How many black musicians does it take to get Justin Timberlake’s sexy back? On Leno Wednesday, the count was 12.
If you’ve got a print copy of the latest Wired, read the interview with Richard Powers. Note the photo, in which he appears to be sitting in the cab of a truck on a dark road — exactly how The Echo Maker begins. Online the mag has got an extended collection of its 6-word stories. My favorite:
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a Time – Alan Moore
Plus, more Richard Powers at Powell’s. (via)
Two new Bat Segundo podcasts! What a pair: first is Nora “Sleepless in Seattle” Ephron, followed by Joe “Basic Instinct” Ezsterhas. Cognitive dissonance, anyone?
Wow, an abandoned Pittsburgh insane asylum that’s ready for semi-legal exploring? Sign me up. Oh wait, Wal-Mart knocked it down.
Well, there is some goodness in the world: at the LBC Sidney Thompson, author of Sideshow, checks in for a few posts (what does sensationalism mean to modern writing?) and sits down for an interview.
Matt thinks Octavian Nothing is quite something.
Duke not only has great taste, he’s culling new good release downloads again. Like “Steal the Blueprints” by + / – .
