Morning Bites: OWS poetry, Bookish bad boys, Dyer in Queens, Beethoven’s letter, and more

A great video of poetry being read at Occupy Wall Street is up at Coldfront featuring folks like Justin Taylor and Kendra Grant Malone. Alexander Hamilton was born on this day in 1755 or 1757.  We looked at two ways to celebrate his birthday last year. Geoff Dyer talks Andrei Tarkovsky in Queens on March 11th t the Museum of the Moving Image. Kingsley Amis!  Martin Amis!  Lord Byron!  And other literary bad boys at Flavorwire. Diplo’s got a book. A letter Beethoven wrote […]

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Billy Childish is working on a new novel

Posted by Jason Diamond The most current thing that Billy Childish is being celebrated for is his artwork, which is on display till Jan. 21st at the Lehmann Maupin gallery.  But it seems that he is already working on another book “an hour or so at a time,” according to an article at The Guardian. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.

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Morning Bites: Alice Bag’s “Violence Girl,” DeLillo talks, Gingrich as Ahab, V.C. Andrews talk, Mike Patton scores with Ryan Gosling, and more

Alice Bag, the frontwoman of the seminal LA punk band The Bags, has a new book out called Violence Girl.  She talks to SF Weekly about it. How Newt Gingrich is like Captain Ahab. Don DeLillo talks to Granta. Zadie Smith, Howard Jacobson, and some other famous writers are putting out new books this year. Tonight: Edith Zimmerman, Rachel Shukert, and Emily Nussbaum reading and discussing the works of V.C. Andrews live in Brooklyn. In the event you need a Ryan Gosling fix, […]

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Things thought during/after watching last night’s season premiere of Downton Abbey

Posted by Jason Diamond Last night was the season premiere of Downton Abbey.  Even if you don’t watch the show (especially if you’ve got Twitter) there’s a slight chance you already knew about the series’ return.  PBS offered two hours of the most acclaimed costume drama on television that included plenty of Dame Maggie Smith hot fire quotes like, “War makes early risers of us all.  I thought I’d help with the flowers,” and enough “oh snap!” moments to fill up your […]

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Morning Bites: Jareth the Goblin King in a comic, Rube Goldberg in Brooklyn, Wild Flag, and more

There’s going to be a Labyrinth graphic novel prequel! P.G. Wodehouse talks to The Paris Review in 1975. A Brooklyn guy who makes Rube Goldberg machines. This Thursday, January 12th, is the Couplet poetry series.  RSVP at Facebook. Wild Flag plays Fallon. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr. Got tips for Bites?  Info@Vol1brooklyn.com

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Zines, punks, millenials, the digital age, etc.

Posted by Jason Diamond The always marvelous Lauren Cerand put together an impressive panel, “(Re)making media: DIY, zines, punk rock, gen X and millenials in the digital age,” at McNally Jackson the other night.  If you’ve got an hour to spare, please consider watching the video recap posted above.

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