Weekend Bites: Clover Adams, Slate Book Review, Adam Levin on James Ellroy, Fad Gadget, and More
The photography of Clover Adams. We’re already fans of the Slate Book Review. “There isn’t a moment of lag here. If someone’s not being killed or beaten, he’s being shaken down, spied on, bedded or conned.” Adam Levin talks about James Ellroy’s American Tabloid on NPR’s All Things Considered. Daphne Carr celebrates the life and work of Frank Tovey and makes us all want to go listen to more Fad Gadget. The week that was: Tobias talked to Christian Wargo. Wargo was […]
Afternoon Bites: “Retromania” discussed, Matt Fraction, Julianna Barwick, and more
At Bookforum, Ann Powers, Carl Wilson, and Daphne Carr discuss Simon Reynolds’s Retromania and the issues it raises. Tonight’s panel at McNally Jackson on zines and DIY culture gone digital sounds mightily interesting. Conversational Reading has a guide to interesting books set to be released in the months to come. Matt Fraction: interviewed about comics and metal. (“I bet Thor would go see Mastodon play live. And Clutch. Emma Frost would be a X-Ray Spex/new wave girl…”) The first installment […]
Afternoon Bites: Dennis Cooper, Maureen Johnson, Amelia Gray, and more
“I don’t think I restrain myself from judgment, though. In fact, I’m wary of writers who claim to do so, people who say “I just tell the story.” Nobody “just” tells a story. Every comma is judgment.” Jeff Sharlet, interviewed at Harper’s. Maureen Johnson, author of many an acclaimed young adult novel, reviews the film Young Adult. Renee Zambo interviews Amelia Gray, at Necessary Fiction. More smart folks talking about the books that they like: Dennis Cooper does the “Year in Reading” thing at […]
Vol. 1 Brooklyn presents: The Greatest 3-Minute Stories About The 90s
So we’re sure you’ve heard the whole “The 90s are back” thing at least once a day for the last six month, and maybe you’re tired of it, or maybe you can’t get enough of it. Maybe you are sitting around holding out that some Pitchfork “Best New Music” mentions Candlebox as an influence. Maybe you’re clutching a Delia’s catalog from the days when Y2K was an actual worry. Or maybe, just maybe, you’re hoping for a bunch of readers to tell […]