“I came here to get a PhD in American literature, and here I am, with pictures of American writers on the wall—a chess vendor.”
That’s Imad Khachan, owner of Chess Forum, the only remaining chess shop in New York City. A Palestinian refugee with no family of his own, Khachan has become “the father of everybody” to a community of chess enthusiasts, those curious to learn more about the game, and those whom Khachan describes as the city’s “invisible people.”
Youtu.be/eh8U6SLvNgs (via Kottke)
Psycho Therapy, 1983. Zo, wat een beuker van een clip (die ik nog niet kende, schande!). Even psychotisch als de Ramones klassieker zelf. Youtube.com/watch?v=3VRiTUyQiQk& (video na de klik)
Uit de oude doos: een met talloze bewonderenswaardig heldere citaten doorspekt fragment uit des BNN’s Spuiten en Slikken. (Via Verenigde Straten.)
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