Bites: Holiday Magick, Portland Reads, Gary Lutz, The Chicagoan, and More

Some magick for the holidays?  Jacket Copy talks about led guitar god Jimmy Page’s bookshelf, finds Crowley, talks about Genesis Breyer P-orridge. Then over at New York Press Maggie Serota talks about Dias Records and mentions Mr./Ms. Throbbing Gristle. The wheels of Dais Records were set in motion a few years ago in, of all places, Genesis P-Orridge’s basement. LIT. Portland writers picking their favorite books of 2009 at the blog Paper Fort. Where The Wild Things Are gingerbread house. […]

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Bites: Books on Abraham, Chuck Klosterman on the Fab 4, bike shares, Genesis P-Orridge, and more

Lit. The New York Review of Books has a stack of books on our 16th President Daniel Steel and “That Madea Guy” both make the list of “15 Rich-Ass Authors I’ve Suddenly Decided to Like“. (Thanks HTMLGIANT) The Desk Set asks: “Why should we, librarians and friends of libraries, care about the state of the humanities?” JK Rowling getting a comic book Bikes Copenhagen Bike Share Competition.  (Thanks Cool Hunting) Music – Art Chuck Klosterman reviews the recently remastered Beatles albums […]

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