Monthly Archives: December 2010
Weekend Bites: No Fatalities Reported at Lit Death Match, Favorites of 2010, Crazy Stuff Said at Bookstores and More
At The New York Times: Nobody died at the Literary Death Match, but we love the picture of Clay McLeod Chapman (above) doing his best boogeyman impression. At The Millions: Joanna Smith Rakoff and David Gutowski (Largehearted Boy) talk about … Continue reading
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Goodbye Captain Beefheart
Posted by Jason Diamond Don Van Vliet was a true genius. I know it’s really simple to toss that word around, but very few people do things that defy any label, and Captain Beefheart did. He was a truly unique … Continue reading
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NYRBlog Pens Google Challenge, Avoids Confusion with Miami Blues Band NRBQ
Posted by Nick Curley Unable to drive fifty-five down the information superhighway, the New York Review of Books cooks up a preview passage from their Jan. 13th issue! Inside: Robert Darnton on Google Book Search, which has become “the largest … Continue reading
Pictures of 20 Under 40 People Living it up at 92Y Tribeca
Posted by Jason Diamond David Bezmozgis, Nell Freudenberger, Rivka Galchen, Karen Russell, Gary Shteyngart and Wells Tower with Deborah Treisman read at 92Y Tribeca the other night. Good times were had, ideas for funny new book trailers were probably thought … Continue reading
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Vol. 1 Brooklyn Prepares to Dominate Piethos Reading Series
Dear Corey from Book Thug Nation, Prepare to lose your crown. Dear everybody else, Prepare for Tobias Carroll to run wild all over your asses, this Friday night. The pie is ours. Brooklyn, NY–Slice magazine proudly announces the second installment … Continue reading
Indexing: Peter Beinart, Skippy Dies, Titus Andronicus And More
Where Vol. 1 editors share what they’re into this week
Well-Read in 2010: Books (non-2010 edition)
Books I Liked in 2010 (Part 1: Non-2010 Books) Posted by Tobias Carroll Reading is a solitary activity. That’s part of the appeal: the isolation, the willingness to be overtaken with plot or characters or information, to allow something else … Continue reading
List of Songwriters that Should be in the Rock Hall of Fame
Posted by Jason Diamond Tom Waits and Neil Diamond are two of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century — and now they’re going into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Even though I think the Hall is sort … Continue reading
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Portlandia Makes January Okay
Posted by Jason Diamond Carrie Brownstein goes from being in Sleater-Kinney to being my favorite music writer to this new show with Fred Armisen. The show premieres in January on IFC. (Via The Awl)
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What Would George Plimpton Do (WWGPD)?: Lorin Stein’s John Hancock
Posted by Jason Diamond If you’re thrifty and want to support a great literary magazine/institution, forty five bucks will get you a year subscription to The Paris Review, AND editor Lorin Stein will send you a holiday card with a … Continue reading
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