Rarely does a book by novelist Michel Houellebecq appear in print without begetting acrimony in the French literary press. The provocative, anti-soixante-huitard1 and curiously un-French Les particules élémentaires [Atomised/The Elementary Particles], perhaps one of the most doom-ridden and depressive novels in the history of French literature, caused so much uproar in France during the 1998 fall […]
1. Mourning the end of Breaking Bad? Well, you can relive all of Walter White’s antics…en español. Univision is remaking the popular AMC show, and I’ll be interested to see how menacing Heisenberg looks in a sombrero. – – – 2. In case you’ve been sleeping soundly, here are some fresh nightmares. The pH levels […]
I’ve been thinking about this week’s post for a while now. Gravity is out today, and really it’s the only thing I care about and the only thing worth watching this weekend. So, in that regard, this week’s post is minimal. One video, a mashup of the promotional spots released a bit ago. Really what […]
Unlike most, my first encounter with Emily Haines was not Metric, but her solo work as Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton. Mentioned somewhat absently as a record most anticipated by a friend whose opinion I admired, it was so deemed that I had to get this record, Knives Don’t Have Your Back. I searched […]
It’s not yet October, but I’m excited for Halloween. So to kick off a month of Sound Bites devoted to the more macabre, La La Land Records has released a second volume of music from The X Files to celebrate it’s 20th Anniversary. These are limited edition sets that are a bit costly, but there are samples […]
