MP3s Removed

MP3s Removed

Because of bandwidth I cannot afford, I have had to remove all MP3 files. If you’re looking for the Star & Buc Wild file (or…

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Keep The Dream Alive

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Ain't No Room for Culture in the New I-Rack

Ain’t No Room for Culture in the New I-Rack

The United States is now rivaling those who burned the Great Library of Alexandria as cultural destroyers. Having deliberately built a base upon Babylon, a…

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In Defense of Conversational Adverbs

In Defense of Conversational Adverbs

Apparently, some folks are taking offense to using “actually” in conversation. Actually, there’s something very nice about using adverbs in regular conversation. Realistically, it beats…

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You Should Be Dancing

You Should Be Dancing

Gwenda has a highly accurate account of dance lessons, complete with clumsy bald guys, sad middle aged couples and tittering dwarfs. I want to assure…

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Product Placement in Fiction

Product Placement in Fiction

I’m not completely against describing products and cultural minutiae in fiction, but I have a distinct problem with the way Tricia Sullivan does it in…

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First Image from Titan

(Thanks, D__________!)

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Y Tu Tanenhaus Tambien

Y Tu Tanenhaus Tambien

For those interested in speculation upon Tanenhaus’s NYTBR, check out Juana Libedinsky’s “Un cambio polemico,” where we were delighted to see that declining book coverage…

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FCC Responds to Star Complaint

FCC Responds to Star Complaint

Econ Junkie has posted the response he received from the FCC. As I have tried to point out, unless Star & Buc Wild are sexually…

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Love for Three Miévilles

Love for Three Miévilles

For those who are as devoted to China Miéville ‘s Bas-Lag books as I am, there’s a lively debate on The Iron Council over at…

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Roundup

Roundup

Nadine Gordimer is shepherding a short story collection, Telling Tales. The book’s proceeds will go to fighting AIDS. Some of the heavyweights involved: Gabriel Garcia…

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It's Good to Know the Experts Are Pooling Their Resources Together for the Hard Issues

It’s Good to Know the Experts Are Pooling Their Resources Together for the Hard Issues

Press Telegram: “The online ‘Onion’ once reported that Brad Pitt was bored with Jennifer Aniston’s naked body, a claim that virtually every male of any…

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The Dirty Art of Author Publicity Photos, Part 1: Jennifer Haigh

PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Ms. Haigh doesn’t smile. She wears an austere “we mean business” look on the safe side of the nihilism fence, provenance enough for…

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He'd Blog Us If He Had the Chance

He’d Blog Us If He Had the Chance

Some truly fantastic folks have set up The Conversation, which serves almost as an antidote to Charles Taylor’s hubris and A.O. Scott’s neuroses. Do check…

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Star & Buc Wild Suspended

Star & Buc Wild Suspended

It’s a small achivement that doesn’t mean as much in light of the move to New York. But it’s an achievement nonetheless. The outcry has…

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Mitchell on the Shore

Mitchell on the Shore

I don’t know how I missed it, but Mitchell takes on Murakami’s latest. Which makes perfect sense, given how much of a fanboy Mitchell in…

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Shuffle is Apple Lingo for "Flash Drive"

Shuffle is Apple Lingo for “Flash Drive”

Using stunning new technology available on nearly every MP3 freeware program and flash drive, Steve Jobs has announced a very silly product called the iPod…

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No Reading Statistic Left Behind

No Reading Statistic Left Behind

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “Gov. Jeb Bush wants to increase spending on reading by $43 million this year and make reading money a permanent part of…

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I Hear Voices Too

I Hear Voices Too

Sarah’s put up a thoughtful post regarding hearing voices when she reads. I can relate to this because, although my own inner ear parses text…

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RIP Mr. Monitor

RIP Mr. Monitor

Our monitor is at death’s door, we won’t be able to replace it for a few days, and we’re overwhelmed by the stunning response regarding…

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Deborah Solomon: Under Pressure

Deborah Solomon: Under Pressure

Is Deborah Solomon trying to confess to us that she’s a closet meth addict? From today’s interview with Christine Gregoire: As a veteran politician who…

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Memo to Film Producers: Please Leave Old Science Fiction Television Series Alone

Memo to Film Producers: Please Leave Old Science Fiction Television Series Alone

The latest potential cash cow to be dug up is The Tripods. (via Quiddity)

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Talk in a Time of War

Talk in a Time of War

With escamotage that seems outside Tanenhaus’s grasp, Sunday’s Washington Post features a retrospective on David Halberstam’s The Best and the Brightest — pointing out that…

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So Is Tom Hayden Saying Hitch Drinks White Russians?

So Is Tom Hayden Saying Hitch Drinks White Russians?

Tom Hayden: “In the film ‘The Big Lebowski,’ several decades later, the stoned ‘dude’ played by Jeff Bridges claims to have written the Port Huron…

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We Can't Say "Fuck" on American Television, and Tiny Glimpses of Nipples Are a Problem, But Network Executives Are Assured a Long Life Here

We Can’t Say “Fuck” on American Television, and Tiny Glimpses of Nipples Are a Problem, But Network Executives Are Assured a Long Life Here

The Scotsman: “It is believed Roly Keating, the controller of BBC2, and Jana Bennett, the director of television, are among those who have been given…

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Indecent Proposal 2: No Dollar Left Behind

Director Adrian Lyne announced that he would be directing a followup to his 1993 film, Indecent Proposal. Robert Redford and Demi Moore have agreed to…

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Amusement

Amusement

YPTR has discovered George Saunders Land. No amount of money or persuasion, however, will get the Walt Disney Corporation to add this onto Disneyland. Which…

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The Drunk

The Drunk

“I can’t breathe, motherfucker! I can’t breathe!” The drunk had only his voice left, but he was determined to fight. A neighbor and I called…

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Coffee-Deprived Roundup

Coffee-Deprived Roundup

Good Reports has unveiled its second end-of-the-year panel, with Robert “Not a Jejune Fan” Birnbaum, Jessa Crispin, Alex “Johnny B.” Good, Maud “Will Most Certainly…

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Whitbread Winners

Whitbread Winners

The Whitbreads go to: Novel Award: Andrea Levy, Small Island (She also won the Orange Prize.) First Novel Award: Susan Fletcher, Eve Green Biography: John…

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