Nights I Dreamed of Hubert Humphrey
Gina Myers03.29.13
Meeting a pale man at the crossroads at midnight, Hubert Humphrey, to barbecue some baby back ribs. A slice and a side of Americana: Daniel Mueller’s Nights I Dreamed of Hubert Humphrey is now out from Outpost19.
A Conversation with Jaswinder Bolina’s Phantom Camera
Amy Herschleb03.26.13
This is much less a review of Phantom Camera and much more a summation of a single conversation spanning years which was caught in the throat of Gchat and coughed onto the page, whole hog.
A Guitar Hero Guide to Marnie Stern
Christina Lee03.21.13
The latest (and possibly last) Marnie Stern album, The Chronicles of Marnia, prompts a retrospective re-listen of her discography in the hope she doesn’t go the way of Jack Slater.
We Cannot All Be Rocks In Heaven: Brandon Shimoda’s Portuguese
Laura Carter03.15.13
Laura Carter delves into “this shifting image of myself in which I see my past, my present, my future, all indivisibly reflected” of Brandon Shimoda’s Portuguese, the first collaboration between Octopus Books and Tin House Press.
The Human Work of Animal Bodies
Laura Straub03.11.13
Laura Straub gets lost in the fur of David Courtright’s new collection of poems.
The Little We See In Moscow Case 1993
Christina Lee03.06.13
Michael Jackson: Moscow Case 1993: An overlooked documentary offers a brief but devastating glimpse at the King of Pop during his fall from grace, a time we would rather forget.
Being Sized Up by Samantha Crain’s Kid Face
Christina Lee02.18.13
When Samantha Crain parted ways with her founding band the Midnight Shivers, the Shawnee, Okla., troubadour picked up an electric guitar and wrote 11 songs written from the perspectives of 16 different people she’s met––2010’s excellent You (Understood), her version of a “breakup album.” But with followup Kid Face, Crain fully embraces her newfound freedom.
“Go with great care”
Laura Carter02.12.13
Laura Carter leads us through the forest of Kate Greenstreet’s “experimental memoir” Young Tambling.
We’ve Things to Do: Sitting with We the Common
Christina Lee02.08.13
Christina Lee joins the hootenanny of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down’s third album, We The Common.
Alain Badiou: Philosophy For Militants
Gean Moreno02.07.13
The new translation of French philosopher Alain Badiou’s lectures explains why Militants are necessary to philosophical thought, who the hero of our times must be, and which colors to wear for Spring (anything that goes with red, basically).
