Many many years ago, I discovered Might magazine. It was a funny, silly magazine that spoofed everything (but had a serious backbone, too). (You can order back issues here). And so, I subscribed around issue 13. When the magazine folded (with issue 16–and you can read a little bit about that in the intro to [...]
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Periodical: McSweeney’s
Posted in A.M. Homes, Art, Books about music, Books about writers, BritLit, Consumerism, Contests, Corporate skewering, David Foster Wallace, Death, Essays, Fables, Fantasy, Flash Fiction, Funky Web Sites, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), George Saunders, Graustarkian Romance, Hollow Earth, Irish Writer, Joyce Carol Oates, Language, Legendary Saga, McSweeney's, Meta, Michael Chabon, Music, Postmoderism, Roddy Doyle, Short Story, Smarty Pants, Socratic Dialogue, Stephen King, Suicide, The Believer, The Collins Library, They Might Be Giants, Wholphin, Whore Dialogue, Word usage on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Steven Heighton–”Noughts and Crosses: An unsent reply” (The Walrus, November 2009)
Posted in Canadian Content, Kate Bush, Language, Marriage Trouble, Meta, Romance, Short Story, Steven Heighton, The Walrus on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK:KATE BUSH-The Sensual World (2009).
It was three years between The Dreaming and Hounds of Love. And this time it took four years for The Sensual World to come out. This was the first Kate disc that I bought as it came out. And I was such a huge fan of Hounds, that I was really [...]
The Fifth Column (1996) & The Flexicon (1998)
Posted in A.M. Homes, Albert Goldbarth, Books about writers, David Foster Wallace, Diane Ackerman, Eric Chenaux, Exquisite Corpse, Funny (strange), Gangsters, Infinite Summer, Irvine Welsh, Jonathan Franzen, Meta, Oddities, Paul Debraski, Poetry, Postmoderism, Rick Moody, Sex & Violence, Short Story, Smarty Pants, Susan Daitch on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: ERIC CHENAUX-Sloppy Ground (2008).
It took several listens before I fully enjoyed this disc. There’s something about Chenaux’s voice that is very calming, almost soporific. And, since his general songwriting style is kind of ambient and almost formless–with no real choruses or even rhythms, the disc tends to get lost in the ether. There’s also [...]
David Foster Wallace–Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999)
Posted in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Chris Knox, David Foster Wallace, Demons, Digression, Flash Fiction, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Harper's, Infinite Summer, John Krasinski, Marriage Trouble, McSweeney's, Meta, Sex, Sex & Violence, Short Story, Smarty Pants, Snapper, Straightjacket Fits, Suicide, Superette, Supernatural, The 3Ds, The Bats, The Believer, The Chills, The Clean, Topless Women Talk About Their Lives on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: TOPLESS WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES soundtrack (2006).
I learned about this soundtrack from a very cool article in The Believer (the beginning of which is online here). In the piece, the author claims to have never seen the film (he was given the soundtrack by a friend) and he doesn’t want to change his [...]
David Foster Wallace–[Final thoughts] Infinite Jest (1996)
Posted in Big Books, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Canadian Content, Consumerism, David Foster Wallace, Death, Demons, Dreams, Drinking, Drugs, Infinite Summer, James Joyce, John Krasinski, Kurt Vonnegut, Meta, Postmoderism, Set at School, Short Films, Smarty Pants, Supernatural, Tennis, The Future, Threats, Violence, William Golding, Yuck! on September 22, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Okay, now that I’ve had time to digest the book (and to cope with the ending) I wanted to give some final thoughts on the book. I also wanted to tie up some loose ends by posting my original response to the Salon.com questions as well as my letter to the posted article (keeping all [...]
David Foster Wallace–[Week 14/End] Infinite Jest (1996)
Posted in A Clockwork Orange, Big Books, Boredom, Canadian Content, David Foster Wallace, Death, Demons, Dreams, Drinking, Drugs, Infinite Summer, Meta, Neurotics, Set at School, Short Films, Sonic Youth, Suicide, Supernatural, Synesthesia, Technology, Tennis, Violence, Yuck! on September 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-”Rather Ripped” (2006).
When Rather Ripped came out, I was really excited by it. It rocked heavy, it was catchy and it featured a lot of Kim. I listened to it all the time, and would have said it was my favorite SY disc of this era. However, listening to Sonic Nurse reminded me [...]
David Foster Wallace–[Week 13] Infinite Jest (1996)
Posted in Adventure, Big Books, Boredom, Canadian Content, Consumerism, Corporate skewering, David Foster Wallace, Death, Demons, Dreams, Drinking, Drugs, Edith Wharton, Eschaton, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Humiliation, Infinite Summer, Marriage Trouble, Meta, Morality, Neurotics, Oddities, Postmoderism, Racism, Set at School, Smarty Pants, Sports, Supernatural, Technology, Tennis, The Future, Threats, Universities, Violence on September 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-Sonic Nurse (2004).
After the glorious Murray Street, SY return with an even better disc: Sonic Nurse. This is probably their most overtly catchy (and therefore in my opinion wonderful) record since the Goo/Dirty period of 1991. (Can it really be 13 years between these discs?).
This disc features Jim O’Rourke as well. I’m led [...]
Jonathan Lethem–The Dreaming Jaw, The Salivating Ear (Harper’s, October 2009)
Posted in Books about writers, Boredom, Death, Harper's, Jonathan Lethem, Meta, Mystery, Smarty Pants, Sonic Youth, Violence on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-Murray Street (2002).
After NYC Ghosts and Flowers, I put off getting this disc. I was getting a little bored by the meandering, somewhat glacial pace of the last two discs, and figured that was the trend they’d be continuing (especially since there are only seven songs on here!).
And yet when my friend Lar [...]
David Foster Wallace–[Week 12] Infinite Jest (1996)
Posted in Bewitched, Big Books, Boredom, Canadian Content, Cheers!, Consumerism, David Foster Wallace, Death, Demons, Dreams, Drinking, Drugs, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Infinite Summer, M*A*S*H, Marriage Trouble, Meta, Neurotics, Postmoderism, Ren & Stimpy, Seinfeld, Set at School, Short Films, Suicide, Supernatural, Technology, Tennis, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Violence on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES-Don’t Know How to Party (1993).
I’ve always had a thing for ska (although even I got sick of it when No Doubt took over the airwaves, thanks Gwen). When ska gets added to blistering metal, well, it’s hard to resist. And so we get Boston’s own Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
This was the [...]
Mark Binelli–Sacco & Vanzetti Must Die (2006)
Posted in Death, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Gangsters, Great Northern, History, Mark Binelli, Meta, Nada Surf, Racism, The Anniversary, The Believer, Threats, Twin Peaks, Veruca Salt, Violence on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: GREAT NORTHERN-Trading Twilight for Daylight (2007).
A patron donated this disc to our library. I had never heard of Great Northern, but I gave it a listen, in part because I hoped that the band name came from Twin Peaks (no idea if it does). And wow, I was blown away by this disc.
This is [...]
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