— Too many Lou Reed elegies to count. This one, on Gawker, I found particularly moving. It seems fitting that I just finished Just Kids
— This essay, “Son of Pong”, is one of the best things I’ve read all week.
— I read this piece and wanted to cheer.
— I thoroughly enjoyed this graphic. (While the topic may be graphic, the graph is not graphic. It’s safe for work, in other words. Understood?) The references are not the ones I would choose, but I found myself laughing in recognition at some of those silly graphs. Funny. Clever.
— A letter from Kurt Vonnegut to a high school class. I miss him.
— My friend Matt Seitz’s new book The Wes Anderson Collection
Ch. 1: Bottle Rocket
Ch. 2: Rushmore
Ch. 3: The Royal Tenenbaums
Ch. 4: The Life Aquatic
Ch. 5: The Darjeeling Limited
Ch. 6: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ch. 7: Moonrise Kingdom.
Just Kids is one of those books that changed my life. It scared me almost, but it finally goaded me into leaving my safe places and packing up to move. I’ll always be grateful too it, for making me take my life and what I want to do with it seriously.
// it finally goaded me into leaving my safe places and packing up to move. //
Really! I didn’t know that.
Wow – can totally see how that book would do that. Awesome. You should write Patti Smith a letter. :)
POWERFUL book!!
Gosh I should. But It’s one of those intensely personal things I’m almost embarrassed too.
Oh my God, but you so know she would get it.
:)
Piece on Lou Reed is wonderful, it says everything you need to know about the power of music. Love that the author got to meet him, and that he was warm. Hand holding story is one I wont forget. Great link, thanks. RIP Lou.
I know, the hand holding! And how they felt awkward at first, but then had to submit. Because it’s Lou Reed holding their hand.