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Would you believe it's those shifty Canucks, and not the spooks at the NSA, who have the Lamster phone lines tapped? Outrageous but true. Indeed, our recent conversation with Jonathan Goldstein was not only recorded but broadcast to that entire nation. A covert agent north of the border was kind enough to send us a bootlegged copy of the tape, posted here for our own protection and as proof positive of our new world record for complaints. We are told there are more Lamster-Goldstein conversations buzzing around the mainframes in the darkened basements of CBC headquarters, soon to surface. Watch those airwaves, friends!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark Lamster is a writer on the arts and culture. He is Associate American Editor of The Architectural Review, and is currently at work on his third book, a biography of the late architect Philip Johnson. Follow: @marklamster.More Bio >>
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MORE BY Mark Lamster
05.30.13: The Family Store05.13.13: The Tower that Beer Built
04.23.13: The Bush Library
04.08.13: The Story of Seagram
04.01.13: How to Design an Iconic NY Fast Food Joint
03.19.13: Berlin: Then and Now
03.11.13: The Dallas Way
03.05.13: Inventing the Modern Library
02.20.13: Orange City
02.05.13: The Imaginary Worlds of Stephen Talasnik
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BOOKS BY Mark Lamster
Spalding's World Tour: The Epic Adventure that Took Baseball Around the Globe - And Made It America's GamePublicAffairs, 2006
Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens Nan A. Talese, 2009
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