The Week in Moody

In case you aren’t keeping track of the exploits of Rick Moody, rest assured that for some reason, I am. Today Mr. Moody gave us another installment of his “Swinging Modern Sounds” column on The Rumpus. A few days back, Moody talked about his repulsion/attraction of the Kindle. Because of Rick Moody, this guy will listen to Metal Machine Music.  Good luck bro.

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Weekend Bites: Truman and Harry, David Byrne on Kindle, good friends-bad novels, Naked Lunch at 50, and more.

I always said Truman Capote knew the boy wizard, and nobody believed me. So I guess I shouldn’t buy Mastering the Art of French Cooking because “unfortunately, that will probably send even more Meryl Streep wannabes straight to bookstores looking for food porn. And they will be sold bibles.”  Bummer (Slate) David Byrne: Kindle DRM means “you are f*cked” (Thanks Boing Boing) Two A.V. Chicago writers ask if Ferris Bueller was true to it’s Chicago backdrop Jens Lekman will play […]

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