Luke Y. Thompson

Jonathan Club's Sex Tizzy

Luke Y. Thompson
LONG BEFORE THE ERA of self-proclaimed “South Park conservatives” thumbing their noses at media elites, there was the Jonathan Club, founded in 1894 by “a group of young Republicans who preferred each other’s company to that of the hoi polloi, ordinary Republicans,” according to author Nat B. Read in The......
The Tripper (Jeff Vespa/Wire Image)

Screamfest

Luke Y. Thompson
Maybe it’s because the real world has gotten scary enough, but most of the horror movies on display at the sixth-annual Screamfest contain at least as many yuks as they do yucks, with the tone set on opening night by David Arquette’s feature directorial debut The Tripper, in which a......

Pain, Add Nauseam

Luke Y. Thompson
I called 911 the other day and was soon greeted by firemen who acted like I was one of the drunk, shirtless dudes on Cops. “Hey, man, whut’s goin’ on?” “I’m in intense pain.” “Well, what do you want us to do about it?” “Help me.” The conversation continued along......