Email Author Brandon K. Thorp

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "The Last Temptation"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "George Rekers is a Homosexual"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "Thinks Rekers Said..."

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 22, 2007

  "Booze & Theater"

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published August 2, 2007

  "A Marvelous Pity"

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published July 5, 2007

  "Scared Little Animals"

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2012 Stories by Brandon K. Thorp

• Millionaire Makes Fun of Poor People; Poor People Like It

  published February 9, 2012

  If a pointy-headed New York liberal said the things redneck comedian Jeff Foxworthy says about the rural American working class, he’d be... More >>

• Picnic, Woo...

  published February 9, 2012

  Valentine’s! You forgot all about it! At this point, even your most powerful exertions won’t result in the kind of really romantic... More >>

• Horrible Ancient Animals

  published February 2, 2012

  It’s a reptile show. It’s always a reptile show. Never in the storied history of the War Memorial Auditorium (800 NE Eighth... More >>

• The Beautiful Balls of Old Men

  published January 26, 2012

  If you build it, they will come. "It," in this case, is a children's hospital named after a baseball great; "they" are a bunch of retired... More >>

• The Comedy of Larry King

  published January 19, 2012

  Larry King prepared less to talk to more people than anybody. Occasionally, when he sat down to chit-chat with somebody he knew a lot about... More >>

• Drinking for Charity

  published January 12, 2012

  Getting drunk is fine. Getting drunk in a risk-free environment while raising money for a good cause is far, far better. Enter the Fort... More >>

• Layover Lovers

  published January 12, 2012

  The Promethean Theatre (3301 College Ave., Davie) is known primarily for its idiosyncratic programming. One moment, Promethean's doing a... More >>

• Politics, Pandering, and Punch Lines

  published January 5, 2012

  Dennis Miller is the second-most-entertaining, freedom-loving, semi-intellectual, autodidactic, libertarian funnyperson in the country.... More >>

• Another New Year's Party

  published January 5, 2012

  Prior to the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese new year was celebrated the same day as the Chinese and Korean new year, which this year will... More >>

• What You Can Learn From Two Men Brutalizing Each Other in Tights

  published January 5, 2012

  No telling how it happened, but in the past decade, pro wrestling has become a suitable subject for serious art. Four years ago, The Wrestler... More >>