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November 18, 2020
Shorties (Melissa Maerz on Her Oral History of Dazed and Confused, Spotify's New Collection of Original Holiday Covers, and more)
Melissa Maerz discussed her book Alright, Alright Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused with SPIN.
Patton Oswalt reviewed the book at the New York Times.
Spotify shared a new collection of original holiday covers.
Yesterday's update to the 2020 edition of Largehearted Boy's list of "best books of 2020" book lists added 27 new lists. 292 year-end lists are now featured, with MANY more to come.
eBooks on sale today for $1.99:
Dancing with the Octopus by Debora Harding
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Adrianne Lenker played a Tiny Desk Concert.
BuzzFeed shared an excerpt from V.E. Schwab's novel The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue.
Steve Earle covered Justin Townes Earle's "Harlem River Blues."
BoingBoing shared an excerpt from Michel Rabagliati's graphic novel Paul at Home.
The Creative Independent interviewed musician Steve Von Till.
Quentin Tarantino has signed a two novel deal with Harper Collins.
Jeff Gold discussed his book Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s with Press Play.
“A lot of musicians came out to Los Angeles basically for the better weather and better job prospects. A scene of people playing music influenced by ‘Birth of the Cool’ [by Miles Davis] started to evolve, and The Lighthouse was the number one place it did.”
BuzzFeed recommended the week's best new books.
PopMatters listed unsung music videos of the 1980s.
The Guardian recommended books about great thinkers.
The Clean’s David Kilgour & Robert Scott talked with Chris Rosi of Smokescreens about the Flying Nun sound.
Rachel Bloom discussed her memoir with USA Today.
Lenny Kravitz talked to SPIN about his memoir.
Electric Literature interviewed Kelli Jo Ford.
Guitar.com profiled Lomelda's hannah Read.
Foreign Affairs examined what literature has told us about pandemics.
The Wall Street Journal named Patti Smith its 2020 literature innovator.
Electric Literature recommended books published by the Feminist Press.
The Transmissions podcast interviewed singer-songwriter Yves Jarvis.
KIma Jones discussed her forthcoming memoir with the Los Angeles Times.
Stream a new Hannah Georgas song.
Electric Literature shared an excerpt from Danielle Evans' fiction collection The Office of Historical Corrections.
American Songwriter interviewed jason Lytle.
Tor.com shared new fiction by Elizabeth Bear.
St. Ann's Warehouse is streaming two Lou Reed live shows.
Literary Hub interviewed Patty Yumi Cottrell about editing McSweeney’s Issue 62: The Queer Fiction Issue.
Owen Pallett played a Tiny Desk Concert.
The Millions profiled author William Boyd.
Stream a new Cloud Nothings song.
Pidgeonholes interviewed author Allison Wood.
Bonny Light Horseman covered Elliott Smith’s “Clementine.”
Fiction Advocate interviewed Myriam Gurba.
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