Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog.
Assorted
Flaubert and Nabokov’s early novel attempts. [via The New Yorker]
The influence of Fela Kuti. [via Dummy]
The view from Alejandro Zambra’s window. [via The Paris Review]
Deerhunter play a new song (“Monomania”) on Jimmy Fallon’s show. [via Consequence of Sound]
Janelle Monáe also made an appearance on the show, performing Jimi Hendrix’s classic “Little Wing”. [via okayplayer]
Shakespeare scholars combine powers to see off “Bard deniers”. [via The Guardian]
Here’s Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich playing at Le Poisson Rouge. [via YouTube]
Bulletin
And this past week:
- Roger Ebert dies.
- There is a great new New Directions catalogue.
- Alec Baldwin x Thom Yorke.
- Tom Stoppard x Pink Floyd.
And I also had the second edition of my new monthly feature, For Your Consideration, up.
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