Vollman Goes Batty
The fine folks over at The Bat Segundo Show scored a major interview with literary genius William T. Vollman. Vollman discussed a wide range of topics including Copernicus, the relationship between religion and science, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Ptolemy, Intelligent Design, Iraq, live lived according to the “cash nexus” versus life in other countries, the Bush Administration as…
continue readingFree Copy of Improbable Available
I tend to accumulate multiple copies of books. Either because they are gifts, or because I travel somewhere and can’t wait to get home for a particular reference, but I have several duplicates lining the Slushpile shelves. So I’m going to be cleaning those out in the coming days. Today, I’ve got an extra copy of Adam…
continue readingInterview: Michael Flocker, Author
Social observer extraordinaire Michael Flocker has written three well-received books on style, leisure, and our celebrity-obsessed culture. He brings a keen eye, a sharp wit, and an appreciated amount of sincerity to his work. While most other social commentators only want to poke fun, criticize and complain, Flocker intends for his work to benefit readers’ lives. The…
continue readingWhen Did Jesse Helms Move to Hollywood?
I’m confused. Or maybe I’m just a bumpkin. But I thought Hollywood was liberal. The Kerry-Edwards ticket defeated Bush-Cheney in the state of California by more than 1.2 million votes. Presumably, much of that came from Los Angeles and Hollywood. British media outlet The Guardian reported that more than 1,500 Hollywood residents “from all walks of…
continue readingJude’s Making a Bunch of Money
Thousands of pieces of stolen body parts? $5 million in tissue quarantined or destroyed? Man, with that kind of volume, Jude from Will Christopher Baer’s fantastic Kiss Me, Judas must really be busy. Taking organs from corpses isn’t her usual MO as she prefers live victims, but maybe she’s branching out.
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