This afternoon: listen to Swans’ new one, read a glowing review of Roxane Gay’s new novel, thoughts on Julian Schnabel’s art, new writing from Sean H. Doyle, and more.
This morning: Deji Olukotun talks music, an interview on The National’s documentary, thoughts on the latest from Swans, the Young Lions fiction finalists are announced, and more.
A look back at NYC loft spaces in the 70s and 80s, new writing from Emily Gould and Jamie Iredell, news on the film of Kevin Wilson’s The Family Fang, and more.
This afternoon: checking in with Emily Gould, news of Swans’ next album, excellent essays from Jessica Hopper and Wendy C. Ortiz, and more.
Inside a new Chicago literary space, thoughts on Swans live, Vivian Gornick on Mary McCarthy, Alexander Nazaryan on Charles Newman, and much more.
Posted by Jason Diamond 2010, Young God Records I’m not sure what kind of person considers themselves a Swans fan. I don’t think that the group ever really has casual listeners, people who liked a few songs here and there. The band’s super committed fanboy following is one of the things I love most about Swans.
I’m just going to go ahead and steal The Book Bench description of this because there isn’t a better way to describe it. “An essay about George Plimpton written on…Google Maps.” Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, Philip Glass, and others, played a benefit for Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs. Yiddish poet, Abraham Sutzkever has passed away. 3 Bukowski poems. Impose on Michael Gira of Swans, Angels of Light, etc. Everything you need to know to get into Wordsworth. This is the […]
I Am Not Insane – 20 Drawings by Michael Gira is exactly that, twenty drawings by former Swans current Angels of Light mastermind Michael Gira. Out on his record label Young God Records (cover pictured above) Douglas Rushkoff discusses Iran and Twitter on The Daily Beast The Rumpus asks “Why are possessives so popular in novel titles?“ Salon said: “Buffy fans: read this”, and I did read their piece on Vampire lit, and I can say as a Buffy fan […]