It probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that somebody in a band named after L. P. Hartley’s most famous novel amassed a pretty impressive book collection before his death in 2006. But what should be done with Grant McLennan of The Go-Betweens paperbacks and hardcovers? The 30+ boxes had been sitting around in storage since his untimely death, and nobody could figure out where they should go to.
Peter Bebergal’s Season of the Witch is the latest book that utilizes fonts, colors, and images that look like they could be on a cover of Creem magazine or a concert at the Filmore East (think Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl and The Second Sex by Michael Robbins) to come out this year, and probably the most appropriate considering the book is about the occult’s relationship with rock music.
This is the cover for Kim Gordon’s memoir, Girl in a Band. It looks like a Smiths or Belle and Sebastian album cover, and something about that makes me incredibly happy. (Via Pitchfork) Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.
Last week at The Guardian, Kyle Chayka stuck up for all tote bag carrying dudes: With apologies to Freud, my tote obsession has nothing to do with purse envy. Don’t call it a “murse” or a “man-bag”, two derogatory terms for what is clearly its own practical, potent genre. It is time for gentlemen everywhere to embrace this necessary vessel and overcome their shame, to shout from the rooftops: I’m a tote bagger, and I am proud. I’m also a proud […]
The bestseller status in Japan and Oscar nomination didn’t get me to pick up Kanae Minato’s Confessions; it was the blurb. Blurbs have become something of a joke within the book world: Shteyngart blurbs about a thousand books a year, says he’s retiring, but then you see his quote on another new book. Jennifer Egan blurbs, Sam Lipsyte blurbs, and even Carrie Brownstein has a blurb on the back of Merritt Tierce’s Love Me Back. We make fun of the blurb and overlook it because they seem to […]
Earlier this month, David Yow appeared at WORD in Greenpoint to show some of the art from his latest project. The book in question is titled Copycat, and it’s a collection of, for lack of a better phrase, cat pun drawings: Catatonic, Cat Burglar, etc. (A selection of them can be seen on the site of publisher Akashic Books.) After the slideshow had ended, Yow and Jason Diamond sat down for a Q & A that encompassed Yow’s music and art, his […]
“For a fake sport, pro wrestling sure has a lot of real casualties. Its only business model is fear.” – You see a bunch of guys in tights pretending to punch each other, but Dan O’Sullivan at Jacobin sees professional wrestling as a really great way to sum up American capitalism.
We revisit Siegfried Sassoon’s autobiographical trilogy of books from the First World War and its impact on him and his country.