Tired of those literary awards?
How about the Plug independent music awards, nominated by blogger-types and voted on by, well, me? And you, if you like. And if you like The Hold Steady, Silversun Pickups,…
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Morning considered
Zyzzyva: also a type of weevil, as your basic Trader Joe’s grocery bagger knows. Who knew? Epilepsy and transcendence (via). Nabakov: druggie, loony or just plain novelist? NaNoWriMo: nay, nay,…
Worth noting
Tod Goldberg interviews Richard Ford in front of a live audience, manages to avoid nervous vomiting and fits of giggles. Jenny Davidson reviews Octavian Nothing for the NY Times in…
News is breaking out all over
The Tribune company continues its hellbent destruction of the L.A. Times, driving out respected editor Dean Baquet. More departures and cuts are sure to follow. In much better dumping news,…
Around and about
NaDruWriNi: part of an honorable tradition. NaNoWriMo: yes or no? Bruce messes with Bat’s namesake. To the moon! Chris unearths early illustrations NASA used to make the case. Org charts,…
Everybody’s talkin’
Chimamanda (Half of a Yellow Sun) Ngozi Adichi is interviewed at The Morning News. John (The Sea) Banville is interviewed at Village (via). Brian (The Open Curtain) Evensen is interviewed…
Out out, damn sexy
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,…
Sideshow gets the treatment
The LBC delves into Sideshow by Sidney Thompson this week; the book was one of the nominees for the LBC’s fall pick. Discussion fun has already begun.
You know it’s a gloomy day when Pavement sounds fun
Nevertheless good things are afoot. For example: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s editorializes that Senator Rick Santorum is “the worst of Washington”, endorses rival Bob Casey. It’s the paper’s most-emailed story of…
But I miss Mr. Blue
Salon’s advice columnist, Cary Tennis, is headed for bookshelves. Today he asks readers for their favorites (subscription required, I think). Cary has been good about giving advice that is generally…
