I am really inspired

I am really inspired by writers, and weirdly – respect music journalists, which I think makes me the exception amongst most musicians. I think it’s a craft. I think it’s been really neglected – sadly. I think about the days of the great legendary rock critics. Who’s going to become that when magazines and newspapers … Read more

Fred Wilson is a

Fred Wilson is a legendary VC and the Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures in New York City. At AVC, he writes one of the most popular startup blogs and covers issues from negotiation to hiring to fundraising. He’s a machine for dispensing helpful advice and insightful commentary for those in our industry. Emerson Spartz

I worked at the

I worked at the original Coyote Ugly bar when I was a young, unpublished writer. Then later when I became a writer, I wrote an article about it for GQ. Disney read this article about this filthy, disgusting pit in the East Village [of New York City], where we used to set the bar on … Read more

If dragons were common,

If dragons were common, and you could look at one in the zoo – but zebras were a rare legendary creature that had finally been decided to be mythical – then there’s a certain sort of person who would ignore dragons, who would never bother to look at dragons, and chase after rumors of zebras. … Read more

Come with me, the

Come with me, the river said, close your eyes and quiet your limbs and float with me into the wonder and mystery of the canyons, see the unknown and the little known, look upon the stone gods face to face, see Medusa, drink my waters, hear my song, feel my power, come along and drift … Read more

When will you disembarrass

When will you disembarrass yourselves of the lymphatic ideology of that deplorable Ruskin, which I would like to cover with so much ridicule that you would never forget it? With his morbid dream of primitive and rustic life, with his nostalgia for Homeric cheeses and legendary wool-spinners, with his hatred for the machine, steam power, … Read more