April 2012
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March 2012
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Strrrange world through google’s eyes. (via 9-eyes)
February 2012
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On Drumming
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I learned how to play the drums when I was 13 through this book, Realistic Rock Drum Method byCarmine Appice. I didn’t know who he was and I remember wondering why he was wearing eyeliner.
But I’ll be damned if he didn’t know how to write a good instructional drum book.
I also had a drum instructor who taught me first how to play along with “Eye of the...
January 2012
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Thoughts on Jesus' Son
Read Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son this week, and was - and becoming even more - blown away. The stories are entertaining yet complex. I finished the book last night and today while I was thinking about something totally unrelated, one of the stories hit me viscerally - as if it was the residue from some vivid dream I had had where before your mind even has a chance to fill in the...
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Thoughts on Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
I was a little disappointed with this film. Although I enjoyed its angular cinematography (apparently influenced by German expressionism, I read) and could recognize James Agee’s influence in its more writerly moments, the film came off a little heavy-handed and blatant. It reduced what could have been a sophisticated if unsettling story into a trite morality tale...
December 2011
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Watch(via Wye Oak covers Danzig | Music | A.V. Undercover 2011 | The A.V. Club)
November 2011
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“The best definition of writing I could give would be “letting speak”...”
– Tom McCarthy: My desktop | Books | guardian.co.uk
Watchpitchfork: Watch Real Estate perform “Green Aisles” on some abandoned train tracks as part of La Blogothèque’s series of impromptu videos from this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival Paris.
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Watchtheatlanticvideo:Electric Literature’s Single Sentence Animations: Jonathan Ashley animates Jim Shepard’s “Your Fate Hurtles Down at You”
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Welcome to My Study: Halloween Edition
You’re always welcome to enjoy the things that I’ve found. This weekend’s Halloween Movie Marathon [late post]:
1. Repulsion
One detail made this film great: the skinned rabbit rotting on a plate in the salon. Like in Rosemary’s Baby (probably my favorite scary movie), it’s subtle but it creeps you out long term.
But unfortunately there are more differences...
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October 2011
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“When I’m writing, I’m trapped in between the lines,
I escape when I...”
– Eric B. & Rakim, “I Know You Got Soul”
September 2011
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Welcome to My Study
You’re always welcome to enjoy the things that I’ve found. Here are some things I’ve enjoyed lately:
After watching SO MANY stupid movies, I’ve decided to take control of my movie-watching again. I’m not trying to be a snob about it - I just don’t want to wake up one day and find myself at Ghost Rider II. Which apparently will be a real thing soon.
So I took...
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Frames from The Passion of Joan of Arc
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Miscellaneous Reading Notes
It was going to be the year of classic American authors. Hemingway, Twain, Faulkner, Melville. It hasn’t exactly turned out the way I planned, but I still consider it a year of American literature. Here are some notes on some of the books I’ve read this year.
1. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
I initially thought this book was an exception to the year’s...
