Guitarist Steve Vai recalls asking Frank Zappa for advice. “What’s the one thing you would tell an aspiring musician?” the awe struck kid asked.
The oddity of death and remove, in today’s social media age
I’m currently reading The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, the posthumous collection from Denis Johnson. Expect a full review shortly.
Montfort on the future
Nick Montfort, author of The Future recently sat down with Slushpile patron saint John Biggs for an episode of the Technotopia podcast.
McGowan asks B&N for apology
A number of sources are reporting that an appearance from Rose McGowan at the Union Square Barnes & Noble went south.
You still brag about that high school state championship?
So, here’s a book deal that will make you feel like you’ve accomplished almost nothing in your life.
“The only member of the U.S.
Downing book deal announced
After posting yesterday about hard rock books, I saw an announcement about yet another new release. According to Blabbermouth,
Just can’t stop the hard rock book train
There once was a time when book and magazine editors proudly said, “Metalheads don’t read.” But we now know that to embarrassingly incorrect as books by hard rock musicians continue to appear,
How do you get rid of books?
Most book lovers confront the possibility of being crushed by their libraries at some point or another. Depending on your space and your finances,
Wolff teases easter egg in megaselling book
As if Michael Wolff hadn’t already made enough money off Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,
Vance will not run for Senate
On Friday, multiple outlets reported that author J.D. Vance had announced that he would not run for Senate in Ohio.
A landslide of Lansdale advice
Author Joe R. Lansdale got 2018 off to a rousing start with a landslide of writing advice on his social media pages.
How the Milo edits benefit us all
The lawsuit that Milo Yiannopolous filed against Simon & Schuster is available for viewing, which means you can read his book without purchasing it,
Knopf, Scandinavians, and publishing legends
Knopf is tagging along with another Scandinavian publishing phenomenon. This interesting article in Publisher’s Weekly details how Swedish agent Niclas Salomonsson convinced executives to sign up Lars Kepler.
Pulitzer winner’s pad for sale
Not every author who wins a Pulitzer Prize ends up sitting on a pile of money. But Herman Wouk seems to have done well for himself over the decades.
Here’s a doozie of a sentence
“He was certainly one of his men, he had wanted to sign him at any cost after being won over by his performances at the World Cup in South Africa,
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