November 17, 2009
Shorties (Bowerbirds, Osamu Tezuka, and more)
Bowerbirds play a tiny desk concert at NPR Music.
The Guardian profiles comics legend Osamu Tezuka and his creation, Astro Boy.
Tezuka's comics look outward to the world, too: his influences are decisively international. Individual frames, as McCarthy points out, reference Captain Nemo, Frankenstein – and isn't that Mickey Mouse's hat from Fantasia? The backgrounds are pure Fritz Lang, full of hovercars reminiscent of chrome-crusted American cars from the 1950s. Astro Boy himself is a reimagining of Pinocchio (who is, perhaps, a semi-cutesy descendent of the Golem, the creature from Jewish myth made of inanimate matter).
Two worthwhile new biographies of Leon Trotsky: Trotsky: A Biography, by Robert Service and the graphic novel Trotsky: A Graphic Biography, by Rick Geary.
The A.V. Club interviews Jonathan Safran Foer about his new book, Eating Animals.
Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys talks to the Guardian about his film, Separado!, which traces his family origins in Patagonia.
The National Post profiles singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt.
NPR reviews and excerpts from A.S. Byatt's new novel, The Children's Book.
The New Yorker features a new short story by Sam Shepard.
The Daily Swarm interviews legendary music producer Steve Albini.
The Oxford American remembers author Donald Harrington.
At her Monitor Mix blog, Carrie Brownstein solicits reader advice for the music industry.
Bob Dylan has a new video for his holiday song, "Must Be Santa."
Lissie visits The Current studio for an interview and live performance.
Follow me on Twitter for links that don't make the daily "Shorties" columns.
also at Largehearted Boy:
online "best of 2009" book lists
online "best of 2009" music lists
best of the decade (2000-2009) online music lists
daily mp3 downloads
Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and full album streams from this week's CD releases)
weekly music & DVD release lists
tags: music books popculture indie
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November 17, 2009
Daily Downloads (EELS, Akron/Family, and more)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads:
Akron/Family: "River" [mp3] from Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
other Akron/Family posts at Largehearted Boy
Alvin Band: "Ate" [mp3] from Mantis Preying
Alvin Band: "Temple Pressure" [mp3] from Mantis Preying
other Alvin Band posts at Largehearted Boy
ArpLine: "Parts Unknown (live from a KEXP session)" [mp3]
other ArpLine posts at Largehearted Boy
The Boat People: "Echo Stick Guitars" [mp3] from Echo Stick Guitars
other Boat People posts at Largehearted Boy
EELS: "Little Bird" [mp3]* from End Times (out January 19th)
other EELS posts at Largehearted Boy
Furcast: "Grey Is Old" [mp3] from Together EP
other Furcast posts at Largehearted Boy
Mayda: "Good Girls" [mp3] from Eyes on the Water
other Mayda posts at Largehearted Boy
Regrets and Brunettes: "Post Punk" [mp3] from At Night You Love Me
other Regrets and Brunettes posts at Largehearted Boy
Singing Bridges: "Crazy Street" [mp3] from Three Trains EP
other Singing Bridges posts at Largehearted Boy
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Free and legal mp3s of live performances at other websites:
Bobby Bare, Jr.: Daytrotter session [mp3]
other Bobby Bare, Jr. posts at Largehearted Boy
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous free and legal mp3 daily downloads
2009 Bonnaroo downloads
other music festival downloads
Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and album streams from weekly CD releases)
weekly CD release lists
tags: music download indie mp3
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November 16, 2009
This Week's Interesting Music Releases (November 17th, 2009)
Dave Rawlings Machine: A Friend of a Friend is the solo debut of longtime Gillian Welch sideman Dave Rawlings, and may be the finest folk album I have heard all year.
Author Rick Moody's band, the Wingdale Community Singers releases Spirit Duplicator tomorrow.
Reissues of note include David Bowie's Space Oddity (with bonus CD) and The Fall's Hex Enduction Hour (with bonus CD). Four Blood Brothers albums are also being reissued, three with a CD of extra material.
What new music can you recommend this week? What's on your shopping list?
