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Afternoon Bites: Helen Oyeyemi, Matthew Volz, “Family Fang” Film, and more

On November 11, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

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Best Song/Video of Today: The Beets

On February 8, 2010 By Jason Diamond

It’s pretty safe to say that The Beets are one of my favorite bands around today, and I find it incredibly awesome that they are about to hit the road with Beach Fossils and Christmas Island.

As a tribute to all of that, I’m posting this video, and also the tour dates so you can go check out what I’m talking about.

02/09 – New York, NY Cake Shop
02/10 – New Haven, CT Cafe Nine
02/11 – Boston, MA The Cottage
02/12 – Annandale on Hudson, NY Bard College
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Bites: Fancy Cocktails, Dick is Good for Divorce, German Publishers, Cheshire Cat as Math, Stephen Elliott at WORD, The Replacements, and More

On December 17, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Our favorite Bay Area bookstore takes a look at old cocktail books.

Lit.
Want a smooth divorce? Read Moby-Dick. At The Millions, Emily St. John Mandel talks about writing on trains. Designworklife takes a look at German book publisher, Zeixs. If Sarah Palin is coming to your local supermarket to sign books, please get rid of the tomatoes. N+1 discussion between conservative writers Ross Douthat and Reihan Salaam. Shakespeare characters write letters to Santa. Q: Why did Lewis Carroll add the [...]
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Bites: Get Crazy About Nabokov, Zadie Smith, Tao Lin’s Stuff, John Irving is Worried, New Magnetic Fields, The Beets at a Museum, and More.

On November 11, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Let’s go crazy about Nabokov!

On the Media talks to Ron Rosenbaum of Slate about his conflicted feelings over the publication of The Original of Laura.

Aleksandar Hemon is sorta against Laura seeing the light of day.

Nabokov specimen covers.

Lit.
Village Voice on Zadie Smith’s collection of essays, Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays. Tao Lin will sell you a bunch of his stuff for a really good price. John Irving is worried about me? I was worried about John Irving! So crazy! I’m confused. If these books [...]
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Bites: Twilight, The Beets, Leonard Michaels, and asking what really matters anymore?

On July 7, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Hipster Runoff “tries to understand Twilight, without actually reading it.” And in doing so, writes just about the only thing on the movie/book that I’ve ever cared enough to read about. Vol. 1 Story Series reader, and contributor to the site, Tobias Carroll went to go see The Beets, Golden Triangle, and Thee Oh Sees (maybe the best lineup of the summer), and this is what he thought. Tablet discusses the essays of the late Leonard Michaels Carrie Brownstein asks “Do Record Labels Still Matter” As Penguin UK lays off 10% [...]
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