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February 10, 2023
Shorties (Rebecca Makkai's Rules of Literary Etiquette, Quasi Profiled, and more)
Rebecca Makkai shared rules for literary etiquette.
SPIN profiled the band Quasi.
Weiss and Coomes have been linchpins in the Pacific Northwest music community since the 1980s. Weiss was a fan of Coomes’s wry, erudite San Francisco-based folk rock band, The Donner Party. They met, married, and started making music together. While the marriage only lasted four years, their friendship and creative collaboration has endured for decades. Along the way they’ve each made significant contributions to indie rock, working with dozens of other musical partners. Weiss has drummed with Stephen Malkmus, Bright Eyes, and The Shins. Coomes played with Elliott Smith, Built to Spill, and, most recently, Jon Spencer. But they’ve always returned to Quasi.
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All Things Considered visited the Fashion Institute of Technology's exhibit that features 50 years of fashion in hip hop.
The Beat shared an excerpt from Fabien Grolleau and Ewen Blain's graphic novel Guardian of Fukushima.
Dan Charnas explored the legacy of an eatrly J Dilla beat tape at Pitchfork.
But as great as Donuts is, there is a more obscure piece of collected work that best illuminates the ongoing influence of James Dewitt Yancey: a humble beat tape created eight years prior, when he was still going by the name Jay Dee.
Matt Bell reviewed one of my favorite novels of the year, Isabel Waldner's Sterling Karat Gold, at the New York Times.
Waidner grounds their surrealism in the history of England’s bigotry against queer people and immigrants; in the ideas and images of other writers, artists and musicians; and in recognizable sci-fi tropes.
Stream a new song by Esther Rose.
National Geographic UK recommended books set in U.S. cities.
Stream five new songs by M83.
Davon Loeb talked to Electric Literature about his memoir.
In storytelling, I’m always about using singular events. And sure in life, there’s more than one event that makes us think, “What’s my story? What’s my family history?” But in the book, I talk about this experience of going to the Holocaust Museum in DC when I’m in high school, and that really was a pivotal moment in my life when I felt connected to something other than what I grew up with.
The Smart Set remembered Tom Verlaine.
Gayle Brandeis talked to Shondaland about her new essay collection.
I’ve really been fascinated with the connection between writing and the body for many, many years.
Stream a new song by Das Koolies.
Lamya H discussed her memoir Hijab Butch Blues with Kirkus.
Stream a new song by Talib Kweli and Madlib.
Just the Right Book interviewed author Courtney Maum.
Stream a new song by Lisel.
Helen Garner shared an essay on happiness at the Guardian.
Stream a new song by Depeche Mode.
The New York Times recommended the week's best books.
Stream a new song by OK Cool.
The Quietus shared a conversation between Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall.
Stream a new song by Nina Nastasia & Marissa Paternoster.
Stereogum reconsidered Ted Leo's Hearts of Oak album on its 20th anniversary.
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