The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! A weekend full of optimism, pessimism, sex, mystery, and mountains and mountains of books.
The Cabins and the Woods and the Brows
“Why do you like this? Why do you want to see this hot girl’s boobs and then see her torn apart by redneck zombies to punish her for showing her boobs? Why are you getting off on all this pain and suffering?!”
Who are we to try to tease out disappointing, scientific reasons for their spooky voyages?
20 heady jams! Hype Williams! Hawkwind! oOoOO! Toro y Moi! 16 others!
Is it #fridayweeds where you are yet? Is it late-afternoon, a little after four? Is it the California New Year? We’d like to share some of our recommendations, our favorite #fridayweeds!
Close to Home: One Man vs. the Global Climate
What is the president of a country of 350,000 to do about an issue that requires the cooperation of the world’s most powerful heads of state?
Some things change, but some things don’t.
Hello Christine Brooke-Rose, R.I.P.
The work of Christine Brooke-Rose reminds us that the joy of literature isn’t in recognition and confirmation, but in playful discovery.
Arrrgh, Achtung! The State of Piracy in Germany
Isn’t the point at which they hold real political authority the time to start taking things seriously? Not to some Pirates, it seems.
The problem with the barrage of articles about the death of common decency or the increasing rate of single motherhood is that it makes society a zero-sum game.