Start your Monday with a longread on Joseph Heller. You know you want to. At Los Angeles Review of Books: A review of Margaret Atwood’s In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination that employs the term, “spot of bother.” Think globally, read like somebody who thinks globally also. Pippa Middleton wants to teach you how to party, so she’s going to write a book that somebody is going to pay her a lot f money to write. So there might […]
Morning Bites: NPR listeners, Stuart Nadler, Paris Review onesie, Jeffrey Lewis in the NYT, and more
NPR listeners are 27% more likely to own a bread maker, and 108% more likely than the average adult to go to live theatre. More interesting factoids can be found at Jim Romenesko’s blog. If you buy a Paris Review onesie for your child, they will grow up to be smarter. Josh Mohr talks to Bombblog. Jeffrey Lewis is profiled by the New York Times. Jewcy talks to Stuart Nadler about Book of Life. Dave Grohl, Ryan Adams, and others pay […]
The Ghost of Zack Morris: Taking a look at preppy books
Posted by Jason Diamond Parody is one of the highest forms of flattery, and in many cases, it means something has left a subculture and entered the mainstream. Such was the case when The Official Preppy Handbook became a bestseller and suddenly preppy went from the confines of northeastern prep schools to Middle America, thanks in large part to clothing brands like J. Crew and Ralph Lauren. There have already been a handful of great books documenting the preppy look and subculture in […]
Morning Bites: Why Steinbeck matters, NYT Notables, Norton Records, possible Dirk Nowitzki haikus, and more
Why John Steinbeck matters now more than ever (not counting the last time around he matter more than ever). Maud Newton backs this up. The New York Times 100 notable books of the last 365 days. Mark Cuban is publishing an eBook. We’re hoping that it’s all haikus about Dirk Nowitzki. Jon Cotner and Claire Hamilton take a trip to Fire Island, and they put together a beautiful slideshow for The Believer. Ronan Farrow, the son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, is […]
Killa Bees to swarm Harvard
Posted by Jason Diamond By far the best press release of the day: Gary Grice aka GZA/The Genius, a founding member of rap supergroup the Wu-Tang Clan, will lecture about his Clan, his craft, and his creativity on Thursday, December 1 at 4 p.m. The lecture, hosted by the Harvard’s Black Men’s Forum, will be followed by Q&A and is open to the public. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.
Morning Bites: “not beat poets,” last Sonic Youth show, Victorian hoarders, animating Bolaño, and more
Today you should do birthday shots for Voltaire, Goldie Hawn, Björk, and Ken Griffey Jr. Robert Hass, the 70-year-old former Poet Laureate of the United States, writes an op-ed about being beaten by police at Occupy Berkeley. At Granta: Animating Bolaño. The Los Angeles Review of Books talks to Helen DeWitt. The Victorians: Original hoarders? 3:AM Magazine talks to Alina Simone. Ted Leo and Titus Andronicus are playing an OWS benefit in Brooklyn tonight. Possibly the last Sonic Youth show ever? […]
Lance Loud: Proto-Punk God
Posted by Jason Diamond The late Lance Loud has a lot of labels attached to his name: Original reality television star for his role on the PBS show An American Family, gay icon, rock writer and musician in the band the Mumps. A friend sent me this pre-Mumps video (and possibly a pre-An American Family one as well?) of Loud, his sisters, Jay Dee Daugherty (of the Patti Smith group), and future members of The Church and Iggy Pop’s band […]
Morning Bites: Saving the OWS library, Will Hermes, what Jenny Slate reads, what happened to Lolita, and more
At Salon: How Jami Attenberg (and friends) tried to help rescue the OWS library. Another excerpt from Will Hermes’s fantastic Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years That Changes Music Forever. What really happened to Lolita. Jenny Slate tells The Atlantic what she reads. PBS announces return dates for Downton Abbey and Sherlock NPR reflects on the “great, often bizarre” Miles Davis quintet. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.