July 2010
a bright wall in a dark room.: Reader's Request... →
THE MOST FUN YOU’LL HAVE IN THE SUBURBS
by Elizabeth Wilcox
My assignment for Reader Request week was to write about True Stories (thanks, rutabagaparsnip!)—that sardonic, musical, surreal David Byrne film featuring John Goodman and Swoosie Kurtz. What follows is not an essay, for…
:D I was a little disappointed at first that Wilcox didn’t write an essay about True Stories,...
“And if there is one thing the Internet is good for, it’s bringing together...”
– Adam Sternbergh, “Tyranny of the Fanboys”.
I sort of just hate saying “Yes, this,” in any context other than an AIM chat, but that’s about the only response I can come up with to this piece. Well, that and the fact that fangirls are just as capable of eating their own as the male of the species....
Why Patti Smith is a badass.
Our set ended with a version of “Gloria” that had taken shape over the past several months, merging my poem “Oath” with the great Van Morrison classic. It had begun with Richard Hell’s copper-toned Danelectro bass, which we bought from him for forty dollars. I had it in mind to play it, and since it was small, I thought I could handle it. Lenny showed me how to play...
“A few moments ago I tasted mighty white – a name that lends itself readily to...”
– Oliver Thring, “Consider cheap white bread”, in the Guardian. (via hangingfire)
Oy. Cheap white bread scares me. When I found out via Harold McGee that modern, industrial-produced bread wasn’t even technically bread (it’s more like a chemically risen cake), I stopped buying the store...
