November 19th, 2008 by Jessica | No Comments
What I’m reading: November 19:
Silent Party #5 | Pitchfork - Eric Harvey sort of breathlessly goes through Kanye West, iTunes' Genius feature, privacy, and the British Journal of Psychiatry
New York Times headlines that read like Zen koans. - By Jessica Winter - Slate Magazine -
Move Over, My Pretty, Ugly Is Here - NYTimes.com - [...]
July 9th, 2008 by Jessica | 1 Comment
What I’m reading: July 9:
Why we need movie critics. - Slate Magazine - Will someone make a similar argument for music critics? I don’t think they can, just for the simple economics of what’s being critiqued. Now, when new movies ‘leak,’ when it becomes just as easy to sample before buying as music does, I [...]
June 26th, 2008 by Jessica | No Comments
What I’m reading: June 26:
Up All Night With Amy Winehouse : Rolling Stone - Still horrifying, fascinating, etc.
Book Review - ‘American Nerd,’ by Benjamin Nugent - NYTimes.com - Not a good review, which sucks, I was looking forward to this. Also, no mention of Nugent’s girlfriend, who’s not a bad score for a self-described nerd.
Hercules [...]
June 23rd, 2008 by Jessica | No Comments
What I’m reading: June 23:
The New Republic: Postcards from Nowhere
David Foster Wallace - Commencement Speech at Kenyon University - Oddly sweet.
The Great Lil Wayne Debate: Is Tha Carter III A Classic? - I think this done, completed thing that has been released can be willed into classic-status, though the phenomenon itself has (largely) been [...]
