My friend David Rensin, who's helped me out more than he knows in the past couple of days, wrote several books with Bernie Brillstein, who died on August 7, at age 77. To say that Brillstein was a titan in the entertainment biz and the last of his breed doesn't begin to say it, so I'm going to stop and let David say it, which he does in his Native Intelligence post about a man he had the good fortune to love and who loved him back. Enjoy.
My Articles
- Anatomy of a Child Pornographer
What happens when adults catch teenagers "sexting" photos of each other? The death of common sense. - Natasha's Ballroom
At Studio 6, dance students discover their secret identities - Uniform Appeal
Manhattan, Woody Allen, Sex and Beauty - LA Weekly Archive
- New York Times Archive
- Los Angeles Times Archive
- Clueless in New York
Why the New York publishing world swallowed Margaret Seltzer's whopper of a tale - No Exit Plan
The lies and follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a. JT LeRoy - Sacrificing Rebecca
Laurie Recht loved her daughter to death. Literally. - Last Supper
The rise and fall of the Ripe empire - The Eventualist
William Langewiesche on The Atomic Bazaar and facing our worst fear - There Goes the Neighborhood
Race, Real Estate and Gentrifcation on My Block - Lives of the Carnies
On the road with the Cleanest Show in the West - The Great Alaskan Morel Rush of '05
Bears, Guns, Cash in the Woods - Crying and Digging
Reclaiming the realities and rituals of death - Who She Took With Her
The Mother, the Husband, the Son: A Drunk's Tale - Apocalypse Now
Squatting at Slab City - Why not to write about a supreme master of the universe
A Day with the Disciples of Ching Hai - Us and Them
The code of the cop bar - Going to Gacy
A cross-country trip to shake the devil's hand - Sanctuary
Days and nights at the King Edward Saloon - Hailey's Comet
How Bruce Willis romanced and then jilted a small Idaho town - 40 Bucks and a Dream
The lives of a Hollywood motel - Jena at 15
A childhood in Hollywood - Grief's Gravity
When Jesica Santillan died of a botched heart-lung transplant, Nancy Rommelmann was nearly swallowed by the story - Brown Dirt Cowboys
Meet your Mexican gardening crew
Favorites
- Matt Welch
- L.A. Observed
- Advice Goddess
- Emmanuelle Richard
- Nancy Rommelmann
- Jackie Danicki
- Michael Totten
- David Rensin
- Jack and Hill: a Beauty Blog
- Portland Food and Drink
- Blogging Heads
- Ristretto Roasters
- David Levine Caricatures
- Jim Treacher
- Kevin Allman
- Reason Magazine - Hit & Run
- Eat. Drink. Think.
- Science Blog
- LA Weekly
- Atlantic Avenue
- Virgina Postrel
- Nancy Nall
- Mad Housewife
- DeepGlamour
- Hypersexual Girl
- A Change in the Wind
- Opinion Brooklyn
- The Daily Pitchfork
- Waiter Rant
- Bifurcated Rivets
- Sunset Gun
Books
Steve Dublanica Aka The Waiter: Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
Emmanuel Carrere: The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception
- Diane Von Furstenberg: Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty
Debra Gwartney: Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love
- Mark Winegardner: Prophet of the Sandlots: Journeys With a Major League Scout
- Calvin Trillin: Killings
Edith Wharton: The House of Mirth (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
Amanda Ripley: The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why (CD)
Nora Ephron: I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman (CD)
- Gore Vidal: City and the Pillar and Seven Early Stories, The
- Elizabeth Kaye: Mid-Life: Notes from the Halfway Mark
Nathaniel Philbrick: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Judith Freeman: The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved
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August 14, 2008
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I'm sad to hear of his passing. "The Little Stuff Matters Most" is a great book that has not left the side of my desk since I bought it a few years ago. The book really tells the reader the importance of developing strong relationships in business.
Posted by: Eric | August 15, 2008 at 01:11 PM