On the Death of Philip Seymour Hoffman
As soon as the news of Hoffman's death was confirmed, off they galloped to the Village, on expedition into a land they knew absolutely nothing about. BY GENERAL GANDHI
Monday, February 17, 2014Even More Recent History
When the editor of The New York Times Magazine stepped down one morning this November, it was Choire Sicha who by 9 a.m. had assembled a list of suggested replacements, including novelist Renata Adler and Times India correspondent Ellen Barry. Unspoken but acknowledged, as media watchers admiringly linked to Sicha's list: some day, perhaps if a smart move was made by leadership, the new editor could Sicha himself. BY NATHAN DEUEL
LoudHound Movement's "In the Plague of Dreams"
LoudHound Movement (Photo Credit: Rachael Shane)
We invite you to join us this week at a production loosely based on Lindsay Stern's debut novella, Town of Shadows. (You can find excerpts from the novella, in this publication, here.) The performance, choreographed by LoudHound Movement and presented by Gowanus Art + Production, will debut this Friday, November 22, at 8pm in The Green Building (452 Union St., Brooklyn, NY). Tickets are $15 and available here.
Stern's novella has been praised by Tin House as "exquisite," and the founding choreographers of LoudHound Movement have been heralded by Dance Enthusiast as "three of New York City’s most promising movers and shakers." This performance features an installation as well as movement, in the service of creating Stern's dusty, dark, delicate world.
Arrive at 7:30 for light refreshments and a preview of the installation.
Other Fuckers You Might Write Like
Sisterfucker?
Yuck.
Dave, from eight grade — the guy who sold you a dime bag for $25.
Bob, from the office. Pretty sure he surreptitiously farts in the coffee room, when he's unloosing another smug packet of Splenda.
Mobutu Sese Seko.
The UN, when it failed to help in Rwanda.
John Kerry, for — y'know, windsurfing. That dick.
Sharks.
A doctor. They have bad handwriting but are wealthy. Jerks.
Rebecca West. Her collected stories: Way too heavy to take on subway.
Charles Bronson.
Martha Washington.
Others.
Just keep trying!
Prosaic: A New Approach to Computer Poetry
Working manually with cut-up phrases, humans tend toward contrivance and missed details. Our subconscious will pick one phrase over another or tie certain words together according to some plan or idea our conscious selves may not be fully aware of. Often, this is fine: but there is a wealth of beauty that only the dead logic of code can dredge up for us. BY NATHANIEL SMITH