Your man has his paws on a galley of T.C. Boyle’s Talk Talk, to which he offers many thanks to the parcel gods of Manhattan. A very thorough response to follow at some point.
Month / April 2006
Dean Visits New Orleans; Tests Out Early Form of “Andromeda Strain” Campaign for Midterm Elections
Lamarck Would Be Ashamed, But the Matter Must Be Settled
Over at Michelle’s, some interesting questions have been raised: Is sex better than writing? Is writing better than masturbation? And, seeing as how writing and masturbation serve practically the same purpose, why is one valued over the other?
This is a grand philosophical question. The beginnings of an elaborate taxonomy finally putting variants of sex in line with variants of writing! The ultimate crossover, or existential mash-up! If one must style a list, I would argue that the order of things goes something like this:
1. Sex
2. Writing
3. Masturbation
4. Reading
5. Blogging
What are your thoughts, dear readers?
Chime in at Michelle’s or here, whatever your pleasure.
Zulkey Trumps Segundo
I sometimes take it for granted that a writer as good as Michelle Tea is in my hometown. And I feel utterly ashamed that she hasn’t been on the Bat Segundo Show yet. But thankfully Claire Zulkey has made up for this inadequacy. Ms. Tea, on behalf of the Bat Segundo Crew, I apologize. Our team will be getting in touch with you very soon.
He Blinded Me With Sonics
This will only be of solace to you if you’re as much of an audio geek as I am, but Peter Kirn has the scoop on Thomas Dolby’s custom setup, which is an interesting and quite unusual combination of MIDI controllers and vintage signal testing equipment.