February 8th, 2010 / 6:58 pm
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Our own Justin Taylor appears on 52 Stories this week with “Tennessee,” one of my favorite stories from Everything Here Is The Best Thing Ever, which drops tomorrow. It’s something special. Get pumped. You’ll notice some truly spectacular blurbs from a forthcoming New York Times Book Review on the left side of the 52 Stories page. In celebration, here’s a timeless Pavement video that I think pays adequate homage to Justin and, as Harold Bloom might say, whipper-snappers everywhere--and that I think embodies just how happy and excited I am that we have JT as a new voice in American fiction:
Oh, that’s a nice story. I also feel sometimes the Russian in me.
Btw, is Harold Bloom the American Reich-Ranicki?
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got my hands on a review copy of justin’s book recently — it’s hella good.
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Woohoo! Does that mean my pre-order ships tomorrow? Very excited to read this.
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http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=449302
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The book is available on the Kindle now if you can’t wait until tomorrow.
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It’s actually been available at Borders for several days already…
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February 9th, 2010 / 1:12 amTim Jones-Yelvington—
Yeah, I was gonna say… I bought mine there yesterday.
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Looking forward to
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JDT’s the only ten I see.
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hey, thanks for the love, everyone. And Alec, holy shit, that video!
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February 9th, 2010 / 1:47 amAlec Niedenthal—
I know. I love how there are just shots of the drummer’s hi-hat or whatever. Amazing.
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At first I didn’t think I’d make it through the story, but then there’s be a nice piece of dialogue or an interesting observation. Kept me going. Good story.
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Alec: Blake wants to burgle a turd or two from you and then sell it on e-bay.
Justin: I think that’s a great idea.
Alec: I told Blake I would buy one of your turds.
Ken: That’s how good you are.
Alec: I would treat your turd like it was a piece of art.
Ken: Take the turd and seal it between two thin sheets of glass.
Alec: And then hang it above my bed.
Justin: That would be really nice.
Jimmy: Hey. That was my idea. I came up with that.
Alec: So.
Jimmy: So I should get the credit. Not Blake.
Alec: You’re so sensitive.
Ken: Relax.
Alec: This isn’t a competition.
Ken: Don’t be weird.
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February 9th, 2010 / 12:40 pmmimi—
Vin Diesel: This comment is spot on.
Reading HTML GIANT is like reading an old fashioned serial with all one’s favorite characters, each with their own voice. (and Vin Diesel, you have parodied them here perfectly. I laughed!) Only in this case, it’s “real”! Real people are writing, from their real lives, from their real computers, in real time. Even me.
Of all the sites I like to hit daily, HTML GIANT, with it’s mix of contributors, and its mix of posts, is doing “what it does” best . [The Rumpus comes in (a weak) second. The McSweeney's site, of course, is it's own awesome, but of an earlier generation. Maybe Dave Eggers is the cool dad a la "Father Knows Best" circa now.]
Also, I liked “Tennessee”, and am looking forward to nabbing that book.
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I was just able to sneak read this at work. Great story, dude. I want to drink a glass of scotch now. Pretty sure I’d get caught with that at work though.
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Cool story, Justin. Looking forward to the book.
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