About half-way through the “Guyville Redux” documentary about the making of Liz Phair’s “Exile in Guyville” I became so angry I nearly turned it off. It was after the nerdgasms I had upon watching Phair…
Date Archives November 2008
The Gargoyle makes me sound like a stoner
Andrew Davidson’s debut novel The Gargoyle, is the kind of book that gives me nextbookaphobia. This is a condition marked by great fear of starting a new book because there is no way that it…
Keeping Kerouac, fighting Freudenberger, and other tales from book organizing
Whenever I host Rock & Roll Bookclub I see it as an opportunity to get my books in order. In theory, for every book I put in the case I would take one off to…
And on this day I give thanks
Tiny powdered-sugar donuts Shiny silver Macbooks Broadway revues during parades Orange socks Orange cats (and needy black cats too) Family & Friends Life is Good hats Kick-ass blogging jobs Yellow Lamy Fountain pens once thought…
If blue eats up all the yellow, she will turn green
This is Liam’s new favorite song. It’s Cheech Marin singing about mixing primary colors to make new colors. We probably watched the video about six times, and then spent a lot of time talking about…
At work with Trip Shakespeare
I pushed my chair away from my desk and announced, “I’ve had it up to here. I’m going home.” “You do that,” my cellmate said. “Oh, by the way,” I said, throwing things into my…