Category Archives: The Grim Spector

Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007: “He was the kind of writer who made people – young people, especially – want to write,” added Jonathan Safran Foer, the 30-year-old author of “Everything is Illuminated.” “He wrote the kinds of books you pass around.” … Continue reading →

Jean Baudrillard, 1930-2007: PARIS: Jean Baudrillard, a French philosopher and social theorist known for his provocative commentaries on consumerism, excess and what he said was the disappearance of reality, died Tuesday, his publishing house said. He was 77. [...] Baudrillard, … Continue reading →

Reason Magazine has a nice obituary for Robert Anton Wilson: Given his enormous influence on pop culture, from Lost to Laura Croft, you might have expected Wilson’s death to get more attention in the mainstream press. But while there were … Continue reading →

Robert Anton Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007. I wish I had met him, and had a chance to tell him how much his writing has been a major influence on my own, and my life in general. … Continue reading →

I rolled out of bed at four AM this morning, kissed my wife goodbye and hopped a plane back to the Nation’s Capitol. 600 miles of screaming air and fog and rain to come back here and wrestle the swine, … Continue reading →