In our morning reading: an interview with Fran Lebowitz, thoughts on the new Feelies album, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Dani Shapiro Interviewed, Courtney Faye Taylor’s Poetry, Revisiting John Zorn, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Dani Shapiro, poetry by Courtney Faye Taylor, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting Naked City, Charles Portis Remembered, Chiwan Choi Nonfiction, and More
In our afternoon reading: a look back at John Zorn’s music, remembering the life and work of Charles Portis, and more.
Morning Bites: Kevin Barry Interviewed, Wooden Shjips, “The Shadows Took Shape,” Fictional Novelists, and More
This morning: Kevin Barry chats with The Rumpus, The Atlantic checks in with the biographer of a fictional novelist, a look at an Afrofuturism-inspired art show, Amina Cain talks visual narrative, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Victor LaValle, Zorn & Patton at the Met, Michel Gondry Interviewed, Polvo Returns, and More
This afternoon, we’re reading wide-ranging interviews with Victor LaValle and Michel Gondry; delving into Polvo’s latest album; watching footage of John Zorn and Mike Patton; and more.
Morning Bites: John Zorn, Great Tolstoy Characters, Previewing Upset, Blake Butler Radio Drama, and More
Thomas Lennon reads a Blake Butler radio drama, a look inside cassette culture, reviewing Tolstoy’s best characters, Charles D’Ambrosio gets reissued, and more.
John Zorn, Mike Patton, and Friends Wish You a Merry Christmas
Remember that time last year when John Zorn released A Dreamer’s Christmas? And rather than being an ear-shredding deconstruction of holiday standards, it turned out to be…well, all kinds of pretty? We do. And in the interest of being seasonally relevant, we figured we could do worse than cueing up his band’s version of “The Christmas Song,” which finds Mike Patton in full-on crooner mode. Enjoy. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Afternoon Bites: The Adam Wilson/Don Draper Letters, John Zorn, Val Kilmer As Mark Twain, And More
“I am drawn to confusion: how we try to make sense of things, relationships, work, our family history, and how we cope, both in healthy and unhealthy ways, as well as compulsions, how we get stuck, and our desire to be unstuck, mostly, but not entirely, because those compulsions are part of our worldview.” Chicago’s Ben Tanzer is interviewed at Big Other. (We reviewed his Hold Steady-inspired novel You Can Make Him Like You last year.) A John Zorn-directed film […]