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Kevin Nolan: The Last Book I Loved, Short Letter, Long Farewell
Austrian writer Peter Handke begins his 1972 novel Short Letter, Long Farewell with the following: “Jefferson Street is a quiet thoroughfare in Providence. It circles around the business section, changes…
LitBlogging?
The New York Times asks “Can a blog rise to the level of literature?” “The question is prompted by the arrival of José Saramago’s latest effort, The Notebook, which collects…
Indie Bands Take Back the Internet
Tomo Nakayama is small, almost hidden completely by the beautiful guitar in his lap and the Jameson on the rocks he holds in front of his face. Instead of a…
Morning Coffee
Department of tiny things: Dalton Ghetti makes sculptures out of pencil tips. Also his name is Dalton, which is pretty rad. Every Playboy centerfold from 1988-1997 (completely safe for work).…
FUNNY WOMEN #20: Holiday with Communists
First, you and your grandmother decorate Easter eggs to put on the Seder plate. This is her Passover tradition. She will have decided that Seder plates “could use a little…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/29-4/4
This Week, Get ready for next week’s Monthly Rumpus with a Yellow Dress show, check out emerging writers at USF and established ones at Grow the F*ck Up! at the…
Just Because You’re Paranoid…
David Aaronnovitch’s survey of global conspiracy theories ably debunks chestnuts old and new, but avoids closer analysis of what inspires them in the first place.
Is Music Less Sacred?
“But for all the joys of such wizardry, I’ve been experiencing a creeping sense of dread recently when it comes to iTunes, a dark hunch that technology has impoverished the…