We’re running a contest over on our Twitter, asking readers to give us their best drunk lit title. Sometime tomorrow, we will pick the best one, and they will receive two free tickets to the Sept. 26th session of Vivo in Vino. ViV is an “intimate wine salon” where you will be given four free glasses of artisanal wine, and be treated to a live set from our buddy Franz Nicolay. And you thought we weren’t classy.
Songs for Lazy Weekends: Franz Nicolay and Hurray For the Riff Raff
Posted by Jason Diamond Full disclosure: this is pure nepotism on my part, and I’m not afraid to admit that. Obviously I like everything Franz Nicolay does, so there was no way I wasn’t going to post this single from his forthcoming album, Luck and Courage, out in October. “This is Not a Pipe” features members of Son Volt and the Debutante Hour, and has a passage inspired by Nicole Krauss. Listen: Franz Nicolay – “This is not a Pipe” […]
Franz Nicolay Hips World and Publisher (Me) as to What’s Next
Over at Largehearted Boy, Mr. Nicolay discusses the future, and I get excited. Karan Kanan Correa: What can we expect from the next set of stories? Please no more pigeons. Franz Nicolay: How do you feel about magicians? And moose? In all seriousness – I’m trying to connect the two worlds you refer to in the previous question. Since “CGT” is the first in a series of chapbooks, there’s more material in that vein. I guess I’ve reached a point […]
Bites: Why Franz Quit, Johansson Does Arthur Miller, Salinger Reviews, iPad Prophets, Magnetic Fields FAIL, and More
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 […]
The Week That Shall be: 11/14 to 11/20
Every Friday, we will be bringing you this bite sized guide to things going on that we find interesting for the next seven days to follow. Saturday, November 14th Craig Finn, Tad Kubler of The Hold Steady, and some guy named Chuck Klosterman are doing a 1PM happy hour at Le Poisson Rouge. Ten bucks. Another Hold Steady member (and guy soon to be published on Julius Singer Press), Franz Nicolay plays with one of our favorite bands, The Shondes, […]
Vol. 1 Brooklyn Story Series, March 2009
Saturday is going to be beautiful all day long, and then, as night approaches, the mercury will dip a bit — we suggest going over to Bar Matchless (577 Manhattan Ave. in Greenpoint, Brooklyn) for our monthly Vol. 1 reading series where you will be kept warm by a combination of drinks and an incredible lineup. As always, all profits from the five dollar suggested donation will go to our favorite nonprofit organization (located in Park Slope, Brooklyn) dedicated to […]
Conversation: Franz Nicolay
It seems safe to say that The Hold Steady are the greatest American rock n’ roll band right now. Craig Finn and his Springsteen-esque observations on the punks and fuck-ups are a third of the holy trinity of rock scribes, along with John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats) and Will Sheff (Okkervil River) in the renaissance of hyper-literate song-crafting. However, I am sure there is an old adage that goes something like, behind every great songwriter is, well . . . […]