Talking soccer with Eduardo Galeano; Carl Wilson interviewed Jonathan Lethem; Elizabeth Ellen reviewed Scott McClanahan’s latest book; Tim Hecker gets profiled; and more.
New art from Raymond Pettibon, a preview of the Portland Zine Symposium, a look at Birmingham’s new library, a conversation with Jonathan Lethem, and more.
The Nervous Breakdown has an excerpt up from Terese Svoboda’s new novel Tin God. Jonathan Lethem chatted with The Book Bench. Apparently, J.J. Abrams is a fan of Stephen King’s 11/22/63. (We can relate.) Edan Lepucki talked with Marisa Silver about her Depression-era novel Mary Coin. Mikal Cronin’s latest album is, we hear, terrific. Three words: Beastie Boys memoir. Owen Egerton, interviewed in excerpts at The Collagist. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.
Jessica Hopper on Kill My Blues, the latest from the Corin Tucker Band. Emma Straub reveals her week in culture to Vulture. Interesting discussions afoot between indie-comics pioneer (with an admittedly terrifying take on gender relations) Dave Sim and the publisher Fantagraphics. Simon Kuper talked soccer (and his new book, about European soccer during World War II) with The Classical. Jonathan Lethem is a Rebecca Gates fan. The L Magazine on what Why?’s current favorite things are. The excellent Florida punk […]
At Pitchfork, Jayson Greene and Jonathan Lethem discuss the latter’s book on Talking Heads’ Fear of Music. Bob Mould discusses Sugar’s soon-to-be-reissued Copper Blue. Kid Millions made a list for Dusted. Bat Segundo talks with the legendary (and magnificently bearded) Samuel R. Delaney. Matthew Salesses’s novella The Last Repatriate is reviewed at The Rumpus. Steve Himmer’s list of books he’s excited about is well worth a read. If you’re a Deadwood fan, you may appreciate Alan Sepinwall’s recaps of its second season, […]
Talking Heads’ Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem Continuum; 160 p. I am so glad I wasn’t born when Jonathan Lethem was born. Now that he is middle-aged and recounting his love of Fear of Music, the third full-length album by the Talking Heads, he has many albatrosses to contend with (nervously, mockingly). His friend, for instance, insists Jerry Harrison’s involvement before the recording of 77 signaled the end of “pure” Talking Heads. He sounds like a barrel of laughs. […]
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The history of International Workers’ Day. Other May Day traditions. President Obama’s Mockingbird introduction. Jonathan Lethem takes on Talking Heads Fear of Music and Evan Kindley at Los Angeles Review of Books talks about it. How’s Walter Benjamin holding up 120 years after his birth? Eleven of the best campaign slogans ever. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.