SOUNDTRACK: MOTHERHEAD BUG-Zambodia (1993).
Motherhead Bug is the creation of David Ouimet. David was my boss at Tower Records way back when. He has been in some other influential NYC bands like Swans and Cop Shoot Cop, and he’s worked with Foetus as well. He has since moved on to bigger and better things, including doing [...]
Archive for the ‘Deb Olin Unferth’ Category
Various–McSweeney’s #18 (2006)
Posted in Deb Olin Unferth, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Joyce Carol Oates, McSweeney's, Nada Surf, Roddy Doyle, Short Story, tagged Adventure on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
SOUNDTRACK: NADA SURF-High/Low (1996) &The Proximity Effect (199 .
High/Low. This CD features the “novelty” hit “Popular” from some years back, you remember, the spoken word bit about trying to impress your high school sweetheart by washing your hair “every two weeks, once, every two weeks.” The song is pretty great, even after the novelty [...]
Categories
- 19th Century (1)
- Adventure (9)
- Art (4)
- Authors (147)
- Adam Gopnik (1)
- Alex Stone (2)
- Alice Munro (3)
- Alison Bechdel (1)
- Andi Watson (1)
- Anya Ulinich (1)
- Art Spiegelman (2)
- Augusten Burroughs (1)
- Ben Elton (2)
- Ben Greenman (2)
- Benjamin Percy (2)
- Bill Loehfelm (1)
- Blake Nelson (2)
- Brendan Connell (3)
- Bret Easton Ellis (1)
- Brian Selznick (1)
- Brock Clarke (2)
- Bruce Robinson (2)
- Bryan Lee O'Malley (2)
- Cecil Castellucci (1)
- Christian Bok (1)
- Christine Norrie (1)
- Chynna Clugston-Major (1)
- Colin Bateman (1)
- Corey Sutherland Lewis (The Rey) (1)
- Cory Doctorow (1)
- Craig Ferguson (1)
- Dan Martin (1)
- Daniel Tammet (2)
- Dave Eggers (2)
- David Foster Wallace (4)
- David Goldberg (1)
- David Sedaris (2)
- Deb Olin Unferth (2)
- Don DeLillo (1)
- Donald Barthelme (1)
- Douglas Adams (1)
- Douglas Coupland (3)
- E.M. Forster (2)
- Edward Albee (2)
- Elliot Perlman (1)
- Eoin Colfer (2)
- Eoin McNamee (1)
- Eric Hoffman (1)
- Evan Goldberg (1)
- Evany Thomas (1)
- Fairth Erin Hicks (1)
- Flann O'Brien (1)
- Frank Portman (1)
- Gary Rudoren (1)
- George Saunders (2)
- Gertrude Stein (1)
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1)
- Gordon Korman (2)
- Heather McGowan (2)
- Hope Larson (1)
- Hugh Laurie (1)
- J. Robert Lennon (1)
- J. Storer Clouston (1)
- J.K. Rowling (2)
- Jacques Derrida (2)
- James Joyce (2)
- James Vining (1)
- Jancee Dunn (1)
- Jane Smiley (1)
- Jason Kruse (1)
- Jasper Fforde (3)
- Jeanette Winterson (1)
- Jeff Kinney (1)
- Jim Rugg (1)
- John Lloyd (1)
- John Mitchinson (1)
- Jon Stewart (1)
- Jonathan Lethem (1)
- Josh Howard (1)
- Joshua Bearman (1)
- Joshua Braff (1)
- Joss Whedon (1)
- Joyce Carol Oates (4)
- Julie Hecht (1)
- Kate Clinton (1)
- Kitty Burns Florey (1)
- Laurence Sterne (3)
- Laurence Watt-Evans (1)
- Lemony Snicket (3)
- Lewis Black (1)
- Lisa Brown (1)
- Maile Meloy (3)
- Marcel Proust (1)
- Marisha Pessl (1)
- Mark Frauenfelder (1)
- Mark Haddon (2)
- Mark Z. Danielewski (1)
- Max Barry (1)
- Michael Erard (1)
- Michael J. Nelson (3)
- Mike Bullard (1)
- Mikel Jollett (1)
- Millard Kaufman (1)
- Min Jin Lee (1)
- Neil Gaiman (3)
- Nick Hornby (4)
- Nick Laird (1)
- Oscar Wilde (1)
- P.G. Wodehouse (1)
- Pagan Kennedy (1)
- Paul Quarrington (4)
- Paul Theroux (2)
- Pseudonymous Bosch (1)
- Richard Brautigan (1)
- Rick Mercer (1)
- Robert Coover (2)
- Roddy Doyle (6)
- Roger Rosenblatt (1)
- Roger Thorpe (1)
- Rudolph Delson (1)
- Russell Ash (1)
- Salman Rushdie (1)
- Samuel Beckett (1)