This week's interesting CD releases:
13th Chime: The Lost Album
Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under The Influence: Deluxe Bourbonitis Edition (2-LP vinyl reissue with bonus tracks)
Alexandre Desplat: The Twilight Saga: New Moon - The Score
Anberlin: Anberlin - The Anthology
Bad Lieutenant: Never Cry Another Tear (vinyl)
Baroness: Blue Record (vinyl)
Beak>: Beak>
Bell Orchestre: As Seen Through Windows (vinyl)
Blood Brothers: Burn, Piano Island, Burn (reissue with bonus CD)
Blood Brothers: Crimes (reissue with bonus CD)
Blood Brothers: March on Electric Children (reissue)
Blood Brothers: Young Machetes (reissue with bonus CD)
Chief: Mighty Proud
The Company Band: The Company Band
Dan Zanes: 76 Trombones
Dave Rawlings Machine: A Friend of a Friend
David Bowie: Space Oddity (remastered with bonus CD) (vinyl)
Devin Townsend: Addicted
The Doors: Live in New York (6-CD box set)
The Fall: Hex Enduction Hour (remastered with bonus CD)
Fall Out Boy: Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits (CD & DVD)
A Fine Frenzy: Oh Blue Christmas
Forever the Sickest Kids: The Weekend: Friday
A Grave With No Name: Mountain Debris
The Horrors: Whole New Way (vinyl)
Janet Jackson: Number Ones
John Entwistle: Rigor Mortis Sets In (reissue with bonus tracks)
John Mayer: Battle Studies
Keane: Hopes and Fears (with bonus CD)
Kid Harpoon: Once
The Les Claypool Frog Brigade: Purple Onion (vinyl reissue)
Lissie: Why You Runnin' EP (vinyl)
The Lovely Feathers: Fantasy Of The Lot (vinyl)
Lovvers: Think EP
Matt and Kim: Matt and Kim (vinyl reissue)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson: Summer of Fear (vinyl)
Miles Davis: Live In Vienna 1973
Morrissey: Swords (2-CD deluxe edition)
Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More
Norah Jones: The Fall
Nurse With Wound: Space Music (vinyl)
OneRepublic: Waking Up
Patrick Watson: Just Another Ordinary Day (reissue)
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City (2-CDs & DVD)
Rakim: The Seventh Seal
Real Estate: Real Estate
Rod Stewart: Storyteller (4-CD box set)
The Rolling Stones: In the 1960s (dvd)
Rush: Working Men
Ryan Trevor: Introducing Ryan Trevor (vinyl)
Sheryl Crow: Tuesday Night Music Club (remastered 2-CD & DVD edition)
Spandau Ballet: Heart Like A Sky/Through The Barricades
Steve Martin: The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo (vinyl)
Sun Ra: New Steps (remastered)
Tape Deck Mountain: Ghost
Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures
tUnE-yArDs: BiRd-BrAiNs
Various Artists: Atlantic Records: The Time Capsule (11-disc box set)
Various Artists: Forge Your Own Chains, Vol. 1: Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges 1968-1974
Various Artists: Hoodwinked: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various Artists: Psychedelic States - Mississippi In The 60's
Various Artists: Refugees: Charisma Records Anthology 1969-1978 (3-CDs)
Various Artists: Score: 20 Years of Merge Records - The Remixes
Various Artists: Trapped in a Scene: UK Hardcore 1985-89
Vic Chesnutt: Skitter on Take Off (vinyl)
Vermillion Sands: Miss My Gun EP
We Shot the Moon: A Silver Lining
The Who, The Mods and the Quadrophenia Connection (dvd)
The Wingdale Community Singers: Spirit Duplicator
Yello: Touch Yello
Yes: Relayer (vinyl reissue)
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous CD & DVD release lists
Try It Before You Buy It (music from this week's CD releases)
tags: music cd list indie album releases
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This Week's Interesting DVD Releases (November 17th, 2009)
Star Trek fans should be happy tomorrow with the 2009 feature film on store shelves in a variety of formats, along with The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Vol. 2 and The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series, Vol. 2.
Other feature films of note out tomorrow include Jim Jarmusch's The Limits of Control and the Criterion Collection release of Downhill Racer.
The complete (four season) Farscape series is in stores tomorrow, as are the individual seasons. The complete HBO series Rome is also available tomorrow, as is a repackaged complete collection of the Sopranos.
Modern classics Fight Club and The Professional are available in Blu-ray format this week as well as Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy and Clerks.
What new releases are you picking up or adding to your Netflix queue this week?
This week's interesting DVD releases:
7th Heaven: The Ninth Season
7th Heaven: Seasons 1-9
American Venus
Avant-Garde 3: Experimental Cinema 1922-1954
Ben 10: Alien Force, Vol. 5
The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Vol. 2
The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series, Vol. 2
Basement Jack
The Beatles: Composing Outside the Beatles
Bill Engvall: Aged and Confused
The Black Crowes: Cabin Fever
Bleach, Vol. 22
Bruno
The Canyon
Chasing Amy [Blu-ray]
Clerks [Blu-ray]
Dane Cook: ISolated INcident
Darwin's Darkest Hour
The Devil Went Home and Puked: The Robert Pollard Rock Show
Downhill Racer (The Criterion Collection)
Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box One
Drawn Together - The Complete Series
Evangelion: 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone - Movie
The Exiles
Farscape: The Complete Season 1
Farscape: The Complete Season 2
Farscape: The Complete Season 3
Farscape: The Complete Season 4
Farscape: The Complete Series
Fight Club [Blu-ray]
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
Franklyn
Galaxy Quest [Blu-ray]
Girl Seeks Girl
Gone with the Wind (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
How to Be
Humpday
Hunchback of the Morgue
Indigo Girls: Live at the Roxy
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Intrepid Descent
Is Anybody There?
