February 2012
17 posts
“The novelist’s corrections appear to be more literary than scientific. In...”
– Cormac McCarthy, Quantum Copy Editor
“Diplo recently had a big hit with Beyoncé. Is it true that you guys worked with...”
– Conversations with Derek Miller, of Sleigh Bells, who is an honest dude.
Mister Cee’s Big L Tribute Mix →
“Every year at the party he threw in the Beverly Hilton Hotel — where she died...”
– Ann Powers on Whitney.
“No one watches a movie in a vacuum. You don’t check your real-world...”
– J. Hoberman.
January 2012
11 posts
“As the Bard wrote: “I can change / I can change / I can change / I can...”
– I miss Rob Harvilla all the time.
“What was important then was this sense, this supposition, that sixties...”
– No idea why I waited so long to read James Wolcott’s Lucking Out, but my lord.
“I heard you were upset by Haywire’s R-rating.
Oh, fuck! Come on, are...”
– Nobody rants like Steven Soderbergh, who I profile today.
“Just heard (half of) the new Bruce song as I entered the parking...”
– My mother is (still) a better music critic than I am.
“If I wrote songs only about myself, they’d be much more boring. When...”
– Craig Finn Talks New Solo Album, New Hold Steady Material
December 2011
12 posts
“We found ourselves talking about ambition. Though Brownstein had taken full...”
– Stumptown Girl: An indie-rock star satirizes hipster culture, on “Portlandia.”
“Which is to say the work has changed. The TMZ-led, wall-to-wall coverage of...”
– A thing I wrote two years ago (the worst kind of “thing I wrote,” I know) and have been thinking about a lot lately.
Longreads: Bethlehem Shoals: My Top 5 Longreads of... →
longreads:
Bethlehem Shoals is an editor at The Classical and the founder of FreeDarko.com.
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• “Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Vegas,” Zach Baron, The Daily
Hunter S. Thompson has a tendency to overshadow his subject matter, as if he invented the entire world in his own image, and…
Nathaniel!
“Stories are always really, really hard. I think it’s totally rational for a...”
– John McPhee, The Art of Nonfiction No. 3
Finally got to write about my deep and unending... →
“Ultimately, I know what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. I’m...”
– Ian MacKaye Talks Fugazi Live Archives, Legacy, Nostalgia, Occupy Musicians
November 2011
10 posts
“What is it exactly that we are doing here? We are making a thing. And I guess it...”
– Excited for the new Blow record.
Wrote about sound cannons, t-shirts, riot cops,... →
“I would have some major insight followed by an odd, minor revelation—at one...”
– Marisa.
Wrote about the new Drake record. →
“Don C takes us back to Kanye’s dressing room. Kanye is standing in front...”
– GQ Goes Backstage For Opening Night Of The Watch The Throne Tour