Articles by Vish Khanna

​This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: July 12, 2019

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2019

Mourning and marvelling at Kawhi, the Celtics go low and very high, a sawfish seems like a weird guy, Rip Torn says goodbye, and much more...

Purple Mountains

Purple Mountains

PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2019

Ten years since retiring Silver Jews and retreating from public life, David Berman has triumphantly returned as Purple Mountains, with a re...

'Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am' Finally Gives a More Complete Picture of an Amazing Life

Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2019

After reading Toni Morrison's groundbreaking 1987 novel Beloved, Oprah Winfrey was so fixated on locating the author to discuss it, she con...

Pat Burtscher

Patty Cakes

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2019

Though he downplays his smarts with a dumb guy affectation, Pat Burtscher cannot hide an enlightened perspective on his own life and our sh...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: July 5, 2019

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2019

Some cats do weird things, the end of MAD stings, a subway car pongs and pings, the Knicks don't want championship rings, and much more fro...

The Rolling Stones

Burl's Creek, Oro-Medonte ON, June 29

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2019

"It's buck-a-beer time," Mick Jagger said at one point. "Thanks to Doug Ford." And the boos rained down at this local reference. Jagger, pe...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: June 28, 2019

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2019

The wrong neighbourhood for Robert Crumb, wondering where Marianne Williamson came from, how far Teen Vogue has come, a Juggalo does someth...

​David Berman Discusses Every Song on Purple Mountains' Self-Titled New Album

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2019

Ten years since retiring Silver Jews and retreating from public life, David Berman has triumphantly returned with a fantastic and revealing...