Yeah, Lethem's article in the current Harper's is a thing of beauty. Every paragraph is appropriated from somewhere else.
My friend is Brad Vice, who is defended in the current Oxford American. Also worth a read. In fact: [link]
Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.
'Objects In Space'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Feb 02, 2007 7:53:33 am PST #5148 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
DavidS - Feb 02, 2007 12:07:26 pm PST #5149 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, Lethem's article in the current Harper's is a thing of beauty. Every paragraph is appropriated from somewhere else.
I just read it - genius! Or certainly very cool. Interestingly, I was familiar with a number of his sources because our interests (music writing, cyberpunk, post-modern theory, etc.) overlap. I think we're close to the same age since we ping at the same points.
I'm well acquainted with Lewis Hyde's The Gift since it was a very popular text when I was in college and he spoke at Kenyon frequently, even taking a professorship at one point.
Note: Lethem even steals from sometime Buffista and NY Times fandom mole Emily Nussbaum!
Laga - Feb 02, 2007 12:44:27 pm PST #5150 of 10003
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Video Killed the Radio Star
I used to hate that song. Now I kinda like it.
Jon B. - Feb 05, 2007 5:41:53 am PST #5151 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Bad-ass, Buddhist - now bluesman: [link]
Tom Scola - Feb 05, 2007 7:26:54 am PST #5152 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Hayden - Feb 05, 2007 8:55:45 am PST #5153 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think several of us have seen it. In fact, it's incredibly dull.
esse - Feb 05, 2007 8:56:19 am PST #5154 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm going to see The Hold Steady Tuesday! How awesome is that?
Much less awesome is that I'm missing the Decemberists tonight because tickets were totally sold out. Sigh.
Tom Scola - Feb 05, 2007 10:55:48 am PST #5155 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jon B. - Feb 05, 2007 11:04:02 am PST #5156 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It\'s the illustration that makes Tom\'s link worthwhile.
tommyrot - Feb 05, 2007 11:07:13 am PST #5157 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's the illustration that makes Tom's link worthwhile.
Yes. You can tell that it is a good invention, worthy of a patent, by the way the guy in the illustration is rocking so successfully.