You ever notice how the burgeoning Chinese economy has put strange upstart brand names in your house? Some of them are almost familiar words. Others are probably names. And then some seem totally unmoored. All of them are interesting.
When I saw the Kiss reunion tour in 1996, online ticket sales weren’t a thing yet. You called on the telephone repeatedly until you got through, you took the operator’s assessment of “best seats available,” and that was it. That show sold out in less than an hour. When I saw the Kiss “farewell” tour … Read more
Last night in evening stop-and-go traffic, I noticed that the woman behind me was smoking a cigarette—but as stealthily as she could. She would duck down to take a drag and inhale, and only pop back up when she was about halfway through her exhale. I immediately felt for her. She was 40ish, probably a … Read more