Bono’s Commencement Speech: “My name is Bono and I am a rock star. Don’t get me too excited because I use four letter words when I get excited. I’d just like to say to the parents, your children are safe, your country is safe, the FCC has taught me a lesson and the only four letter word I’m going to use today is P-E-N-N.” (via Syntax of Things)
Month / June 2004
Michiko Influenced by Peck/Kinsley?
Michiko on DFW: “These moments, sadly, are engulfed by reams and reams of stream-of-consciousness musings that may be intermittently amusing or disturbing but that in the end feel more like the sort of free-associative ramblings served up in an analyst’s office than between the covers of a book. Mr. Wallace’s previous work shows that he possesses a heightened gift for what the musician Robert Plant once called the ‘deep and meaningless.’ But in these pages it more often feels like the shallow and self-conscious.”
Count the adjectives in those last two sentences.
New Reports Indicate That Bush’s Short Attention Span Extends to Hugs; Throwaway Embraces & Gestures Added to 2004 Republican Platform
Ben Brown at Bookslut
Some guy named Ben Brown is guest-blogging at Bookslut this week. All we know is that Mr. Brown may or may not be Neal Pollack and that he has slept with everyone at 826 Valencia. He does, however, possess an important skill: the man can insert breaks between paragraphs. We wish Mr. Brown well on his temporary journey and we will be reading him with delight. We encourage you to send incriminating photos to benbrown@gmail.com.
Soon to Come: Sergio Aragones’ “The Avengers”
Ron‘s located the ultimate creative matchup: Jack Kirby and The Prisoner.