Dennis McDougal
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What's On My Mind At The MomentCasey (no, not Anthony, you idiot!) or Idol hope for a wasted nationJuly 31, 2011
I am old and far more jaded than I'd like to admit so I entered the jam-packed Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville last night on a particularly hot and steamy evening with a load of preconceptions about the American Idol traveling show. Here was Scotty and Haley and Jacob, et al, in the flesh, (more…)
Nashville IdolsJuly 30, 2011
Casey Abrams may have faded from the airwaves along with Steven Tyler's rubber lips and Jennifer Lopez's spectacular arears, but he's still puttin' a spell on fans...and tonight he and the other top 11 Idol finalists perform their summer road show here in Nashville. As doting as any other grandparents, Murph and I are (more…)
Keillor on the CIA & LSDJuly 20, 2011
In today's Writer's Almanac, Garrison speaks of hallucinogens, mind control and literature -- i.e., Ken Kesey. Maybe on the next anniversary of MK-ULTRA, he'll be talking about THE CANDLESTICKMAKER:
On this day in 1977, the Central Intelligence Agency released 20,000 documents revealing that they had engaged in mind-control experiments. They released the documents after a (more…) CASEY!July 6, 2011
Casey Anthony’s hot and has a bright future ahead of her as a reality TV star. If she took up hoarding or stopped off at Kat Von D’s place for a few tattoos, the sky would be the limit. Move over Paris and Kim and all you big loser Bachelorettes. There’s (more…)
LSD ReduxJuly 5, 2011
So no less a sober voice than that of The Economist joined the LSD bandwagon last month, summarizing the five-hour history of healthy uses of hallucinogens as related in The Acid Chronicles. The occasion for this latest reassessment of demon acid is the New York Public Library’s purchase of the Timothy Leary archives, which have been housed (more…)
Come On All of You Big Strong Men, Uncle Sam Needs Your Help Again....July 3, 2011
With the news that Vietnam’s last draftee retired this Fourth of July weekend, I’ve got to wonder how many of the 14 million young men who are currently registered with the Selective Service System even know what conscription means. Fifty-eight-year-old Jeff Mellinger mustered out with lots of patriotic fanfare 39 years after he got (more…)
Miles to go....July 1, 2011
I just saw my dachshund take a dump in the meadow out back of the house and felt like a voyeur. I’m sure Rosie (the dachshund) could care less. Same applies to sex. On the rare occasion another pooch is within humping distance, she accommodates, reciprocates – whatever – and goes about her business as (more…)
The Sad But Sobering Lesson of Anthony's WeinerJune 7, 2011
My two cents on this week's cause célčbre: when you're caught, fess up. Did we learn nothing from Watergate? (more…)
Autumn in etc. - Chelsea Hotel editionSeptember 28, 2010
a few days might do me in...
amidst the spring this city sings a million feet a broken wing a tiny devil with pale skin beside me a shadow grows lies on the pavement where the once wise trample the snow...of yesterday's winter. these days of madness full of tears wipe the slate (more…) Autumn in New York TresSeptember 27, 2010
Rained all day today and catching a cab from the Upper Westside to the Village was horrific, but a better breakfast I haven't had since Roscoe paired waffles with fried chicken. Balthazar's eggs Florentine -- try 'em some time. Broke bread with Bob Spitz and kept chugging coffee to handle all the Zimmy revelations. (more…)
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Fiction
Three sailors aboard a U.S. spy ship during Vietnam learn a dirty little military secret...the hard way.
Selected Works
"Part biography, part dysfunctional family chronicle, and part institutional and urban history, with generous dollops of scandal and gossip." --
The New Yorker
"McDougal makes Nicholson’s everyday life just as fascinating as his films in Five Easy Decades"
--Publishers Weekly
“Engrossing”
--New York Times “A bombshell!” --New York Daily News “Tough and adversarial” --Los Angeles Times
The true Hollywood nightmare and tragic love story of Robert Blake and Bonny Lee Bakley. |
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