Yesterday morning began with one of the more surreal dreams I’ve had in a while. Specifically, that someone was hosting their wedding reception in my living room. (Which is, I can assure you, large enough to comfortably hold maybe six people.) This was taking place at roughly 6:30 in the morning. And whoever was holding … Continue reading
Category Archives: People
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
February 24, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Idiocracy, media, publishing, Wall-E
notes on beloved films + shambolic futures
Categories: Books, Film, Live, People, Politics, Rocket Fuel, SXSW2008, Thursday, UncategorizedTags:: Idiocracy, media, publishing, Wall-E
Saw Idiocracy last week. I find myself thinking it would make a fine double bill with WALL-E: each depicts a future in which aspects of modern culture have spun out of control, leading to mammoth piles of garbage, an unholy fusion of big business with government, and an agriculturally barren landscape. One’s a cult classic, … Continue reading
December 21, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Christmas, holidays, Queens
Holidays in the Outer Boroughs
Categories: NYC, PeopleTags:: Christmas, holidays, Queens
We had the first snowfall of any significance in Brooklyn late last week. I spent most of the latter part of last week as well as this weekend holed up in my apartmen, under the weather and trying to wrap up a few long-term projects before heading back to the ancestral home in central Jersey … Continue reading
November 26, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: NYU
pre-thanksgiving reading: 1
Categories: NYC, PeopleTags:: NYU
In which the Washington Square News interviews the esteemed Heather Muse on the culture of celebrity gossip.
Watching good friends get married in a lakefront town that I’d (oddly enough) gotten lost in during a road trip to Montreal five years before. Beautiful scenery and amazing people; can’t really argue with that as as way to spend a weekend.
September 15, 2008, Author: , 1 Comment
Tags:: good folks, Portland
a short break from all postings musical & literary….
Categories: PeopleTags:: good folks, Portland
….to say congrats to two fine people in the city of Portland.