And sometimes you figure: hey, maybe it’s time to clean things up a little. In this case “clean things up” means “try out a new blog design.” Welcome, Typo-o-graphy. One week to go until I turn 35. Should be an interesting one.
Category Archives: Housekeeping
Me @ Volume 1- Afternoon Bites: Book art, Dusted and Fluxblog turn ten, Joyland on Greenpoint, and more
- There Is a Documentary About Linotype. We Think This Is Awesome.
- Afternoon Bites: Carl Wilson’s 2011, Emma Straub makes a mix, Justin Davidson on Philip Glass, and more
- Hillary Jordan’s “When She Woke”: A Discussion
- Afternoon Bites: Steve Erickson talks politics, Mikhail Bulgakov gets unreal, Pam Houston on mentoring, and more
October 25, 2011, Author: , Leave a comment
Pausing for a brief stylistic update
Categories: HousekeepingAlternately: I’m heading there tomorrow, for the weekend. Am I looking forward to visiting the land of Voodoo Doughnut, quality music, and Powell’s City of Books? Oh yes. Because I’m a nerd, here’s a list of the books I’m bringing to read on the trip: David Foster Wallace: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do … Continue reading
So: decided to do a quick theme-change here, for no apparent reason. I have plans afoot for a much larger-scale renovation around here , but for the time being, I figured I’d shift a few things around and see how it looked. The theme in use is The Erudite by Matt Wiebe; I’ll be getting … Continue reading
July 17, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
In Which An Out of Office Message Is Set To ‘On’.
Categories: HousekeepingI’ll be in western Michigan until late on Sunday, watching two fine people get married. Posting is expected to resume not long after I get back.
April 15, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
notes on the pacific northwest
Categories: Housekeeping, MusicHeading out this evening to Seattle to take in the Experience Music Project Pop Conference. Will likely be sending out dispatches from there; the Agitation returns tomorrow as well.
February 26, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Thursday Agitation
the thursday agitation: an introduction
Categories: Housekeeping, The Thursday AgitationTags:: Thursday Agitation
Today brings the first installment of The Thursday Agitation, a weekly series of short interviews on The Scowl. First up will be Christopher Weingarten, my onetime editor at Paper Thin Walls, to discuss (among other things) his 1000 Times Yes project. Said interview should be up within a few hours. For the record, I’m using … Continue reading
February 4, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
three (3) brief updates
Categories: Books, Housekeeping, MeOne: I’ll be taking part in Hex Education Journal’s Vol.1 reading later this month. More information to come next week. Two: Over the weekend, I’m going to be messing with the design of The Scowl somewhat. Thrilling, I know, but it’s been over two years since I last tweaked the look of things, and I’m … Continue reading
November 17, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Recommended food writing: 11.17.08
Categories: Food, HousekeepingI’ve been meaning to add a “Food” section to the links collected here for a while now. And, lo, I’ve now done so, including a couple previously filed under “NYC”. Among the initial selection: Kat Bakes, which concerns itself with, well, baking; The Internet Food Association, in which a number of political and cultural essayists … Continue reading
Between a number of deadlines and assorted tasks related to next week’s ERMP show, I’ve been pretty light on the posting this week. I’m heading to Minneapolis tomorrow night for the weekend, so posting will remain fairly sporadic until I’m back sometime on Monday night. That said, expect some lengthy, rambling thoughts on both Zach … Continue reading
June 2, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
returned from delaware; new keyboard
Categories: HousekeepingI am returned from the shores of Delaware with (a) firsthand knowledge that NASCAR is really, really loud; (b) arguably the worst sunburn of my adult life Hell of a weekend regardless of the burn and tinnitus, though.
…owing to a mysterious keyboard glitch and a trip to Delaware. Back soon.
Trying out a new theme for the blog. In this case, it’s Upstart Blogger Minim, though I’m messing around with certain elements of it…
I’ve started a backmatter post for my GIMME FICTION column at Paper Thin Walls; the first entry can be found here. Also: a photograph of mine appears in the upcoming New York Calling, accompanying an essay by Brandon Stosuy. Good things come of Flickr, I tell ya.
If you’re a reader of this blog and a Mac user, I suspect you may also use Camino as your browser. If you’re using version 1.0.2, I’d recommend upgrading to 1.0.4 or the beta version of 1.1; there is a bug in 1.0.2 which causes the bookmarks to become corrupt and, well, vanish. (These new … Continue reading
Feeling ill. In the interim, enjoy Daphne’s review of Chinese Stars, Mat Brooke’s new band,, an angry filmmaker, and a kitten. Details on a NYC reading for the new issue of THE2NDHAND coming soon.