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My ‘Realism’ Problem
Why am I – as Steve Miller once sang, ‘right here at home’ – at Anobium? I had initially considered answering this question – posed to me by a friend who had considered me a ‘guy who didn’t go in for...
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Reading 2666: Part I
In that indeterminate cosmic way, contributors Jacob Singer and Benjamin van Loon both decided—independently—to venture into the monolithic world of Roberto Bolano’s 2666. In the universe of...
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Reading 2666: Part II
This is the second part of a dialogue/collaborative review about Roberto Bolano’s 2666 between contributors Jacob Singer and Benjamin van Loon. Read Part I here. - – - JACOB SINGER: The novel is broken...
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Asbolutely Fabulous: Martin Amis’s Lionel Asbo
I. Whooooo are you? Who-who? Who-who? Awwww….who the fuck are you? No one has an identity crisis like the English. Visit modern London, and it seems that all the best things about the place have been...
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The Hysterical Realism Reading List
First Wave: Vladimir Nabokov—Lolita (1955), Pale Fire (1962), Speak, Memory (1936-66), Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (1969) Thomas Pynchon—V. (1963) , Crying of Lot 49 (1966), Gravity’s Rainbow...
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Springtime Can Kill You with Wine Dark Sea: Jolie Holland in Conversation...
Jolie Holland has a new record called Wine Dark Sea. Due for release some time next year, it’s sort of a return, but in the same it’s a continued expansion of an ever-widening grip on the varied...
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Springtime Can Kill You with Wine Dark Sea: Jolie Holland in Conversation...
[Continued from Part 1] JH: Well, what did you want to talk about with Mexican Blue? GT: I’ve been trying to figure out this album of yours for years. JH: Whoa, what have you been trying to figure out?...
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First Encounters: Gorillaz
I’ve been a follower of Damon Albarn for years. Tracked his work with Blur, which, as many agree, is pretty tremendous; he was a major force behind the sound of the film Ravenous, which is consistently...
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Springtime Can Kill You with Wine Dark Sea: Jolie Holland in Conversation...
[Continued from Part 2] GT: Your work, if it’s anything, is complicated and it’s something I love about your work. I get bored very easily with much of what’s created by most people. JH: Yeah, me too....
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Human Pyramids – Planet Shhh!
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” -Aldous Huxley FINALLY we have the release of a full length from Human Pyramids titled Planet Shhh!. If you are not...
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Sound Bite
Recently heard this episode of Sound Opinions from many years ago featuring an extensive interview with Jon Brion, musical magician behind many film scores, session playing, and producing such artists...
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Jeff Goldblum Must Go Faster
“Well, you’ve got to be known for something. The Danger of extreme versatility is that you don’t spring to mind for anything.” -Julian Fellowes (supposedly) Over the holiday weekend I fed the urge to...
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Lederhosen
“Mother dumped my father,” a friend of my wife’s was saying one day, “all because of a pair of shorts.” …is how Murakami’s “Lederhosen” starts out, and from the title and beginning it appears like it...
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Bishara’s Conjuring
“It just makes sense to me. It’s the language that I most naturally speak…” –Joseph Bishara* Last week saw the release of The Conjuring to surprising critical praise. Writers who have previously, and...
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Sound Bite
In 2011, Jeff Mangum, of Neutral Milk Hotel fame, started releasing radio broadcasts online. Playlists of sorts, programming as one would not hear; only two such groupings were ever released, but they...
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Little Things…We Keep
The soda cost fifty cents. But the machine dispersed whatever flavor it wanted no matter the selection. In Duane’s dreams he was an air force pilot. He was never really sure why an air force pilot....
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I’m a fan of Channing Tatum, and I feel weird about it.
It started with 21 Jump Street, a film that initially appealed in no way, but whose reputation began to precede it. Hearing again and again of quality, I was inspired to rent it, and upon doing so was...
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Filmmakers Not Making Films: Werner Herzog – Spokesman Against Texting and...
Alright, so this is a bit of a cheat because the true highlight of this piece is a 34-minute film (see below). However, Werner Herzog’s latest endeavor is against texting while driving as he continues...
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Bandwidth Sessions: An Interview With Will McConnell (Part 1)
Recently I was searching for some video of the band The Low Anthem and their cover of the Tom Waits’ song Home I’ll Never Be. In pursuit, I came across a performance video from Bandwidth Sessions. New...
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