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perhaps you would like more links to authors with fine record collections, perhaps?
Following up on the Rick Moody post below, two more links to writers with music informing their work: George Pelecanos assembles a playlist for the New York Times, and Jonathan Lethem chats with Death + Taxes about his band with Silos member Walter Salas-Humara.
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Books, Uncategorized
in which rick moody is discussed
This week, Rick Moody’s Right Livelihoods ventures out into the world in its trade paperback form. Moody’s long been a favorite writer of mine — I think I’ve raved about his novella “The Carnival Tradition” here before, but it’s worth doing so again. His writings about music are also perennial favorites — he has a [...]
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Books
good reading re: good reading
More on this soon, but — via Stephen Blackwell, my editor at Death + Taxes, comes the news of the launch of Lit Mob, a new literary website with what looks to be a solidly middlebrow selection (meant in a good way) and — given the people involved, this is not a shock — some [...]
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Books, Music, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
recommended music writing for the week of august 4, 2008
I’ve posted here before about Da Capo’s Best Music Writing anthology, the latest edition of which is forthcoming in roughly a month. And while I’m definitely looking forward to reading it, the fine people at Idolator have effectively provided an appendix to the book by providing links to forty of the “Honorable Mention” pieces listed [...]
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Books, Links, Music, The Drink, brooklyn
from local shops to octopi: assorted monday afternoon links
One: China Miéville: not only a kickass writer, but also the go-to guy for octopus cover art.
Two: Visited Dandelion Wine, a new wine shop in my neighborhood, yesterday. Seems like a nice enough place — this writeup has more information.
Three: On a deeply geeky note, this discussion of the Watchmen trailer made for some chuckles. -
Books, Comics
tipping the hat to the nj-born comics/punk rawk duality
At various points in the last year or so, I’ve mentioned my fondness for Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba’s Umbrella Academy comics. The news, then, that more are on their way definitely brought a smile to my face.
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Books
a quick word on comics
Via Joe McCulloch comes this preview of Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly’s The New York Four. Wood and Kelly’s Local was terrific stuff, and given that this graphic novel is set at my alma mater, I suspect I’m honor-bound to pick up a copy come Wednesday (despite not necessarily being in the target demographic). Looking [...]
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Books, Film
in which films and books do not, perhaps, quite overlap as much as one might expect that they would
So I’m a pretty big admirer of The Wire — just got done watching its fourth season on DVD last night, and I have the fifth on pre-order already — and as such will more than likely be watching its creators’ adaptation of Evan Wright’s Generation Kill at some point as well.
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Books, Music
a handful of links as this monday night draws to a close
One: Given my predilection for the overlap between music and literature, this list of recent happenings in the same made for welcome reading. Jonathan Lethem + Bloodshot? Nice. [via Maud Newton]
Two: Diana Wong documents last Saturday’s East River Music Project show.
Three: There are times when I wish I lived in Seattle, and then there are [...] -
Books
a very brief update. also, a link.
Since getting back from Minneapolis, I’ve been pretty overwhelmed with ERMP planning.
That said: I’d recommend checking out a lengthy discussion of Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris’s Standard Operating Procedure with a pretty astonishing selection of writers over at TPM Cafe. -
Books, Music
[insert play on 'selector dub narcotic' here]
Via J. Edward Keyes comes this link to eMusic’s Selects series. I’m currently checking out the Deastro CD, which is a heady, airy collection of synth-pop; that one review of Hands on Heads invokes Atom and His Package pretty much sealed the deal for me there, too. And based on Maria’s recommendation, I suspect I’ll [...]
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Books, Music
recommended reading about recommended listening
Luc Sante compiles a playlist for the Times.
And then muxtapes it.
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Books
book links for wednesday, numbering two (2)
One: The Written Nerd on Indiebound. Awesome, says I.
Two: As of this stage of my reading it, boring boring boring boring boring boring boring strikes me as a spot-on satire of art, music, their overlap, and their connection to class. And sometimes, you get to turn it sideways. -
Art, Books, Culture, Politics
arts + periodicals
The debate over the loss of arts criticism in newspapers nationwide has led to a heated debate between critics Glenn Kenny and Michael Atkinson over Atkinson’s comments in this Brooklyn Rail article. (Links for both come via The House Next Door.) Kenny weighs in on his blog Some Came Running with some harsh words regarding [...]
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