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: It's A Very Sunny Christmas
Kevin Smith Box Set (Clerks | Chasing Amy | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) [Blu-ray]
Kujibiki Unbalance Complete
Lil Wayne: The Carter
The Limits of Control
Luxury Car
Mad Dog Morgan
Margaret Cho: Beautiful
Melody
Michael Jackson: Fan's Camera Footage
Michael Jackson: The Interviews, Vol. 1
Michael Jackson: The Interviews, Vol. 2
Michael Jackson: Mega Box
Michael Jackson: Press Conferences and Store Signings
Michael Jackson: Thank You for the Music: The Final Word
Monk: Best of Monk
Montreal Canadiens - 100th Anniversary Collector's Set
My Brilliant Career [Blu-ray]
My Sister's Keeper
The New Year Parade
The Open Road
Penance
Princess Princess Complete
Prisoner
The Professional [Blu-ray]
The Rolling Stones: In the 1960s
Rome: The Complete Series
Rush: Working Men
Samurai Princess
Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season [Blu-ray]
Sex, Lies, and Videotape [Blu-ray]
Silent Scream
Skills Like This
The Sopranos: The Complete Series
The Spectacular Spider-Man, Vol. 5
Star Trek (2009 feature film)
Sting: A Winter's Night...Live from Durham Cathedral
ThanksKilling
Thirst
Train
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE: Season 1 [Blu-ray]
Vampire Party
Wagon Train - The Complete First Season
The Who: The Who, The Mods and the Quadrophenia Connection
Wild Child
The Zombies: Odessey and Oracle: The 40th Anniversary Concert
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous CD & DVD release lists
Soundtracked (directors and composers discuss their film's soundtrack)
tags: movies dvd list indie film
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November 16th Updates to the Best of the Decade (2000-2009) Online Music Lists
Today's additions to the list of the online best of the decade (2000-2009) music lists:
The CDP (top music videos)
Everything Under the Sun (top songs)
GISGISGIS (favorite songs)
Glen Thoughts (songs)
It's Not The Band I Hate, It's their Fans (albums)
My Ol' Blog: Nothing More, Nothing Less. (favorite albums)
News.com.au (Australian breakout acts)
News.com.au (bad songs)
News.com.au (hits & flops)
The Site Formerly Known As (top songs)
Theme for Great Cities (top songs)
also at Largehearted Boy:
list of the online best of the decade (2000-2009) music lists
daily updates to the list
Online "Best Of 2009" Music Lists
Online "Best Of 2008" Music Lists
Online "Best Of 2007" Music Lists
Online "Best Of 2006" Music Lists
Online "Best Books of 2009" Lists
Online "Best Books of 2008" Lists
other lists at Largehearted Boy
Daily Downloads (free & legal mp3 downloads)
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
musician/author interviews
tags: music cd list lists indie 2000s albums
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November 16th Updates to the Best of 2009 Online Music Lists
Today's additions to the list of the online best of 2009 music lists:
Blogronaut (albums)
A Cold Sweat (top country albums)
Creative Review (vinyl art sleeves of the year)
Dropkick's Kiosk (great Latin American albums)
EuropeCrazy (hated songs)
Get the Lot (best albums)
Headphone Commute (best EPs)
Hipsterblog (top albums)
Metacritic (best albums)
The Puppy Who Lost His Way (top albums)
Ready or Snot (favorite albums)
The Rock 'N' Roll Oatcake (top albums)
also at Largehearted Boy:
other daily updates to the list
Online Best of 2009 Music Lists
Online Best of the Decade (2000-2009) Music Lists
Online Best of 2009 Book Lists
2008 Online "Best Of" Music Lists
2007 Online "Best Of" Music Lists
2006 Online "Best Of" Music Lists
Online "Best Books of 2008" Lists
other lists at Largehearted Boy
Daily Downloads (free & legal mp3 downloads)
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
musician/author interviews
tags: music cd list lists indie 2000s albums
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November 16th Updates to the Online Best of 2009 Book Lists
Today's updates to the list of online "best of 2009" book lists:
The Atlantic (books of the year)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's alphabet & counting books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's biography & history books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's fiction picture books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's graphic novels)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's historical fiction books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's non-fiction picture books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's poetry books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's pop-up & novelty books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's realistic fiction books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best children's science books)
The Columbus Dispatch (best young adult novels)
Entertainment Weekly's Shelf Life (best books)
Guerrilla Girls on Tour (best books)
Horn Book Magazine (books)
Jessy Randall (best poetry books)
Let It Read (best books)
National Outdoor Book Awards (outdoors books)
Old Musty Books (most enjoyable books for reasons other than the story)
Stiletto Online (top selling books in South Africa)
also at Largehearted Boy:
Online "Best Books of 2009" Lists
Online "Best Books of 2008" Lists
daily updates to the list
Online Best of the Decade (2000-2009) music lists
2009 Online Year-end Music Lists
2008 Online Year-end Music Lists
2007 Online Year-end Music Lists
2006 Online Year-end Music Lists
other lists at Largehearted Boy
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Anitiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
guest book reviews
musician/author interviews
52 Books, 52 Weeks
tags: books literature list lists indie 2009 fiction nonfiction
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Shorties (Tegan and Sara, Michael Moorcock's Doctor Who Novel, and more)
Prefix interviews Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara.
