Monthly Archives: September 2010
Tonight: Our Bodies, Our Junk Fights Sam Lipsyte to the Death (in Our Heads)
Our Bodies, Our Junk, is pretty much the funniest book off the year. Authored by The Association for the Betterment of Sex, aka a group of comedy writers with an incredibly sick comedy writing pedigree (Google the names of Mike … Continue reading
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I Wonder How Nick Cave is Celebrating His Birthday
He’s probably at a crossroads right now, thinking to himself “am I a writer or a musician?” Whatever the case, we’d like to wish him a happy birthday in case he happens to be Googling “Nick Cave Birthday” right now.
Juergen Gleue After 39 Clocks
Posted by Jason Diamond In some ways, 39 Clocks can be looked at as the band that closed a great renaissance in German music that lasted from the late 60s and went until some time in the 70s. They’ve also … Continue reading
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Tweet About a #Sweethaircut and see Laurie Anderson for Free
Let’s just get this out of the way early: Laurie Anderson is an icon. She’s spent most of her career as one of the most innovative and challenging artists around. Her name belongs alongside William S. Burroughs, Philip Glass, Patti … Continue reading
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Stranger Revivals: On Three Mile Pilot
Posted by Tobias Carroll Friends of mile who came of age in Southern California talk about Three Mile Pilot in reverent terms. For me, the route to the band was a more roundabout one: I received a copy of their … Continue reading
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We Asked Adam Novy Some Questions
Posted by Jason Diamond To be totally honest with you, when I first received parts 1 and 2 of The Avian Gospels, (Short Flight/Long Drive) I thought to myself, “no fucking way”. The books are designed to look and read … Continue reading
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2 Things I Might Never get Sick of: Sam Lipsyte and Pete’s Candy Store
By Jason Diamond In a land (Williamsburg) where sweet bars have gone away without a fight, Pete’s Candy Store has continued to thrive, and has been doing the same cool programing for ten years. It’s one of the only bars … Continue reading
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Tuesday Morning Stuff: Vassar Girls Making Noise, Zadie Smith, Misfits Covers, and More
Ever heard of The Vassar G-Stringers? Me neither, until now. Hey Zadie! Zadie Smith has a new book column at Harpers. People (like myself) are psyched. Inferno by Eileen Myles is reviewed at 3:AM Magazine. Superchunk + Todd Barry =s … Continue reading
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Tonight: Zachary Lipez, Nick Zinner, and Stacy Wakefield Live at Union Square Barnes & Noble
This is a huge deal for us, not just because Vol. 1 is mentioned on the jacket of this fine book (shucks), not only because Zach is a fantastic writer, not only because Nick is a great photographer, and not … Continue reading
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Some thoughts on “Russian Lover”
Posted by Tobias Carroll At a Yeti release party not long ago, I picked up a copy of Jana Martin’s collection Russian Lover. Fine blurbs from Lydia Millet and Sam Lipsyte didn’t hurt, and neither did a striking cover design. … Continue reading
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