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August 10, 2005
Shorties
Just when I planned to catch up on my 52 Books, 52 Weeks reading or read books submitted for Book Notes, the Belle and Sebastian biography by Paul Whitelaw, Just A Modern Rock Story, arrived in my mailbox. I had to start it last night, and didn't put it down until I was finished. The first biography of the band, the book filled me in on a group whose history I was largely unfamiliar with, and drove me to re-listen to several of their albums as I read.
The new issue of The Ruminator is online, with a Fran Lebowitz interview, an annotated short story by Gloria Kurian Broder, and an investigation into the production of dog food.
If you are in the Claremont area, help Wckr Spgt send singer-songwriter, philosophy professor and Extra Glenn Franklin Bruno east on August 26th at The Press.
33 1/3 series of books
Frank Black has put together an iTunes celebrity playlist
T-shirt of the day: "My Precious" (Gollum and his iPod).
Paste's band of the week is Southern Bitch.
the Magic Numbers storm off Top of the Pops after one too many insensitive jokes about their size.
The SF Bay Guardian offers tips on how to become an indie entrepreneur on the cheap.
The Twilight Singers website has the upcoming Greg Dulli's Amber Headlights cd and the Twilight Live dvd available for preorder.
The University of North Carolina library is documenting the American south, providing internet access to "texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century."
The New Statesman reviews iPod, Therefore I Am: a personal journey through music.
I Love Music members list their best releases of 2005 (so far).
