Monthly Archives: March 2011
The Bronx Cobra Twitter Memoir
Posted by Jason Diamond I’m proud to announce that I’m ghostwriting the memoirs for the Twitter account @BronxZoosCobra. The Little, Brown and Co. release date is Feb. 2012, but will be available through Amazon next week. I’d like to thank … Continue reading
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Afternoon Bites: Judy Blume, Kevin Sampsell, Jay Reatard, and More
Judy Blume FOREVER! Kevin Sampsell: inspiring songwriters worldwide. The Rumpus unveil their April and May bookclub selections The first release by the late Jay Reatard’s first band, Teenage Hate by The Reatards, is getting reissued.
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Party like a Luddite
Posted by Jason Diamond Did you know it was the 200th anniversary of the British Luddite protests? Because I sure didn’t. Dissent Magazine did, and they revisit the movement that current day people claim to be a part of when … Continue reading
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Dick Watching: Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales
Posted by Juliet Linderman Greetings and salutations, Dick Watchers! Sorry for the sebatical; don’t worry, we’re back with all the most pressing and relevant cetacean-related links for your pleasure and perusal. Let us cast away! Oh man, Tillikum and Sea … Continue reading
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Band Booking: Papercuts
Posted by Tobias Carroll Papercuts, the long-running expansive pop band led by Jason Quever, play songs that can haunt and delight in equal measure. Quever’s songwriting is classical in its outlines and tactile in its execution; a list of relevant … Continue reading
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Morning Bites: Nabokov’s Butterflies, Grossman on “The Pale King,” Margaret Atwood Diet, and More
Vladimir Nabokov and his blue butterflies.(Via 3:AM Magazine) Lev Grossman on David Foster Wallace’s “Unfinished Business.” Does the Margaret Atwood diet actually work? Bruce Springsteen writes a letter to the editor. If The Beach Boys were English.
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Afternoon Bites: Unsound Festival, Kyle Beachy, Newfoundland, and more
“Advancing through this novel is more akin to the elliptical paddling of a canoe’s oar, dipping in and out of the same ocean, the same stories acted by one generation and told by another. What “happens” in Galore is sometimes marvelous, … Continue reading
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(Not) Ozzie Guillen Reviews Gatsby
Posted by Jason Diamond I’m a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan. That means I hate the Chicago White Sox, and welcome any and all parody of the team from the South Side of the city. I also love The Great Gatsby. … Continue reading
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Madras Press at Housing Works this Friday
The good folks at Madras Press are hosting an evening at Housing Works on Friday, to celebrate the release of their latest series of books. Readers for the evening include Ken Kalfus, Rebecca Lee, and Rick Moody. Check out the … Continue reading
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Morning Bites: Geoff Dyer Mexican Standoff, Philip Roth Profiled, Bill Murray, And More
Luc Sante on Geoff Dyer at Bookforum. Scott Esposito on Luc Sante on Geoff Dyer at Conversational Reading. Profiling the entire career of Philip Roth in just under 300 words. We live in magical times when Bill Murray plays FDR. … Continue reading
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