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• Books

  a very brief update. also, a link.

  06.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  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]

  06.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 [...]

• Books, Music

  recommended reading about recommended listening

  06.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Luc Sante compiles a playlist for the Times.
  And then muxtapes it.
  It is every bit as good as you might expect.

• Books

  book links for wednesday, numbering two (2)

  06.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  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

  06.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 [...]

• Books, Music

  and these are friday links

  06.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: Franklin Bruno on Bruce Springsteen.
  Two: Dan Wickett links to a Roberto Bolano speech.
  Three: Vulture unearths the hidden Hold Steady/Kingsley Amis connection.

• Books, Music

  tuesday morning links

  06.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: Warren Ellis on Bo Diddley.
  Two: Joe McCulloch on Gilbert Hernandez’s Speak of the Devil.
  Three: Garfield’s Jim Davis on Garfield Minus Garfield. [via Waxy]

• Books, Music

  …okay, one more pre-break

  05.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Following Daphne’s piece on Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead’s online distribution methods, I had planned a long piece with it as a starting point. In lieu of that, some parallel thoughts/debates pertaining to writing:
  The Written Nerd | Tim Lee @ The Atlantic (1 and 2) | Alan Jacobs (1 and 2) | Noah Millman | [...]

• Books, Music

  (late) wednesday links: one music, two books

  05.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: In which Maria T. unearths the lost No Age-Beachwood Sparks connection.
  Two: In which Bryan Lee O’Malley dissects a new TokyoPop contract. [via The Comics Reporter]
  Three: In which Julian Gough steals Will Self’s pig. [via Paper Cuts]

• Books, Music

  (boring)*6

  05.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Over the weekend, Zach Plague’s novel boring boring boring boring boring boring arrived in my mailbox. I should be starting it later on this week, and will have some thoughts posted in this space once I’ve done so. I have to say, though, that I’m intrigued by the overall plan for the book’s release, which [...]

• Books, Music, Uncategorized

  some thoughts on the yeti five release party

  05.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Last Wednesday, I was at Cake Shop for the Yeti 5 release party. Yeti’s a rare publication in this day and age: square-bound, incorporating fiction and essays alongside writing about musicians both contemporary (Akron/Family) and not. The CD that accompanies each issue is likewise wide-ranging, including everything from rare 78s from Jeff Mangum’s collection and [...]

• Books

  a brief thought on ‘casanova’ vol.2

  05.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Finished reading Gula, the second volume of Matt Fraction and Fábio Moon’s Casanova, earlier this week. To say too much — to say anything about it, really — is to ruin large chunks of the plot. All I’ll say is that — to invoke two bands mentioned multiple times over the course of the series [...]

• Books, Music, Politics

  wednesday: links.

  05.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: Good news from Chicago, as the event promoters ordinance appears to be headed for an overhaul.
  Two: Do you like literary, absurdist humor? If so, you will find this amazing. (I did.)
  Three: Jessica Winter on the literature of procrastination.

• Books, Music

  some thoughts on a peculiar subgenre of novel

  05.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Over the weekend, I visited the Melville House storefront in DUMBO to pick up a gift for a friend. Along the way, I also picked up Jen Angel’s history of Clamor magazine — said storefront also stocks selected titles from other publishers, including Akashic, PM Press, and Verso. I spent a fair amount of time [...]

• Books, Music, Politics

  chicago

  05.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  As someone with an interest in a lot of what’s happening in Chicago arts-wise right now, Jim DeRogatis’s coverage of the proposed promoter’s ordinance there as is well worth a read. From where I’m sitting, it sounds pretty ominous to me, especially given that (assumably) the reading I took part in last summer (sponsored by [...]

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