The Guardian reports that Michael Moorcock will write a Doctor Who novel.
DOA interviews Matt Dowling of Deleted Scenes.
Pitchfork reviews Robert Pollard's latest 100-track outtakes compilation, Suitcase 3.
The Art of Manliness lists the 50 best books for boys and young men.
The Sydney Morning Herald profiles singer-songwriter Greta Gertler and her alternative means for funding her debut album.
To make the orchestral pop album, Gertler estimates she will need a relatively modest $16,000 (''I never had that much money personally so, to me, it sounds like a lot of money'') but she decided not to go the Public Enemy route of selling shares in a future album, with its possibility of a financial return for investors, much like film financing. Instead she turned to the online site Kickstarter, which organises and formalises the process across a number of artistic disciplines.
The Collagist excerpts from Xiaoda Xiao's novel, The Cave Man.
Drowned in Sound reviews music singles released this week.
The 24-track Daptone Gold compilation is on sale at Amazon MP3 for $2.99.
One of my favorite literary websites, The Nervous Breakdown, has been redesigned.
I Love Rob Liefeld has posted a meta-list of the best comics of 2008.
This week Five Chapters is serializing a new short story by Josh Weil.
Follow me on Twitter for links that don't make the daily "Shorties" columns.
also at Largehearted Boy:
online "best of 2009" book lists
online "best of 2009" music lists
best of the decade (2000-2009) online music lists
daily mp3 downloads
Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and full album streams from this week's CD releases)
weekly music & DVD release lists
tags: music books popculture indie
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Daily Downloads (Lissie, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and more)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads:
Benji Cossa: "Sunset (demo)" [mp3]
other Benji Cossa posts at Largehearted Boy
Jason Boesel: "Hand of God" [mp3] from Hustler's Son (out January 12th)
other Jason Boesel posts at Largehearted Boy
Lissie: "Everywhere I Go'" [mp3] from Why You Runnin'
other Lissie posts at Largehearted Boy
Ofeliadorme: several tracks [mp3]
other Ofeliadorme posts at Largehearted Boy
Snow Patrol: "New Sensation (INXS cover)" [mp3] from Late Night Tales
other Snow Patrol posts at Largehearted Boy
Surfer Blood: "Swim" [mp3] from Astro Coast (out January 19th)
other Surfer Blood posts at Largehearted Boy
Tindersticks: "Black Smoke" [mp3] from Falling Down a Mountain (out January 25th)
other Tindersticks posts at Largehearted Boy
Various Artists: 1,328 free and legal songs at Amazon MP3
Virgin of the Birds: "Chemicals Change (Lovely Sparrows cover)" [mp3]
other Virgin of the Birds posts at Largehearted Boy
Free and legal mp3s of live performances at other websites:
Clock Hands Strangle: Daytrotter session [mp3]
other Clock Hands Strangle posts at Largehearted Boy
Jen & Abby: Luxury Wafers session [mp3]
other Jen & Abby posts at Largehearted Boy
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: 2009-11-14, New York [mp3]
other Pains of Being Pure at Heart posts at Largehearted Boy
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous free and legal mp3 daily downloads
2009 Bonnaroo downloads
other music festival downloads
Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and album streams from weekly CD releases)
weekly CD release lists
tags: music download indie mp3
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November 15, 2009
36 Down, 16 To Go "The Vegan Monologues" (52 Books, 52 Weeks)
The Vegan Monologues is a book vegans, vegetarians, and even meat eaters can enjoy. Ben Shaberman's essays are filled with humor, self-deprecation, and incredible honesty as he shares his vegan lifestyle and life choices. Never preachy but always informative and entertaining, The Vegan Monologues is an impressive essay collection.
