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Author, Playwright, Screenwriter, Steely Dan fan. 'I stepped up on the platform/The man gave me the news/He said, "You must be joking son"/Where did you get those shoes?'
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'Tis the season. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...
50 notable works of fiction from 2024
Highlights among the year’s novels, short-story collections and works in translation, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
'Tis the season. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...
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The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
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I can't imagine that many people would want to listen to 25 minutes of me feebly mumbling questions at John Peel about Captain Beefheart and him answering them, but I just found the cassette of the recording (made in 1992) so I thought I'd Put It Out There.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSoT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSoT...
John Peel speaking about Captain Beefheart, spring 1992
YouTube video by Rhodri Marsden
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November 21, 2024 at 12:22 PM
I can't imagine that many people would want to listen to 25 minutes of me feebly mumbling questions at John Peel about Captain Beefheart and him answering them, but I just found the cassette of the recording (made in 1992) so I thought I'd Put It Out There.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSoT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSoT...
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When life gives you harlequins, make
February 4, 2024 at 12:40 PM
When life gives you harlequins, make
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Martin Amis's big three novels - Money, London Fields and The Information - coming to Vintage Classics this month, introduced by Andrew O'Hagan, Rachel Cusk and James Wood respectively.
I like the London Fields cover best. The Information marred by its bookalike status (see my bookalikes thread).
I like the London Fields cover best. The Information marred by its bookalike status (see my bookalikes thread).
November 18, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Martin Amis's big three novels - Money, London Fields and The Information - coming to Vintage Classics this month, introduced by Andrew O'Hagan, Rachel Cusk and James Wood respectively.
I like the London Fields cover best. The Information marred by its bookalike status (see my bookalikes thread).
I like the London Fields cover best. The Information marred by its bookalike status (see my bookalikes thread).
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I made the mistake of searching for "Montana painting" on eBay.
November 19, 2024 at 7:15 PM
I made the mistake of searching for "Montana painting" on eBay.
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Which judge resigned because the books were "mere pornography"? Which author, according to another judge, "puts one off sex"? Which book did Saul Bellow dismiss as a "tinkling teacup thing"? Who refused to give the prize to a book about cannibalism?
I wrote about the Booker Prize in the 1970s:
I wrote about the Booker Prize in the 1970s:
The Booker in the 1970s: 10 novels that are well worth rediscovering, five decades later | The Booker Prizes
The Booker shortlists of the 1970s are of exceptionally high quality, and while some of the novels may have fallen out of fashion, they’re essential volumes for any keen reader’s library
thebookerprizes.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Which judge resigned because the books were "mere pornography"? Which author, according to another judge, "puts one off sex"? Which book did Saul Bellow dismiss as a "tinkling teacup thing"? Who refused to give the prize to a book about cannibalism?
I wrote about the Booker Prize in the 1970s:
I wrote about the Booker Prize in the 1970s:
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Happy to be seeing more book people here. Here are some titles out this month.
www.ocregister.com/2024/11/08/1...
www.ocregister.com/2024/11/08/1...
11 books coming in November 2024: Fiction, nonfiction and more
And first, a closer look at NYRB editorial director Edwin Frank’s new ‘Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel.’
www.ocregister.com
November 12, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Happy to be seeing more book people here. Here are some titles out this month.
www.ocregister.com/2024/11/08/1...
www.ocregister.com/2024/11/08/1...
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There are days when I think a record collector’s life is nothing but the slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, another singer who combined pop, soul, rock, folk, jazz, rhythm & blues and cabaret as perfectly as Bobbie Gentry.
youtu.be/JDrlRLyazvI?...
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Bobbie Gentry - Fancy (live TV 1970)
YouTube video by slydogmania
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November 12, 2024 at 4:35 PM
There are days when I think a record collector’s life is nothing but the slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, another singer who combined pop, soul, rock, folk, jazz, rhythm & blues and cabaret as perfectly as Bobbie Gentry.
youtu.be/JDrlRLyazvI?...
youtu.be/JDrlRLyazvI?...
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We have had two great catastrophes. 1. My pants went overboard into the water. 2. Aunt Pearl's hat did the same. The hat we rescued, the pants we could not & did not.
October 8, 2024 at 6:55 PM
We have had two great catastrophes. 1. My pants went overboard into the water. 2. Aunt Pearl's hat did the same. The hat we rescued, the pants we could not & did not.