Want to read the first five chapters of Sam Lipsyte’s forthcoming book, The Ask? BAM!
Thursday, Feb. 11th
Vol. 1 Brooklyn and Gigantic Present:
Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever
You know, Brooklyn is a kind of alright place for music and books. But where can you find the two together? At Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever, that’s where.
Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever is where writers, rockers and raconteurs are united at last, relating three-minute stories of youth, sex, booze, noise and a little thing called rock ‘n’ roll.
Readings from:
-Jami Attenberg (Author, The Melting Season)
-Justin Taylor (Author, Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever)
-Franz Nicolay (Musician/Writer, Complicated Gardening Techniques)
-Zachary German (Author, Eat When You Feel Sad)
-Nick Gazin (Artist, Vice Magazine)
-Jens Carstensen (The Giraffes)
-James Yeh (Gigantic)
-Aaron Hartman (Old Time Relijun/Girls in Trouble)
-Kendra Grant Malone (Poet, author of the chapbook Conor Oberst Sex)
-Mike Conklin (L Magazine)
-Chelsea Hodson (poet)
-Maura Johnston (The Awl/Village Voice)
-Eric Davidson – New Bomb Turks/Author of We Never Learn)
-Lincoln Michel (Gigantic/The Faster Times)
-Derek Evers (Impose Magazine)
-Beverly Hames (Fox & Fawn/Vice blog)
-Aaron Lefkove (LiveFastDie/Liquor Store)
-Michaelangelo Matos (A.V. Club/The Stranger)
Plus! A Very special set by The Wailing Wall.
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Hosted by Jason Diamond and James Yeh
Susan, Franz and Maria play rock covers on accordion
Fun!
No cover, totally free.
Bar Matchless
557 Manhattan Avenue (at Driggs Ave)
Brooklyn, NY
8PM 7PM
Sorry, I had to use that as the subject after reading this:
“When France’s most dashing philosopher took aim at Immanuel Kant in his latest book, calling him “raving mad” and a “fake”, his observations were greeted with the usual adulation. To support his attack, Bernard-Henri Lévy — a showman-penseur known simply by his initials, BHL — cited the little-known 20th-century thinker Jean-Baptiste Botul.”
“Scotch whisky, certain lemons, & hot water.”: Mark Twain writes a letter.
It’s pretty safe to say that The Beets are one of my favorite bands around today, and I find it incredibly awesome that they are about to hit the road with Beach Fossils and Christmas Island.
As a tribute to all of that, I’m posting this video, and also the tour dates so you can go check out what I’m talking about.
02/09 – New York, NY Cake Shop
02/10 – New Haven, CT Cafe Nine
02/11 – Boston, MA The Cottage
02/12 – Annandale on Hudson, NY Bard College
02/13 – Brooklyn, NY Death By Audio
02/15 – Philadelphia, PA Terrordome (early show)
02/16 – Washington, DC Velvet Lounge
02/17 – Harrisonburg, VA Blue Nile
02/18 – Princeton, NJ Terrace @ Princeton University
02/19 – Wilkes-Barre, PA Corner Cafe
02/20 – Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg #
03/17 – 03/20 Austin, TX SXSW
# = w/ Crystal Stilts, German Measles
Over at The Bumpidee Reader, Toby Vail talks about radical journalist from the early part of the 20th century, Anna Louise Strong.
“Shame is embarrassment on Ritalin.”
Rick Moody and Michael Hearst admit to slacking by doing only ten episodes in about three years, which might explain why the newest episode of their 18:59 podcast is titled, “Shame”. On this episode, they talk to psychologist Tara Goodrich, and funny guy Eugene Mirman all in just under 19 minutes. On a personal note, I personally feel a hint of shame for not mentioning the podcast when I interviewed Hearst a few weeks.
I’m obsessed with Parenthetical Girls. I’ve already written about here, but I figured I’d put this video up anyway.
When the Tumblr, Book Lovers Never go to Bed Alone comes up on my feed with a new post, nine times out of ten I’m excited.
I think this shot of photographer Mike Mabes bookshelf is my favorite one yet.
Mailer, Updike, Bellow, and Salinger are all gone: America’s greatest literary generation is over.
