Month / April 2007
Quentin Tarantino vs. Jan Wahl
Intermissions Are for the Weak
Variety: “The first came when Dave Chappelle appeared onstage at 10:36 p.m. for an unannounced set. The second shocker: Chappelle kept telling jokes until 4:43 the next morning— making his entire set a whopping six hours and seven minutes. That’s the longest performance by any comedian in the the 28-year history of the Laugh Factory, according to founder Jamie Masada….Chappelle didn’t take any bathroom breaks. And Laugh Factory staff stopped serving alcohol around midnight, Masada said.”
All I Have to Say About the Orange Shortlist
Stop Anne Tyler before it’s too late. Otherwise, not bad.
Gaddis’s Greatest Hits
Scott observes that Tom LeClair, the guy who styled Vollmann, Powers, and DFW “prodigious fiction” authors, has an interview with William Gaddis in this month’s Harper’s. It’s available online if you’re a subscriber.