Zebra Finches as Art
“French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways.”
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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.
What Smart People Are Saying About Google.cn
As we mentioned earlier, Google is rethinking its operations in China after human rights activists’ email accounts were hacked. So what does it all mean? “As direct a challenge to…
Tune of the Day, R.I.P. Jay Edition
Artist: Jay Reatard Song: “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me” R.I.P. Jay Reatard.
A Wall too Great?
“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government…
Welcome Back: Tonight!
No time like the present to get tickets to tonight’s blowout Monthly Rumpus in San Francisco: Welcome Back. Featuring authors Michelle Tea, D. A. Powell, Elissa Bassist, Daniel Nester, and…
Endearing Wrecks
“Bloom’s characters, I’m happy to pronounce, are glorious, endearing wrecks. They are simultaneously loyal, petty, resentful, and compassionate. They are vain, horny, bullheaded, and brave. In their messy assemblage of…
Morning Coffee
Internet gold. (via @TheLincoln) The 200 best and worst jobs in the U.S. Actuary vs. Roustabout edition. A New York resident has recreated Rambo shot for shot in his 220…
Peter Orner Gets Murky
“It’s said Grandpa Leo got deranged a few years after FDR died. They had to put him in the Home for the Jewish Aged on Petoskey Avenue. He despised the…