The ARTHUR Blog

Zen Bastard In Denver

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:10:48 -0800

Playboy magazine had assigned me to cover the Democrats' convention in Denver. A few days later, my assignment was withdrawn. I was able to put that disappointment in perspective by meditating until my head was about to explode. Coincidentally, disappointment would become a subtheme of the convention.

The Power Of Aspirin

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:41:52 -0800

On the 40th anniversary of the antiwar demonstrations at the Democrats' convention in Chicago, Yippie Paul Krassner remembers how it all got started...

How Magic Are Your Mushrooms?

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:59:06 -0800

When he saw the contents of the baggie he removed from my pocket, he asked a rhetorical question--"So you like mushrooms, huh?"--with such hostility that it kept reverberating inside my head. I hadn't done anything that would harm somebody else. This was simply an authority figure's need to control.

Welcome To Camp Mogul

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:12:06 -0800

Khan Manka, Chairman & CEO of Manka Brothers Studios, was afraid he wouldn’t be able to attend the 26th annual gathering of the nation’s most powerful executives in Sun Valley, Idaho two weekends ago. I really wanted to spy on this summer camp for billionaires, so I suggested that Manka get a wheelchair, then I could serve as his official wheelchair pusher.

Confessions Of A Barista

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:33:25 -0800

Hi, my name is Paul. I’m a barista at Starbucks--or I should say that I was a barista. I’ve been fired from my job. Just my luck, on Independence Day weekend.

Remembering George Carlin

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:20:15 -0800

The Realist's Paul Krassner looks back on the wonders of George Carlin.

Coffee, Donuts And Weed

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:07:21 -0800

The irony of the Silly Season in America is that those who contribute to it seem to lack a sense of humor. Here are a couple of cases in point.

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:20:25 -0800

Joe Higgs' 1975 album Life Of Contradiction, newly and impeccably reissued by the ever-attentive Pressure Sounds label, is an LP whose nuanced vision makes it stand out within the pantheon of reggae classics.

On Lee Abrams: Radio Down, Newspapers To Go

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:22:58 -0800

Without Lee Abrams there wouldn't be a Ramones song called, "Do You Remember Rock ‘n' Roll Radio."