Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog.
Assorted
Richard Matheson has died. [via The New York Times]
Hopscotch/Rayuela has turned 50! [via Conversational Reading]
Janelle Monáe’s new album, The Electric Lady, will be out September 10. [via Instagram]
She has also released a new song from it, titled “Dance Apocalyptic”. [via Pitchfork]
Richard Brody has written something on Orson Welles. [via The New Yorker]
Nick Cave is doing something interesting with 20,000 Days on Earth. [via The Guardian]
Beckett’s Not I will be performed on the telly. [via The Telegraph]
David Bowie has been offered a recurring role on TV sseries Hannibal as the titular character’s uncle. [via Pitchfork]
Cover versions of Shakespeare to come. [via The Guardian]
Where literary places meet real maps. [Placing Literature, via MOBYLIVES]
Bulletin
This week:
- Bobby Bland died.
- Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba.
- Jonny Greenwood’s The Master soundtrack.
- Something on humour.
- ILO ILO.
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