For one month, enter the coupon code "LHB001" at Atomic Books and receive 15% off this title.
My next book is Achewood Volume 2: Worst Song, Played On Ugliest Guitar, by Chris Onstad.
also at Largehearted Boy:
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2009 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2008 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2007 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2006 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2005 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2004 Edition)
Online "best of 2009" book lists
Online "best of 2008" book lists
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
tag: books literature non-fiction
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November 15th Updates to the Best of the Decade (2000-2009) Online Music Lists
Today's additions to the list of the online best of the decade (2000-2009) music lists:
Berkeley Place (best rappers)
Faithwalk Clothing (best videos)
The Lawrentian (favorite albums)
Life in the Vacuum (top albums)
LMNOP's (top albums)
No Inspiration (best artists)
The Pop Chart (worst songs)
Saturday Night Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees (best oi!/street punk songs)
Real Horrorshow Tunes (favourite albums)
also at Largehearted Boy:
list of the online best of the decade (2000-2009) music lists
daily updates to the list
Online "Best Of 2009" Music Lists
Online "Best Of 2008" Music Lists
Online "Best Of 2007" Music Lists
Online "Best Of 2006" Music Lists
Online "Best Books of 2009" Lists
Online "Best Books of 2008" Lists
other lists at Largehearted Boy
Daily Downloads (free & legal mp3 downloads)
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
musician/author interviews
tags: music cd list lists indie 2000s albums
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Shorties (Fanfarlo, Melvin Van Peebles' Graphic Novel, and more)
Fanfarlo visits The Current studio for an interview and live performance.
The Miami Herald interviews filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles about his graphic novel, Confessions Of A Ex-Doofus Itchy-Footed Mutha.
The Seattle Times offers a "vampire tour" of Seattle.
The Miami New Times interviews author Tao Lin.
Hmm ... Before I read any of your stuff, I heard online hype about "Tao Lin." Do you have any interest in that sort of thing, being a web celeb?
I have interest in being known because it means more people will buy my books, my writing will be worth more to newspapers or magazines, and I'll have more opportunities and options in my life in that I will meet more potential friends or other people of interest to me. The more people that know who I am the better of a chance, I feel, I will have of having "steady cash flow without a real job" and "friends that I like" and "the resources that I need to do certain things that I find artistically satisfying or exciting."
The Independent reviews The United States of McSweeney's: Ten Years of Accidental Mistakes.
There's a kind of a theme here, a thoroughly American one, and it runs throughout the anthology: immigrants and newcomers, untethered by geography or circumstance, and desperate to find new rules by which to live. At its best, the McSweeney's imprimatur has been a catalyst for a stream of superb short fiction that grapples with these questions, and – while it's a shame that such marvellous writers as T Coraghessan Boyle and Michael Chabon have been excluded, presumably because they need no further help to build a reputation – that mission is by and large fulfilled here, too.
Fulham soccer manager Roy Hodgson discusses literature with the Observer.
In football, you can always find another right-back, but Hodgson's fascination for literature is such that he has exhausted many of the "greats" and may need an army of book-reviewing scouts to keep his mind stretched, away from the training ground, where he is omni-present, and Capello-like in his imposition of principles.
"Indignation. Very, very good, it was," he is saying. "I thought I'd read them all. Isaac Bashevis Singer and [Saul] Bellow are two others. The problem I have now is that I'm always trying to find new authors, because ones like Updike and Roth and Bellow – you end up reading them all. Those people are hard to find. I found one recently: Sebastian Barry – The Secret Scripture and The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty."
On sale at Amazon MP3: the Cars' classic 11-track Candy-O album for $2.99
Talkback on Publishers Weekly interviews comics artist Eddie Campbell.
Discover some new music (and music blogs) with the Music Alliance Pact's November edition (featuring 34 songs by 34 bands from 34 countries presented by 34 blogs).
NPR's All Things Considered profiles George Harrison's son, Dhani Harrison.
Follow me on Twitter for links that don't make the daily "Shorties" columns.
also at Largehearted Boy:
online "best of 2009" book lists
online "best of 2009" music lists
best of the decade (2000-2009) online music lists
daily mp3 downloads
Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and full album streams from this week's CD releases)
weekly music & DVD release lists
tags: music books popculture indie
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