July 2011
14 posts
Grammelot Loves Spotify!
Playlists added so far:
Jonny Greenwood: Norwegian Wood
Tindersticks: The BBC Sessions
Claude Chalhoub: Communique #1 (yay, Claude!)
Mendelson: Seuls Au Sommet
Noir Desir: 666.667 CLUB
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly
Mus: Pigaz
Gotan Project: La Revancha del Tango
Maria Bethania: 20 Grandes Sucessos
Aphex Twin: Digeridoo
Lemongrass: Hypnosis
Ryuichi Sakamoto: The Last Emperor soundtrack
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Your future is f*cked
Listen up, America: Last night President Obama and Speaker Boehner clearly and unequivocally stated their positions on the debt ceiling impasse.
Pres. Obama said, “The only reason this balanced approach isn’t on its way to becoming law right now is because a significant number of Republicans in Congress are insisting on a different approach, a cuts-only approach — an approach that doesn’t ask the...
Fear of Language
Residents of Arizona, the epicenter of American xenophobia, recently went up in arms against weather reporters’ use of the Arabic word “haboob” for the dust storms that have hit the state. Apparently the residents think it’s a disgrace to use a Middle Eastern word when we’re at war with the Middle East (or so they say). It has been suggested that while they’re...
Exit Music, 7/16-31/2002
Exit Music is an experimental novel written during the 365 days after 9/11. I have been posting the entire manuscript in 15-day installments to commemorate the tenth anniversary of that event. Here is the new installment.
July 16
A dream. I am in our house in Matimyas. It is raining heavily. I am waiting for someone to bring me breakfast from my grandmother’s house. I am going to have a quick...
The Asian American Literary Review: not just... →
Here is a review of the Review. And yay, it’s got me in it. Thanks to Lauren for the link.
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Exit Music, 7/1-15/2002
Exit Music is an experimental novel written during the 365 days after 9/11. I am posting it here in 15-day installments to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Here is the new installment.
July 1
The first permanent world criminal court, the International Criminal Court, dreamed of for decades, became a reality on Monday and opened its temporary quarters in the outskirts of the Hague –...
