On Friday night I made my way to the Guggenheim for the first night of Divine Ricochet, a three-part series celebrating the work of the sculptor John Chamberlain with live music as a soundtrack. The first evening was a double feature of Juliana Barwick and Grouper, and I was readying myself for an evening of sculpture and noise with cold medicine to cure my chest congestion. My ascent up the rotunda’s famed stairs was dizzier than usual. The security guards […]
Hey, it’s Yeti 12
Posted by Tobias Carroll The post title does not refer to the last of a dozen Yetis roaming the countryside. Even better: it’s a reference to the latest issue of the long-running Portland-based publication. The new issue features a slightly tweaked format, lengthy articles on Tiki Men and NYHC, and a cover illustration (see above) by Carson Ellis. The accompanying seven inch features Grouper covering Dead Moon, as well. In other words, it’s basically tapped into the collective unconscious of […]
Bites: That guy from The Princess Bride, chapbook reviews, Grouper at ATP, intellectual bankruptcy, and more
Lit. Wallace Shawn (above), the guy who was in The Princess Bride is the son of former New Yorker editor William Shawn? Wallace Shawn, the guy in Clueless, has a book of essays out? What awesome weird universe have I woken up to this morning? Everybody thinks Joyce is a fricken genius. I still don’t get it. The Millions releases the group of nominated books that did not make it on their best fiction of the millennium list. James Wood, […]