Monthly Archives: September 2009
Another reason to covet your friends technology
My really expensive text message machine just died the other day, and since I have to spend two months in flip-phone hell, I might just spoil myself and get an iPhone solely for the fact that now there is a … Continue reading
Glenn Beck: No gimmicks, a monkey and a Salon piece
Salon piece on “The Making of Glenn Beck” And…
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Never enough Dick
Moby Dick, or my “summer book” of ’09 was closed this evening, and I’m gonna miss it. I might suffer a bit of separation anxiety like I did when I finished up 2666 some months ago, because in it’s own … Continue reading
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Bites: John Updike rumors, best fiction so far, Billy Clinton still kicking, Leonard Cohen is gonna be alright, and more
A John Updike rumor over at Three Guys One Book Slate on L. Frank Baum, and the first American fairy tale. The Millions picks the “Best Fiction of the Millennium (so far)“ Ralph Nader wrote a novel Almost tis the … Continue reading
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Malkmus for the people!
By Jason Diamond Reunions are sometimes inevitable, as is the talk of why the band reuniting decided to get back together after how ever many years. As the fans of these artists, we can only really hope it’s for all … Continue reading
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Bites: Ames is Bored to Death, Thurston on grunge, Sampsell talks to Elliott, Jeter and Jesus = same thing, and more
Is Bored to Death (starring Jason Schwartzman, pictured above) the next HBO show in line that becomes that show people who “don’t watch tv” actually get into (The Wire, The Sopranos, etc.)? Not sure. But knowing that Jonathan Ames is … Continue reading
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This American Life taking a “hiatus” from the tube
“Basically, the deal is that it’s just a tremendous amount of work doing the radio show and the TV show” – Ira Glass
Aleksandar Hemon is My Favorite Writer I’ve Never Read*
This is true first because he inhabits Chicago, a city where some of my fondest memories are held. Second because of this, and finally this. Now, a video of Hemon along with Stuart Dybek hangin’ out on a porch in … Continue reading
Bites: Tragically o.o.p., who shot rock n’ roll, new book deals, Granta in Chicago, Andrew Bird + St. Vincent in Paris, and more
Lit. Dennis Cooper continues his “Tragically o.o.p. search and rescue mission”, with writer Tony Duvert’s Strange Landscapes. Cool Hunting on the photo book “Who Shot Rock n’ Roll“ In the never ending parade of folks getting book deals, Old Jews … Continue reading
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