Monthly Archives: December 2011
Chuck Berry’s Kids: The many covers of “Memphis, Tennessee”
Posted by Jason Diamond “Memphis, Tennessee” isn’t just one of the greatest Chuck Berry songs, it’s one of the greatest rock n’ roll songs ever written, recorded, and covered over and over by a variety of different artists. The lyrics of … Continue reading
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Morning Bites: Billy Bragg’s birthday, George RR Martin, Jungle Book jams, Dalton Trumbo’s credit, and more
Today is Billy Bragg’s birthday. Please feel free to spend the entire day listening to Talking with the Taxman about Poetry. How the Los Angeles Review of Books plans to bring LA to the top of the literary cities list. What … Continue reading
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Afternoon Bites: Writing Soundtracks, Sci-Fi Comics, Alex Shakar’s 2001, and more
For the Village Voice, Jami Attenberg collects the 2011 writing soundtracks of authors, including Emily Gould, Ned Vizzini, and Justin Taylor. Ta-Nehisi Coates on reading Middlemarch. Alex Shakar, author of Luminarium, looks back at his 2001. Warren Ellis on science … Continue reading
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Vintage library postcard treasure trove
Posted by Jason Diamond There’s a site dedicated to vintage library postcards that has been going strong since 2007, and I had absolutely no clue about it: Library Postcards. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.
A year of favorites: Tobias’s Best Of 2011
Posted by Tobias Carroll This is the first of two lists of the books I read this year that I most enjoyed. This one focuses on books released this year; the other will focus around books that I encountered for … Continue reading
Morning Bites: Václav Havel and the Velvet Underground, OWS Party, best historical fiction, shoegaze archives, and more
“How the Velvet Underground and Václav Havel built a blueprint for toppling totalitarians and other censors.” – Matt Welch & Nick Gillespie at Reason.com David Remnick put together a Václav Havel reading list. Daniel Pinchbeck, Lenny Kravitz’s daughter, and a Gossip … Continue reading
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Indexing: Hodgman & Balzac, NYRB Classics, William Faulkner disciples, Walton Ford, Martin Amis, and more
A roundup of things consumed by our contributors. Jason Diamond I went to Walton Ford’s opening at the Paul Kasmin Gallery a month or so ago, and became pretty obsessed with his work. I guess I’m including this because the … Continue reading
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Christopher Hitchens died for your free drinks
Posted by Jason Diamond I’m willing to guess that if Hitchens was wrong about the not believing in God stuff, the last thing he wants to see is a drink you placed outside of his apartment to commemorate his passing. (Via Imgur) Follow Vol. … Continue reading
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Afternoon Bites: Martha Grover, Bellevue Literary Press, Brian Wood, and more
FSG’s Work in Progress has a fairly massive list of “best of 2011″ lists, including contributions from the likes of Amelia Gray, Sheila Heti, Justin Taylor, Ryan Chapman, and more. At the Portland Mercury, Alison Hallett on Martha Grover’s One … Continue reading
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