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Read Rick Moody’s latest “Swinging Modern Sounds” column at The Rumpus. He talks to Dean Wareham about his new solo album, California, writing about music, and what the future holds, among other things.
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We’re playing a late-night show at the Breadbox (291 Kent) in Williamsburg. We should be on at 12:30, technically 11/2, but the night begins on the first. Here’s the flyer:
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Really? “Hey” is number one? I think readers got it right, that most of the best stuff is on Surfer Rosa and Doolittle. But I wouldn’t put “Hey” even in the top 15. I’d replace it with “River Euphrates” and probably make “Gigantic” my number one and “Wave of Mutilation” number two. But that’s just…
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An excerpt from Dani Shapiro’s new book that held truth for me: “These solitary days are my lifeline. They are the lifeline of every writer I know. We hold on to our solitude, fiercely protect these empty days. But at the same time, we long for community. We have no water cooler. No office gossip. …
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This is Tim Howard’s seventh album under the Soltero banner. If you’ve never heard him before, all seven albums are worth a listen. I’m playing sax on the first track of this new one. You can check it out here.
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I finally got to watch the Tribe Called Quest documentary, Beats, Rhymes & Life, directed by Michael Rapaport, and it was one of my favorite music documentaries ever. I’m putting it up there with Scorsese’s No Direction Home and Living in the Material World. It’s stayed with me for days and makes me want…
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This interview with poet Victoria Chang resonated with me. She works in an office, has two kids, but is still a very accomplished poet. And she seems to be fine with living in disparate worlds—poets vs. corporate moneymakers. Most people would tend to stick to one side or the other and feel very uncomfortable in…
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Megan Abbott conducts a very cool interview about genre vs. literary fiction and unlikable female characters with these two talented lady novelists. Read it here.
Joe Sullivan 