Monthly Archives: July 2009
The Double Life is Twice as Good reading
Jonathan Ames will be giving a reading from his new book of essays and fiction, The Double Life Is Twice As Good, tonight at BookCourt at 7pm. One Ring Zero will be playing music and “the world’s fastest and most accurate knife thrower”, Throwdini, will be throwing knives. Ames has also created a new comedy series starring Jason [...]
This Long Century
This Long Century has recently updated their collection of personal and poetic contributions from a wide variety of cultural producers “considered outstanding within their field of work.” A collaboration between Georgina Lim, Stefan Pietsch, Jason Evans and Kate Sennert, the site features filmmaker Les Blank, Blixa Bargeld of Einstürzende Neubauten and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, writer Dave Hickey, and – [...]
Monika – It’s about what is said
A mysterious new magazine called Monika appeared last week in London’s bookshops. What makes Monika so out of the ordinary is that it has been released anonymously. Published with no masthead or physical contract address, and with the byline following every article or spread simply stating “M.”, there is no indication of who is behind it, or [...]
Investigating Aberrant Sidewalks
One of those backpack rappers once evocatively referred to New York as a city where every crack in the sidewalk’s a symbol. Over the past few weeks, strange aberrations have been sighted in the sidewalks of various parts of the city whose symbolism is still indeterminate. Even the causes of the aberrations remain disputed – [...]
Conversations about Iraq
For six weeks in February and March, visitors to Jeremy Deller’s show at the New Museum, It Is What It Is: Conversations about Iraq, could speak with an alternating cast of soldiers, journalists, scholars, and Iraqi nationals and refugees about the situation in Iraq and the country’s culture and history. The exhibition also featured a car that [...]
Salem, Dirt, Dysphoria
I’m sitting in Senate House library in central London during a thunderstorm thinking about Salem. Salem is a band from somewhere in the States that I don’t think is New York, and while the view out of the filthy window pane on the 8th floor is what got me thinking about them, the gray, wet London cityscape is [...]
