Royale with Cheese
Pulp Fiction with robots.
Wes Phillips
William Carlos Williams
Sound recordings of W. Carlos Williams reading his poetry.
Dog Gone
Winston Churchill referred to his depression as "the black dog." Matthew Johnstone taught his black dog to roll over by incorporating it in his art.
I Would Never Eat Juiced Frog
But would whale be all right?
Random Plot Generator
Since most seven-year-olds can think better than the average evil overlord, maybe evil overlords should hire more seven-year-olds to design their diabolical contraptions. Or they could use this random generator. Hit refresh for a new set of talking points.
KT Tunstall
It's mid-afternoon and your energy is low. You need KT, stat!
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The Boy Who Cried Freebird
Mitch Myers' book, The Boy Who Cried Freebird:
Rock and Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling, is a lovely thing. He mixes essays, short stories, tall tales, and interviews about rock to get to the core of what it is to be a music geek. "Don't compare me to that guy in High Fidelity," he says. "That dude wasted all his time organizing his collection in some kind of chronological order—everybody knows that you should file your albums by genre."
Rock and Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling, is a lovely thing. He mixes essays, short stories, tall tales, and interviews about rock to get to the core of what it is to be a music geek. "Don't compare me to that guy in High Fidelity," he says. "That dude wasted all his time organizing his collection in some kind of chronological order—everybody knows that you should file your albums by genre."
Back to the Fillmore
Andrew Coil VI gets a chance for a real rock'n'roll revival. From The Boy Who Cried Freebird.
Interactive Sgt, Pepper's
Who's that? Now you'll know.
Weekend Edition Explained
I haven't linked to Jon Carroll lately, so here's today's column, which lays out the format for the WE musician interview. Frustratingly true.