- Sarah "Pinkie" Bennett (1)
- Sarah Manguso (1)
- Seth Rogen (1)
- Shalom Auslander (1)
- Simon Rich (2)
- Stephen Dixon (2)
- Stephen Fry (2)
- Stephen King (2)
- Stephen McCauley (1)
- Steve Martin (4)
- Steven Milhauser (1)
- Stuart Dybek (1)
- T.C. Boyle (1)
- Ted Naifeh (1)
- Terry Moore (1)
- Terry Pratchett (8)
- The Pope (1)
- Tom Perotta (1)
- Vikram Chandra (5)
- Vladimir Nabokov (1)
- William H. Gass (2)
- Zadie Smith (4)
- Big Books (8)
- Books about music (4)
- Books about writers (15)
- Boston, MA (13)
- BritLit (7)
- Britney Spears (1)
- Canadian Content (17)
- Canadian Music (20)
- Cancer as plot device (7)
- Children's Books (7)
- Comedy Album (1)
- Concept Albums (2)
- Consumerism (19)
- Contests (4)
- Corporate skewering (13)
- Dennis Miller (1)
- Digression (37)
- Dip-in Books (6)
- Discworld (5)
- Dystopia (8)
- Egyptology (2)
- End of the World (11)
- Epistolary Novel (2)
- Essays (13)
- Fantasy (5)
- Film & TV (47)
- 21 Jump Street (1)
- 28 Days Later (1)
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (1)
- Arrested Development (2)
- Big Bad Love (1)
- Brazil (1)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2)
- Bullshit! (1)
- David Lynch (1)
- Election (1)
- Elf (1)
- Ernest Goes to Camp (1)
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (2)
- Garden State (1)
- George Melies (1)
- Gilmore Girls (2)
- Hackers (1)
- High Fidelity (1)
- Kids in the Hall (2)
- King of Kong (1)
- Knocked Up (1)
- Mercer Report (1)
- Monty Python (1)
- Mr Show (2)
- MST3K (3)
- Northern Exposure (1)
- Open Range (1)
- Ravenous (1)
- Robson Arms (1)
- School House Rock (1)
- Scream (1)
- Se7en (1)
- Simpsons (1)
- Singles (1)
- South Park (1)
- Star Trek (1)
- Superbad (2)
- Tank Girl (1)
- Team America: World Police (1)
- That Mitchell and Webb Look (1)
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1)
- The Daily Show (1)
- The Riches (1)
- The Sopranos (2)
- Twin Peaks (1)
- Undeclared (1)
- Veronica Mars (1)
- Flash Fiction (3)
- Food (2)
- Cherry Garcia (1)
- Reese's (1)
- Foreign Books (8)
- Funky Web Sites (10)
- Funny (ha ha) (60)
- Funny (strange) (29)
- Gangsters (6)
- Gay/Lesbian (5)
- Graphic Novel (19)
- Harry Potter (2)
- Holidays (2)
- Illusion (3)
- Lipogram (2)
- Magazines (31)
- Esquire (2)
- Harper's (8)
- Kerrang (1)
- New Yorker (15)
- Radar (1)
- Rolling Stone (1)
- The Believer (2)
- The Week (1)
- Wired (2)
- Magic (1)
- Marriage Trouble (31)
- Matt Pinfield (1)
- McSweeney's (26)
- Memoirs (7)
- Meta (11)
- Minnesota (1)
- Music (130)
- A Silver Mt. Zion (1)
- Abba (1)
- Aerosmith (1)
- Against Me! (1)
- Agent Orange (1)
- Alexisonfire (1)
- Antony and the Johnsons (1)
- Arcade Fire (1)
- Arctic Monkeys (1)
- Art Brut (1)
- Bad Religion (1)
- Badly Drawn Boy (1)
- Barenaked Ladies (8)
- Bathory (2)
- Battles (1)
- Beastie Boys (1)
- Bjork (1)
- Black Sabbath (2)
- Blue Oyster Cult (1)
- Blur (1)
- Brian Wilson (1)
- Carla Bozulich (1)
- Carlos Santana (1)
- Cirith Ungol (1)
- Coheed & Cambria (2)
- Cop Shoot Cop (1)
- Damon Albarn (1)
- David Bowie (1)
- David Ouimet (1)
- Dead Kennedys (1)
- Death Cab For Cutie (2)
- Decemberists (1)
- Deftones (2)
- Destroyer (2)
- Diamanda Galas (1)
- Dream Theater (1)
- Dropkick Murphys (1)
- Dungen (1)
- Eagles of Death Metal (1)
- Explosions in the Sky (1)
- Fatima Mansions (1)
- Firewater (1)
- Flight of the Conchords (1)
- Foals (1)
- Foetus (1)
- Frank Zappa (3)
- Gang of Four (2)
- Geraldine Fibbers (1)
- Gnarls Barkley (1)
- Go Betweens (1)
- Godspeed You Black Emperor (2)
