October 2009
1 post
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Designing "Lolita" →
September 2009
3 posts
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The Life Pursuit: An Interview with Maira Kalman →
You may know her from here or here or here. I got a cute email back from Ms. Kalman this morning wishing me a “happy crispy september.”
(And yes, the title is a Belle & Sebastian reference.)
August 2009
5 posts
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A Different Kind of Blue →
A look behind the scenes at Kind of Bloop, a track-by-track 8-bit cover album of Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue. Features interviews with project organizer Andy “Waxy” Baio and Shnabubula, one of the chiptune artists on the album.
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July 2009
10 posts
Some personal items: I started my job at I Can Has Cheezburger this week. I’m also doing some part-time consulting with startup Life360. This weekend, I’m scouting out apartments in Seattle.
All for now.
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Guilty Ear →
An opinions piece for the Bureau on why there should be no such thing as a “guilty pleasure,” and kind of an excuse for me to write about Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
“Much in the way that everybody who saw Sideways is now an expert on wine, the...”
– Ted Dziuba takes TechCrunch to task for, well, mostly being a bunch of morons. (via jimray)
“We don’t seek to do good. We may inadvertently do good. We may...”
– Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media
I’ve always thought of Denton as an asshole, but now I’m realizing that at least he’s my favorite kind of asshole: one who knows it. Sure, some of what Gawker’s sites run is tabloid worthy headlines, but I’ve found myself reading...
Remember “Wolf at the Door”?
Revenge of the Author
If the author is dead, they’re still as vicious and bitter as zombies.
Recently, author Alain de Botton responded to negative review of his novel from The New York Times Book Review. Directed at reviewer Caleb Crain, Botton wrote, “I will hate you till the day I die and wish you nothing but ill will in every career move you make. I will be watching with interest and...
“Stillness is the Move” by the Dirty...
“can Bon Iver enjoy a really good plate of nachos or does he just sigh, thinking...”
– @rafikam (via maura) (via catbird)
June 2009
11 posts
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“Disparate Phenomena”: An Interview with Bill... →
A short interview I did for The Bygone Bureau with Bill Wasik, who I met up with on his Seattle stop of his book tour supporting And Then There’s This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture.
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Getting Over “Game Over”: How Indie Developers Are... →
An article I wrote for the Bureau on the indie art games movement.
New side project from Stuart Murdoch of Belle...
May 2009
31 posts
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Much Ado About Political Blogs →
An article I wrote for the Bureau that features bits from my thesis.
TIME's 10 Best Graphic Novels →
Surprisingly, I’ve only read half of these, though I was glad to see my top three comics made the list (Bone, Watchmen, and Blankets—in that order). Looking forward to borrowing the rest from the library.
TIME's 100 Best English-Language Novels →
I’ve read roughly 20% of the list. Not bad, but I’ve got my work cut out for me this summer. Some great contemporary picks on here.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (kind of)
The Great Gatsby by F....
“HEY TWITTER, TAKE THE SO CALLED KANYE WEST TWITTER DOWN NOW …. WHY?...”
– Kanye West, world’s greatest blogger
“That Unquenchable Desire for Art”: An Interview... →
Caitlin’s interview is probably one of the best articles we’ve ever run on the Bureau.
“when i say i’m vegetarian, guys often respond “oh, i’m...”
– @treyp
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Reading "2666": The Part About the Crimes →
(Since this blog is supposed to be my ideal resume, I’ll be linking my published work from the Bureau.) This is from my series about Roberto Bolano’s novel 2666.
