Posted by Jason Diamond
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.
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.
Your dose of The Fugs
Posted by Jason Diamond Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, The Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side is out, and while I have not had a chance to read it (I’m guessing it would have maybe ended up on my Best Of list), there’s a whole lot of good press going on for it, including Royal Young talking to chief Fug Ed Sanders at Interview: The Vietnam War was like a […]
Nerd Porn: Alvin Lustig’s New Directions design
Posted by Margarita Korol If you are a person of the Nerd Porn persuasion, then you are surely familiar with the work, if not the name of Alvin Lustig. His holistic graphic design graced the titles of New Directions publications in the 50s and supplied the iconic modernist look that sums up the decadence your mind is yet to consume in the pages within. New Directions Publishing, the folks that introduced Delmore Schwartz and brought back The Great Gatsby (among […]
25 things I Learned from the 13th Annual Del Close Marathon
Posted by Jesse Fox Del Close was the father of modern long-from improv, and last weekend, for the 13th year in a row, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre put on a festival in his honor. The Del Close Marathon last for 52.5 hours, from 4:30PM Friday to 9:00PM Sunday, and I was there for 43 of them. When I interviewed Ben Schwartz a couple months ago, he spoke at great length about how important UCB was both to the honing […]
Chip Kidd blogs…for MTV?
The book design icon is helping us slowly learn to like MTV again.
I’m alright with Marc Chagall
Posted by Jason Diamond Today would have been the 124th birthday of Marc Chagall. I grew up going to various houses and places of worship with reproductions of his paintings adorning the walls. After about fifteen years of that, I began to associate his works with bar mitzvah lessons, sugar free candy, and other various Jewish things, and I couldn’t stand the site of any of it. Things change, and I have Ferris Bueller to thank for that.