Jarvis Slacks
Nightlife: The Recession
I post my old columns here. You can find them fresh in the Thursday paper of Wilmington’s Morning Star or online at www.starnewsonline.com So, we are either in a Recession, or we are about to go into a Recession. The people in power can’t seem to make up their minds which. The Main Dude in … Read more
Impressions on the Incredible Hulk Trailer
I hated the first Hulk movie. It was confusing and horrible. And I never believed that anyone really cared about the movie. This new trailer for the Incredible Hulk still worries me. There is a huge monster. (And they let us see the monster way ahead of time? Who let’s that happen?) I guess they … Read more
Beginner’s guide to smoking…
The March 2008 issue of Esquire has a stupid picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger on it. The issue also slyly hides a crisp little nugget: An essay by Tom Chiarella called “Learning to Smoke”. Yes. He learns to smoke in his forties. The essay is so, so good. Here’s a simple: Up and down the street, … Read more