- Gordon Lightfoot (1)
- Gorillaz (1)
- Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (1)
- Gothic Archies (1)
- Grateful Dead (1)
- Green Day (1)
- Gruff Rhys (1)
- Guided By Voices (1)
- Guns n' Roses (2)
- Guster (3)
- High Llamas (1)
- Housemartins (2)
- Husker Du (1)
- Inverse Room (1)
- INXS (1)
- Iron Maiden (1)
- Jens Lekman (2)
- Jimi Hendrix (1)
- John Zorn (3)
- Jose Gonzales (1)
- Judas Priest (1)
- Junior Senior (1)
- King Crimson (1)
- King Missile (1)
- KT Tunstall (1)
- LCD Soundsystem (2)
- Led Zeppelin (3)
- Lemonheads (1)
- Live (1)
- Lush (1)
- Luther Wright & The Wrongs (1)
- M. Ward (1)
- Manowar (1)
- Mars Volta (3)
- Matthew Sweet (1)
- Microdisney (1)
- Modest Mouse (2)
- Mogwai (1)
- Motherhead Bug (1)
- Moxy Fruvous (1)
- Mr T Experience (1)
- Muse (1)
- My Chemical Romance (2)
- My Morning Jacket (3)
- Nada Surf (2)
- Nadja (1)
- Neil Young (3)
- Neko Case (1)
- New Pornographers (1)
- Nirvana (4)
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (1)
- Ornette Coleman (1)
- Ozzy Osbourne (1)
- Paul F. Tompkins (2)
- Paul Simon (1)
- Pearl Jam (3)
- Peter Bjorn & John (1)
- Phish (1)
- Pink Floyd (6)
- Plasmatics (1)
- Pretty Girls Make Graves (1)
- Propagandhi (2)
- Queen (1)
- Queens of the Stone Age (1)
- Queensryche (2)
- R.L. Burnside (1)
- Rheostatics (3)
- Richard Thompson (7)
- Rush (5)
- Sarah Harmer (1)
- Scenic (1)
- Sigur Rós (1)
- Slayer (1)
- Social Distortion (1)
- Sparks (1)
- Spoon (1)
- Squeeze (1)
- Stars (1)
- Steely Dan (1)
- Stereolab (1)
- Sufjan Stevens (1)
- Super Furry Animals (3)
- Swans (2)
- Tanakh (2)
- Tegan and Sara (1)
- Tenacious D (1)
- The Airborne Toxic Event (1)
- The Ataris (1)
- The Avengers (1)
- The Beatles (1)
- The Beautiful South (2)
- The Cardigans (1)
- The Cars (1)
- The Cure (1)
- The Dears (1)
- The Decemberists (1)
- The Descendants (1)
- The Fratellis (1)
- The Futureheads (2)
- The Go! Team (2)
- The Good The Bad and The Queen (1)
- The Jam (2)
- The Kinks (2)
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (1)
- The Monkees (1)
- The Shins (1)
- The Smiths (1)
- The Starting Line (1)
- The Stone Roses (1)
- The Sugarcubes (1)
- The Sword (2)
- They Might Be Giants (2)
- Tom Petty (2)
- Tom Waits (4)
- Tori Amos (5)
- Tragically Hip (1)
- Trout Fishing in America (1)
- Vampire Weekend (1)
- Venom (2)
- Weakerthans (4)
- Weird Al Yankovic (3)
- Wilco (1)
- Withnail and I (1)
- X (1)
- X-Ray Spex (2)
- Yngwie Malmsteen (1)
- Zooey Deschanel (1)
- Mystery (2)
- Neurotics (1)
- Noir (1)
- NPR/PRI (8)
- Oulipo (2)
- Pangram (1)
- Paul Debraski (2)
- Penn & Teller (1)
- Poetry (1)
- Political Humor (4)
- Radio (1)
- Religion (3)
- Russia (1)
- Sci-fi (1)
- Scranton, PA (3)
- Set at School (15)
- Set in New Jersey! (6)
- Short Books (34)
- Short Story (22)
- Sirius Radio (3)
- Smarty Pants (12)
- Soundtrack info (1)
- Sports (1)
- Supernatural (15)
- Swedish Music (2)
- Synesthesia (2)
- Technology (8)
- Threats (2)
- Time Travel (5)
- Torture Porn (4)
- Uncategorized (1)
- Universities (7)
- Unreliable narrator (11)
- Video Games (1)
- Donkey Kong (1)
- Pac Man (1)
- War (2)
- Wikipedia (1)
- WMDs (3)
- YA Books (12)
- Yuck! (1)
- Zombies (1)
Blogroll
Archives
- August 2008 (6)
- July 2008 (14)
- June 2008 (12)
- May 2008 (9)
- April 2008 (8)
- March 2008 (7)
- February 2008 (4)
- January 2008 (4)
- December 2007 (8)
- November 2007 (14)
- October 2007 (5)
- September 2007 (11)
- August 2007 (17)
- July 2007 (16)
- June 2007 (21)
- May 2007 (17)
-
Blog Stats
- 13,187 hits
