How LSD made Jerry Hall a model.

An excerpt from her autobiography that I'm highlighting instead of all the junk about Mick Jagger: The idea of being a model started whe...

"The NYT Should Embrace Their Inner Heroin Dealer."

Do you hear that, New York Times?

"If you want to find out if someone's really a libertarian, ask him: Do you think children should be allowed to buy heroin from vending machines?"

"A real libertarian will answer: Only if the vending machines are privately owned." James Taranto retells an old joke (and then l...

"This old girl is Layla?... This is the face that launched a thousand trips?"

The reviewer of Eric Clapton's autobiography begin s with a personal account of seeing Clapton's (and George Harrison's) ex-wife...

"It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you I have betrayed your trust."

How painful to see the destruction of a heroine. Marion Jones — winner of 3 Olympic gold medals — has pleaded guilty to lying to federal in...

My brain as a hypodermic needle. Your brain as an international airport.

A new book: [W]omen talk almost three times as much as men, with the average woman chalking up 20,000 words in a day - 13,000 more than the ...

"And I feel just like Jesus' son."

No, this post isn't about "The Da Vinci Code." It's a nice found video of Lou Reed singing "Heroin," back in 19...

"The darkness at the center" of every book about the Beatles.

John Lennon. [Beatles biographer Bob Spitz] hits the Lennon-as-drug-addled-emotional-cripple note with jarring frequency, a riff that often ...

Ten things I've never done.

Yesterday, I linked to RLC's list of 10 things about himself, and Tonya, in the comments, said I should write 10 things about myself. F...

"When I Was Cool." I had to drive from Chicago back home to Madison today, and I was glad to turn on the car radio to find the ver...