As you may have gathered from my piece about Harold & Maude, there is a handful of art that connects me to a particular girl—specifically, to a shitty breakup. Neko Case’s previous album, Middle Cyclone, is another. The album was brash and empowered, wild, a nearly literal force of nature. High emotion is probably how […]
1. Continuing the twisted trend of posthumous publishing, it was revealed that J.D. Salinger instructed his estate to release five of his works, which will be available as early as 2015. New item to add to my to-do list, directly below “write books”: Get an estate. – – – 2. This photo of Chicago’s loop […]
1. We lost a literary icon this week, Elmore Leonard. Look back at his ten rules for writing. “If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” – – – 2. Papers, Please, a bureaucracy simulator. In this “dystopian document thriller,” you play as an immigration inspector at the border checkpoint of the communist state of Arstotzka. – – […]
1. Some comedy genius mocked up posters for the fake movies mentioned in Seinfeld. I’m forced to deduct a point for the omission of Brown Eyed Girl, though. – – – 2. It’s Not You, It’s Me, A wonderfully dark short film starring Gillian Jacobs. It gets the Peter John McLean Black Comedy Seal of […]
In anticipation of the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad, here is a very special Ennealogic to get you properly amped. 1. The Look Back: A rapid-fire recap of everything leading up to the home stretch. – – – 2. The Homage(s): In this trifecta, The Simpsons parody one of BB‘s best montages, Weird Al’s “Albuquerque” gets […]
