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October 24, 2019
Shorties (John Lithgow on His New Trump-Themed Poetry Collection, Neil Young on His New Album, and more)
John Lithgow discussed his book of Trump-themed poetry, Dumpty, at The Hill.
“In a way it was a relief to just concentrate on witty language,” Lithgow tells ITK. “Doing sort of handsprings with language and wit with rhyme and meter is the perfect response, for one thing, the debasement of language in this administration. I thought I’ll just concentrate on being as clever and creating the snappiest rhymes I possibly can to just captivate people, make them laugh in spite of themselves.”
Neil Young talked to Morning Edition about his forthcoming album with Crazy Horse, Colorado.
All Songs Considered examined Bandcamp's rise in the 2010s.
Haaretz profiled author Andre Aciman.
NPR Books reviewed Holly George-Warren's Janis Joplin's biography, Janis: Her Life and Music.
Janis captivatingly tells the story of her two solo albums, 1969's I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! and 1971's posthumous Pearl, as well as the latter's chart-topping hit "Me and Bobby McGee," rendering the backdrop and behind-the-scenes genesis of these recordings with crystalline insight.
Should bookstores charge admission?
Questlove played guest DJ at World Cafe.
George Takei discussed his graphic novel They Called Us Enemy with PBS Newshour.
Aldous Harding visited The Current for an interview and live performance.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Jarrett Kobek.
Empath covered Lucinda Williams' "Drunken Angel,"
Book Riot recommended new fall books in translation.
Musicians shared NBA season predictions at SPIN.
Granta features new short fiction by Will Boast.
PJ Harvey covered Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand."
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Madeline Stevens.
Stream two new songs by TOPS.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author D. Harlan Wilson.
Stream a solo song by Ride's Andy Bell.
Slate has a new essay by Jami Attenberg.
Stream a new Beck song.
Jeannie Vanasco recommended great nonfiction books with metanarratives at BookMarks.
Sleigh Bells covered Lead Belly’s "Where Did You Sleep Last Night."
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Helen McClory’s new book The Goldblum Variations.
NYCTaper shared a recent NYC performance by Luna.
The Reading Women podcast interviewed Miriam Toews.
Courtney Barnett covered Loose Tooth's "Keep On."
JMWW interviewed author Anne Elliott.
Tom Morello co-wrote an op-ed against the use of facial recognition technologies at music festivals.
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous Shorties posts (daily news and links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (the week's best new comics and graphic novels)
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week (recommended new books, magazines, and comics)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
weekly music release lists
