Notable New York, This Week 5/3 – 5/9
This week in New York Electric Literature celebrates the launch of Issue 4, the Shepard Fairey exhibit is at Deitch Projects, Daniel Clowes discusses Wilson, John Leguizamo is honored by…
Music
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Writing on music at The Rumpus!
Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life #2
How Dave Grohl Taught Me to Stop Whining and (Against Every Known Impulse in My Body) Embrace Happiness
Notable New York, This Week 4/26 – 5/2
This week in New York the sixth annual PEN World Voices Festival (PWVF) opens its week-long celebration of international writing with such notable literary figures as Sherman Alexie, Claire Messud,…
Tune of the Day
Artists: Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell Song: “Conversations About a Friend (Who’s in Love with Katie)”
Tune of the Day, R.I.P. Guru Edition
Artists: Gang Starr Song: “Work” “R.I.P. Guru of Gang Starr.”
Swinging Modern Sounds #21: On William Basinski
William Basinski was born in Texas in 1958, and, after a childhood playing wind instruments, he became in the early-eighties a composer of ambient and minimalist compositions.