Monthly Archives: November 2009
Conversation: Literary Pets Guy, Chet Phillips.
Chet Phillips had me at his illustration of John Pupdike, but then I started looking around his Etsy store, and figured that it seemed necessary to bother him about his art. What do you like more, domesticated animals or books? … Continue reading
Bites: Best Book Covers, “Bush-League Method acting,” Social Thuggery, and More
Enough with the literary-merit top 10 lists. Here are the best book covers of 2009. I personally love the look of Ruben Toledo’s designs, but not at all for the books they represent. An awkward confluence of visionary tones. Who … Continue reading
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Ladies and Gentlemen…Some Mr. Leonard Cohen Videos
“He feels that he is a voice of this generation, and he listens to what it has to say.” “Each person…is a victim of the commercialization of life.”
Weekend Bites: Sam Lipsyte to Tour With LCD Soundsystem?, Eno on Uncool, Harry Smith, Cheever’s Biography, Airplanes Saving Magazines, and More
Next time we do bites, the Rick Moody/Electric Literature Twitter Fiction project shall begin. Sam Lipsyte and LCD Soundsystem on the road together in 2010? Over at Drowned in Sound, James Murphy considers it. Reading the new Sam Lipsyte novel … Continue reading
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Finding a Common Link Between Paul Auster and Freddie Mercury
(Via New York Magazine) You seem to really love French women. Do you love watching women ride bikes in Paris, smoking and carrying a baguette? Young women on bicycles I find very erotic, I have to say. Even in New … Continue reading
Bites: Belle de Jour is Our New Favorite Hooker, Chabon in Boston, Literary Sausage, Coolio Cooks, Xiu Xiu, and More
Michael Chabon interviewed over at The Boston Globe. Lit. Move outta the way hooker with a heart of gold, Belle de Jour is the “new Pretty Woman” says The Rumpus. (Book Deal, TV series, etc.) At The Millions, they discuss … Continue reading
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Random Thanksgiving Bites: Punk Photographers, Victorian Veggies, Leftovers, Thankful for Kerouac, and More
On this Thanksgiving, Glen E. Friedman tells you to celebrate the holiday with a little reality check. We will oblige. Long before Jonathan Safran Foer wrote a book about it, “vegetarianism was a Victorian ‘lifestyle’ with several vegetarian restaurants in … Continue reading
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The Pimped Out Shaggy Dog Bookcart was Robbed
We just need to go on record as stating that we think the “Pimp My Bookcart” competition was fixed. The winner, “Good Humor”, is cute and all, but come on! How could it possibly beat out our personal favorite, sheep/book … Continue reading
