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More Krasznahorkai.
Scott Esposito points us to more Krasznahorkai coming later this year, in the form of The Bill: For Palma Vecchio, at Venice from Sylph Editions. [via Conversational Reading] d
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The National to perform “Sorrow” for six hours straight.
As part of an installation, the National will perform “Sorrow” (off of High Violet) for six straight hours at MoMA PS1. [via Consequence of Sound] Good luck, guys. d
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Omnivore: Rediscover.
Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). I went deep into the woods of my music library this week and rediscovered many...
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Rojak: Party playlist.
Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Assorted A music edition today. Enjoy! “All Your Gold”, Bat For Lashes. [via...
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“Mexican Manifesto”.
Laura and I did not make love that afternoon. In truth, we gave it a shot, but it just didn’t happen. Or, at least, that’s what I thought at the time. Now I’m not so sure. We probably did make love....
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In a few words.
David Bowie finally offers comment on The Next Day, in the form of… a few words. Rick Moody provides further exposition. [via The Rumpus] d
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For Your Consideration: May (Day) 2013.
For Your Consideration is a regular feature published on the first of each month (published on the preceding Saturday if the first is a Sunday) that lists some of my “picks of the month” in reading,...
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Karl Ove Knausgaard excerpt.
All my adult life I have kept a distance from other people, it has been my way of coping, because I become so incredibly close to others in my thoughts and feelings of course, they only have to look...
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Edition Additions: now sold out.
2013, Iain Sinclair, Austerlitz & After: Tracking Sebald. Edition of 300, now sold out. d
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“Q.U.E.E.N.” video.
Here is the video for “Q.U.E.E.N.”, the (first?) single off of Janelle Monáe’s upcoming album, The Electric Lady. [via YouTube] d
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Omnivore: Finishing up.
Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). This week, I finished up with Harry Mathews’s Cigarettes and Joseph Brodsky’s Watermark. I...
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Rojak: Piano version.
Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Assorted Patti Smith writes an introduction to a new edition of Albertine...
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Dalkey Spring/Summer 2013 catalogue.
Here is the Spring/Summer 2013 catalogue for Dalkey Archive Press. [pdf via Dalkey Archive Press] A. G. Porta’s No World Concerto is finally getting released. I’ve also long preordered Luis...
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On Albert Hirschman.
Despising teaching as much as he loved writing, Hirschman longed to spend time at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In 1971, he asked whether he could visit there for the following year....
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Winners of the Best Translated Book Awards 2013.
Wheel with a Single Spoke by Nichita Stanescu, translated from the Romanian by Sean Cotter and published by Archipelago Books and Satantango by László Krasznahorkai, translated from the Hungarian by...
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Edition Additions: new poetry.
Juan Gelman joins the library today. Yes, the book is on a panda pillow. d
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“The Next Day” video.
In the link is David Bowie’s new (age-restricted) video for “The Next Day”. [via YouTube] It features Marion Cotillard and Gary Oldman. It has attracted some comments for its use of Christian imagery. d
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“The Black and the White: Maus and the Art Spiegelman Exhibit”.
The room devoted to Maus in the exhibit hushes visitors when they walk in. It is darker than the other rooms, and the walls are more cluttered: the finished pages of a few chapters are spread out...
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Omnivore: Woof.
Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). This week, I read an essay or two by John Ruskin, a Yoko Tawada short story (“The...
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