Weird Al Yankovic being a NYT bestseller is totally okay. In Egypt, they’re excited “about a new era in publishing” after the country’s revolution.” Wesley Stace is interviewed at The Rumpus. An indie bookstore founder talks about closing shop, and how Border’s going away won’t help Historical fiction for the kids. If you like Hawkwind, then you sell cocaine to Nazareth fans, and other things your preference in classic rock bands says about you. Rachel Maddow explains how the Wisconsin […]
Afternoon Bites: Indie Oil Paintings and Much More
Sam Beam of Iron & Wine by Joe Simpson (via Pitchfork) The late Dwayne McDuffie is remembered. My question is: Is there going to be an official Mad Men cookbook? If you haven’t heard the Gov. Scott Walker prank call, here you go. Slate says it’s time to intervene in Libya.
Morning Bites: Didion’s Collarbone, John Berryman Celebrated, the Demetri Martin Essay and More
Joan Didion broke her collarbone. Even though she doesn’t read blogs, we’re pulling for her to get better soon, and we’re sure she will, because she’s Joan FUCKING Didion. Celebrating John Berryman in Minnesota. We celebrated him a few years ago. Hunter S. Thompson gets the graphic novel biography. Demetri Martin gets quasi-existential The New Yorker. This is how you properly organize a bookcase. Follow us on Tumblr and Twitter. Like us on Facebook.
Afternoon Bites: Dewey Dying, Cookbooks, Scott Walker Still Sucking, and More
What jerk is trying to kill the Dewey Decimal System? Cookbooks shoot to the top category at many libraries. Three Guys One Book discuss The Astral by Kate Christensen Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says no compromise with unions. People who aren’t scum say no to Scott Walker. This is what a government shutdown looks like. Follow us on Tumblr and Twitter. Like us on Facebook.
Morning Bites: Lethem’s Newest, LA Times Book Prizes, Blake’s Grave and More
Mr. California, Jonathan Lethem, gives us an excerpt from his upcoming book about the movie, They Live. Christopher Hitchens, Jonathan Franzen, and Patti Smith are among the finalists for the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. Jami Attenberg talks to Wesley Stace. William Blake’s grave will be protected. James Franco’s banned Oscar song. Uzbekistan finally catches on to our Western devil music.
Afternoon Bites: Hitchens on “The King’s Speech,” Wisconsin Math, Jesse James Memoir, Rich Park Slopers and More
Christopher Hitchens has some words for whoever wrote the screenplay for The King’s Speech. The memoir is about to go to another level: Jesse James to write a book. Justin Taylor talks to Impose. Politics Libyan air force pilots don’t want to drop bombs, so they’re seeking asylum in Malta. Ezra Klein does the math to see if state and local workers in Wisconsin are overpaid. George Bush (the first) and Bill Clinton to open a center for political civility. […]
Bites: Spinozamania, Reagan the Greatest (???), Lipsyte Hates Cheats, Oscarless Hitchcock, Emma “The Real Deal” Straub and More
Part 3 of The Guardian’s fantastic series on Baruch Spinoza. Part 1 can be found here, part 2 here. Sam Lipsyte hates cheaters. Why do students want to go to more elite colleges? Glad people are catching on that “Emma Straub is the real deal.” Alfred Hitchcock never won on Oscar. A good chunk of the population think Ronald Reagan is the greatest president ever.
Weekend Bites: Nick Cave to MTV, Nonrequired Reading, Wesley Stace, Soros Responds to Glenn Beck and More
Remember that time that Nick Cave told MTV that he didn’t want their stinking award? NY Tyrant takes the Best American Nonrequired Reading books to task at Vice. Wesley Stace talks to the New York Times. The cult of the sentence. George Soros finally responded to Glenn Beck’s (anti-Semitic) frequent attacks. Home cooking with Amy Sedaris. James Franco asks Judd Apatow how to host the Oscars. William F. Buckley on pot. NY Times Sunday Book Review Highlights Joyce Carol Oates’s […]