This afternoon: a deeper look at Television’s Brian Eno-recorded demos, new writing from Sasha Fletcher, John Darnielle makes with the book-judging, Keith Gessen on Russia’s recent history, Casey N. Cep on unplugging, and much more.
At Slate, David Haglund has a lengthy musing on the career of Marc Maron. Ian MacKaye gave a lecture at the Library of Congress; SPIN has some of the highlights. Stuart Murdoch talked with Matthew Perpetua about moviemaking, Belle & Sebastian, and hymns. Artforum on BAM’s “Booed at Cannes” series. Giant Robot interviewed Matthew Salesses. Talking 77 Million Paintings with Brian Eno. Bat for Lashes’ Natasha Khan on her favorite albums. Sam Allingham has a terrific essay up on Tin House focusing on Moby-Dick, his […]
21•C has a lengthy look at the legacy of J.G. Ballard. Geeta Dayal on Brian Eno’s latest. Peter Diamond’s hockey artwork is pretty epic. Also in pieces by writers with the last name “Diamond,” here’s our own Jason Diamond on The VSS. Oliver Sava on Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples’s Saga. Numero Group + the Twin Cities. Kevin Sampsell’s next book will be released by Tin House. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Jessica Hopper put together an oral history of Bikini Kill’s first EP. Which all of you should go read right now, essentially. L’Etoile on a new exhibition of Cindy Sherman’s work. D.T. Max on David Foster Wallace’s nonfiction. Douglas Wolk on Brian Eno’s many collaborations. There will be an Occupy Sandy benefit concert on Saturday. Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi breaks down how much his bands have received in royalties from streaming audio services. Triple Canopy […]
Three Guys One Book take a look at why rock novels rarely work, then list a few that do (Great Jones Street by Delillo, The Gospel Singer by Harry Crews, etc.) Gabriel García Márquez’s Twitter death hoax. Julia Jackson talks to Mike Doughty at The Outlet. Today is Brian Eno’s birthday. Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry plan to team up again. GOOD asks if we can we save the Potomac and America’s other polluted rivers? Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and […]
Lincoln Michel on the Pushcart Prize and online literary magazines: “I do enjoy the phrase “barf into the electronic void,” but most writers will tell you that online publication brings more notice most of the time.” Al Burian discusses the art of seven inches for The Brooklyn Rail. Triple Canopy is holding a marathon reading of Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans. Tom Scharpling directed a video for Real Estate. Bonus literary relevance: a book plays a critical role late […]
Nietzsche’s Angel Food Cake Zeek/The Forawrd continues their brilliant translation series with Israeli author Etgar Keret’s story, “Patrol”. Wait, so does this mean that there will be no more Book vs. Kindle videos??? Christopher Hitchens on J.G. Ballard. Brian Eno tells you basically everything you need to know. Music for Maniacs lists some great music from Haiti.
Next time we do bites, the Rick Moody/Electric Literature Twitter Fiction project shall begin. Sam Lipsyte and LCD Soundsystem on the road together in 2010? Over at Drowned in Sound, James Murphy considers it. Reading the new Sam Lipsyte novel “the ask” now, which comes out around the time the LCD record does, so maybe we could have the most absurdly awkward co-headlining tour together… Brixton and bookstores?? New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year. Even though the […]