February 2009

What I’m reading: February 11

What I’m reading: February 11: Robert Christgau: No Hope Radio: Radiohead’s "Hail to the Thief" – ‘Global Gag Rule’ Lifted – The Book of Lists: Books: The New Yorker – New Statesman – An American suicide – PREVIEW: Sincerity with a Motive –

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Recent stuff: ABC, Stereogum, Spin, Pitchfork, Sound of the City

ABC World News Webcast: Loney Dears’s Dear John Pains Of Being Pure At Heart S/T Progress Reports on Stereogum: Nick Thorburn (Islands, Human Highway) The Wrens (in Q & A form, because they’re hilarious) Grizzly Bear Spin Magazine reviews (I think this is the same print issue as the last batch, but I think Spin [...]

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Progress report — elastica

Once every six months I try to look up what’s going on with the former members of Elastica, one of my favorite bands. Some members are married (to each other, so that means two, I guess). One became a born-again Christian. But frontwoman Justine Frischmann sort of disappeared. She did live with M.I.A. in London [...]

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What I’m reading: February 4

What I’m reading: February 4: Susan Sontag’s Journals and Notebooks. – By Katie Roiphe – Slate Magazine – Essay – Consider the Philosopher – After the Death of David Foster Wallace – NYTimes.com – Final touch: A cosmetic lift for your funeral? – Health care- msnbc.com – A really great photo essay on after-death cosmetic [...]

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