can catch you a bit off-guard with its occasionally surreal nature, but we mean that in the best possible way. There's a reason why Buscemi was a 2009 semi-finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award *. Just trust us ; the guy's good (and we're not the only ones who think so ). With two DVDs already under his belt (we...
Torontoist (Free subscription) | yesterday
... U.S. stock market crash—and there were rumours in the 1970s that he was actually comedian Andy Kaufman ). Although he started playing clubs in Toronto in the '70s, Redbone rarely makes appearances here so this may be one of your last chances to see him. Pianist Paul Asaro will accompany Redbone, while poet and humourist Holmes Hooke will open the show with some spoken word....
A Conservative Lesbian (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
In memory of Margaret Ardussi (June 1, 1941 to Dec. 7, 2004), my late life partner of over 20 years. Blogging is going to be light for a few days. Frank Ifield, “I Remember You” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhMoC6kjMQ Slim Whitman, introduced by Andy Kaufman (who was a TM teacher like Margaret): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH64weKPF60 If you enjoy my blog, please buy...
LAist (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Photo by Archman8 via flickr. Tomorrow night, the Silent Movie Theater hosts a very special event celebrating the realease of the compelling new book Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts (Process Media), a collection of the mail Kaufman received in response to his televised 1979 challenge to the women of America: beat me in a wrestling match and I will pay you one thousand dollars....
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Late comedy auteur Andy Kaufman's career wrestling women, accompanied by mock-misogynistic rants, resulted in a lot of hate mail. And now, those screeds (with Polaroids!) have been gathered into the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
New Jersey Poets and Poetry (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... • Sparrow • Sue Machlin Susan Thomas • Holly Anderson • Gil Fagiani • Andy Kaufman Maria Lisella • Hal Sirowitz • Ed Smith • Esther K. Smith Richard Storm • Angelo Verga This festival features the work of the invitational email poetry group brevitas. On the 1st and 15th of each month, members send poems to the group. The best of the year...
