January 2012
20 posts
4 tags
When that ineffable compound of depression, sadness (the two are not the same),...
– Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis by Kingsley Amis (1983)
December 2011
54 posts
3 tags
3 tags
3 tags
4 tags
3 tags
4 tags
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
4 tags
2 tags
4 tags
4 tags
4 tags
3 tags
4 tags
3 tags
5 tags
4 tags
5 tags
“Three Songs” by Leadbelly, filmed in the 1940s (I think 1945). This is the single most amazing thing I’ve ever found on YouTube.
4 tags
4 tags
3 tags
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
2 tags
4 tags
4 tags
4 tags
I didn’t understand why Canadians would want to move to America. Canada had...
– “The Loud American I Swore I’d Never Be” by Thomas Rogers in Salon (12/14/11).
4 tags
4 tags
6 tags
3 tags
4 tags
4 tags
3 tags
6 tags
3 tags
4 tags
"How Great Children's Books Are Born"
Article from Salon about correspondence between Edward Gorey and Peter F. Neumeyer while writing a book.
4 tags
5 tags
4 tags
4 tags
3 tags
5 tags
4 tags
4 tags
4 tags
"Where is the love in R&B music?"
Great article about the decline of soul music.