Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog.
Assorted
Chinua Achebe dies. [via The Guardian]
Deerhunter’s upcoming new album will be called Monomania. [via Obscure Sound]
Meanwhile, The National’s new album is called Trouble Will Find Me and will feature guests including St. Vincent and Sufjan Stevens. [via Consequence of Sound]
And while we’re at it, here’s the full list of Record Store Day releases. [via Consequence of Sound]
Sigur Rós also have a new album coming. It’ll be called Kveikur and here is a song from it. [via Pitchfork]
A Neil Gaiman story. [via The Guardian]
How the New Yorker rejected itself. [via the review review]
Winners of the Sony World Photography Awards. [via The Telegraph]
On video games and storytelling: an interview with Tom Bissell. [via The New Yorker]
The Pixies’ Surfer Rosa is 25, and Consequence of Sound put together this handy YouTube list of all of its tracks. [via Consequence of Sound]
Vladimir Nabokov gives an A. [via NYRB]
The vinyl edition for David Bowie’s The Next Day is now confirmed for a 1st April release (no joke), and one of the places you can get it from is the official site. [via David Bowie]
Bulletin
This week:
- Harry Mathews.
- A bit on Philip Roth.
- Who turned 80.
- Anne Carson’s Red Doc>.
- The Golden Point Awards are back.
- And, I have a new book.
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