James Murphy goes Broadway, Greg Tate on “Yeezus,” interviews with Claire Messud and Royal Young, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Hope Larson’s Short Film, James Murphy and Harold Pinter, Claire Messud Interviewed, Greg Tate on Kanye West, and More
Patrick Bateman Meets Kanye West
It seems that Yahoo called it a year ago with the article “Scott Disick is a Bret Easton Ellis Character,” which broke down the 1980s preppy looks of Kourtney Kardashian’s Long Island-born beau. Somebody else obviously thought that, because the news is out that fellow Kardashian lover, Kanye West, has tapped Disick to star in a video that is apparently an homage to American Psycho. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.
A Guy on Girls: Adam’s Sad Drops, Hannah’s Ear Pops, & Kanye Cosplay Flops! (S2/E9, “On All Fours”)
In the year 2525, when they’re still running “TV’s 33 and ½ Craziest Moments, Part 2” on VH1 Jupiter, will the conclusion of last night’s Girls rank as The Ejaculation Heard Round the World? The Semen That Changed It All? Or will the legacy of this historic puddle end with a whimper, as Adam himself seemed to last night, faced with a partner who will either challenge his conventions or bore him to death?
Ten Musicians Who Would Probably Write Good Books
Posted by Jason Diamond 1. Milo Aukerman of The Descendents Sure, he’s a biochemist, but who ever said biochemists couldn’t tell good stories? Maybe he could write a really good, short YA novel? 2. Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, Solo) Buddies with David Berman (Silver Jews, poet), writes lyrics that a lot of people cream themselves over. Might be good? 3. Mark E. Smith of The Fall Influenced the above mentioned Malkmus. Might give us a 500 page post modern novel about […]
Bites: Dave Eggers preorder, Tao Lin tackles Herzog, New England lit. Bowerbirds, reading rappers, James Franco, classic albums
That ol’ rascal Dave Eggers has got (as broken down by a user comment on this site) a book coming out that’s a novelization of a movie that is based off a book. Or something along those lines. Either way, you can preorder the book starting now. On his blog, Tao Lin reviews Werner Herzog’s Land of Silence and Darkness. Moby-Dick is #1, The Bell Jar #4, Walden #12 (me: “wtf, #12? That’s it?”), and The Crucible is #43 in […]