Shane Jones (above) interviewed at 3:AM Magazine. Now is as good time as any to revisit “Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. David Weigel takes a look at O: A Presidential Novel by Anonymous, at Bookforum. The artists behind the classic Penguin paperbacks.
Bites: Philip Marlowe Meets James Bond, New NYPL Main Branch, Norwegian Wood Score, and More
Philip Marlowe meets James Bond (Raymond Chandler and Ian Fleming) on the radio in 1958. The New York Public Library pulls the tarp off the front of the main branch to reveal a beautiful new face lift. Jonny Greenwood’s score for film version of Haruki Murakami’s book Norwegian Wood, has a US release date. An AP correspondent is reporting. that two New York Times journalists have been arrested in Egypt. (Photo via Dangerous Minds)
Bites: National Lampoon, Gordon Lish on Eugene Marten, Egypt’s Internet, Zachary Lipez on Zachary Lipez and More
PW talks to Rick Meyerowitz about Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made The National Lampoon Insanely Great. Everyone and everything was fair game. There was also a high/low sense of taste to the material. Yes, they were smoking illegal substances, but what did you expect? They were twenty-two years old and they liked naked girls. Gordon Lish talking about Eugene Marten. Zack Lipez interviews himself at The Nervous Breakdown. This is probably the most groundbreaking interview […]
Slavoj Žižek Nails It
Posted by Jason Diamond If you didn’t read Slavoj Žiže’s essay over at The Guardian, “Why fear the Arab revolutionary spirit?,” you missed this: Western liberals think the only end result of any sort of Arab revolution will lead to either: A) The Taliban taking over. B) A sequel to Iran, 1979.
Bites: Bonnie “Prince” Billy Talks to R Kelly, Tolstoy’s Rules, a Romanian Talks Dracula and More
Will Oldham interviews R Kelly (above) for Interview. Tolstoy had ten rules in his life. I especially like “eat little and avoid sweets.” Joaquin Phoenix in the film adaptation of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is a possibility. Everybody thanks God when they win something. When is somebody going to give praise to Cthulhu? A Romanian wonders what is up with America’s obsession with Dracula. The possible Tea Party analogy and other interesting facts about the Reagan appointed judge who ruled […]
Bites: Midwestern Books, Deb Olin Unferth Deuce, Céline and More
Midwestern books of the Americanas. (Via) Dueling Deb Olin Unferth interviews at The Rumpus and HTMLGIANT. Céline: Great writer, total scumbag. The Awl takes a look at how the Egyptian revolution could die. Hillary isn’t taking sides. Director Gregg Araki is interviewed.
Weekend Bites: Ayn Rand’s Medicare Payments, Kafka’s Makeover, Nick Kroll and More
Ayn Rand received Social Security and Medicare payments under a false name. Rand “despised government interference and felt that people should and could live independently… She didn’t feel that an individual should take help.” Kafka gets a makeover. A Stranger On The Planet By Adam Schwartz, is being hailed at the “first great Jewish novel of 2011.” J.D. Salinger was a real human being, just like you and me. Nick Kroll talks to A.V. Club.
Dick Watching: Of Whales…in Teeth
Posted by Juliet Linderman Greetings and salutations Dicksters, and welcome to this week’s watery wonderland of whale-related mimsy and lore. Let’s begin!