- I’ve been meaning to mention this since FOREVER, and The Times-Picayune finally reminds me with a rave review of the anthology Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?. It has contributions by her and her; what more convincing do you need?
- Gavin read Lydia Millet’s Oh Pure and Radiant Heart. (Feb 12 entry.)
- And via, a little interview with Kelly in the Charlotte Observer, wherein the interviewer seems to think she’s written "creepy" novels. Or perhaps is just choosing to refer to short stories as novels. (But it’s a good piece, despite that.)
- Rock star bad-ass author Rupert Thomson is in the house at the LBC today, but he wants questions. From you. (It’s Divided Kingdom week over there, btw. I loved it and think lots of y’all SF types would/will too.)
- What an assortment of romance publishers pay.
Admittedly, I’ve only heard one track off the new Jenny Lewis album and it would be "The Big Guns." But am I the only person who’s disturbed that she sounds like she’s impersonating Neko Case on it? (And btw, the one track I’ve heard from Case’s new album is fantastic. And it has the best cover ever — over there to the right.)- I know it’s early, but I deem this the post of the week: Jeff Ford on appearing before the Garden State Horror Writers. Or not.
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Agree on the Ford: post of the week, just for the humour. I’ll probably comment on the metaphysics today, but he deserves a beer or something for writing this bit:
I’d had some practice at this kind of thing with panels at the conventions and conferences where I’d sit with a couple of other writers and editors and make believe I first, knew something about, and second, gave a shit, about something like Hard Science Fiction versus The Ghost Story. All I can think of when I’m on those panels is how many beers I’m not getting to drink, and my performances when involved with them can be classified as: “befuddled,” “bewildered,” “inchoate,” “they can smell that shit in Fresno.”
Ha! We think alike. I actually emailed myself that paragraph in case I end up moderating the Death of the Panel panel at Wiscon this year.
The Jenny Lewis album is worth it.
And I’ve heard multiple tracks from the upcoming Neko record and they sound amazing.
the jenny lewis is OK (you know its a free download at team-love.com?)- I like Rilo Kiley much better. Cat Power’s The Greatest (which came out the same day as JL) is MUCH better. I especially love the song The Moon….
Let us all worship at Chan Marshall’s feet.
I loved the Jenny Lewis album. The cover reminds me of The Shining. Did you know the Watson Twins are from Louisville? And they have released an EP this month too.
I like the Jenny Lewis album a lot (and as a devoted Rilo Kiley fan from way back, I’d say this is in the same ballpark in terms of quality). There are some really great tracks on it (though “The Big Guns” isn’t one of my favorites, I must say).
I’ll have to listen to some Neko Case now.