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From the monthly archives: January 2010

Reading From The Mothering Coven

On January 31, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Sunday Brunch Music: Songs From the Second City

On January 31, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Weekend Bites: Buddy Holly Negotiates, Boozy Writers, Shteyngart Gets Questioned, Patti Smith Podcast, A Bunch of Salinger, and More

On January 30, 2010 By Jason Diamond

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From The Holy Shit Department: Gil Scott-Heron Does Robert Johnson

On January 29, 2010 By Jason Diamond

I’m over people dying. Thankfully, Gil Scott-Heron is very much alive, and has a new album coming out XL Recordings on February 9th.
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So, Jerome David Salinger Killed J.D. Salinger…

On January 29, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Or, “A Tale of Two Salingers” over at Slate.
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Three Things About Justin Pearson

On January 29, 2010 By Jason Diamond

1. He was in several bands I like including The Locust, Swing Kids, and Some Girls.

2. From the Graveyard of the Arousal Industry is his first book coming out on Soft Skull in the spring.

3. If you need or want sex advice, Pearson is giving it over at Buddyhead.
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Bites: Why Franz Quit, Johansson Does Arthur Miller, Salinger Reviews, iPad Prophets, Magnetic Fields FAIL, and More

On January 28, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Franz Nicolay, whose “Complicated Gardening Techniques” is coming out on our very own Julius Singer Press, talks about why he left The Hold Steady.
With Scarlett Johansson tackling one of his best plays, Wall Street Journal takes a look at “How Arthur Miller Found His View“. A brief history of J.D. Salinger reviews. Thomas Edison: iPad prophet? At The Faster Times, Michael Kimball Interviews Padgett Powell. According to this review, The Magnetic Fields FAIL. The Rumpus gives us Czechoslovakian book covers. 5 [...]
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Richard Hell Revisits Blank Generation

On January 28, 2010 By Jason Diamond

What has always fascinated me about Richard Hell is his reluctance to revisit those days in bands like The Heartbreakers, Television, and especially, The Voidoids. While many of his colleagues from the old CBGB and “77 punk” scene are more than happy to do a few reunions for whatever reason (strapped for cash, revisiting past glory, etc.), Hell keeps on insisting that those days are behind him, and he just wants to concentrate on his writing — something I have to praise him for.

So it came as a bit of a surprise when I saw that [...]
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