Impossible Mike—
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19V6wDujWyQ
Ken Baumann—
Putting this here before I go somewhere: an interview with Zachary Mason about computational mythology, building art, AI, etc. ::::: help S. B./iamaparty.com build an infinite epic poem :::::: Errol Morris has got a new five party essay up :::::::: really dig this post on Snuff Film Aesthetics from Johannes ::::: Dennis Cooper’s blog has been great the last few days : bye
Matthew Simmons—
The inspiration for HTML Giant is discussed in this fine interview with His Most Massive, Blake Butler.
Roxane Gay—
There’s a new literary/culture blog called Plumb and contributors include Charles Dodd White, Laura Ellen Scott, Sheldon Lee Compton, Robert Kloss, Lavinia Ludlow and others. Check them out. Charles, Laura and Sheldon, in particular, are wonderful and wise writers and I look forward to their contributions in particular.
Matthew Simmons—
Charles Baxter on “Owl Criticism”: “To say that something is ‘boring’ is not a statement about a book, although the speaker may think that it is; it’s a statement about the reader’s poverty of equipment.” (That’s the pithiest line. Many less pithy, more fiercely argued and substantial lines are included in the essay, as well.)
Adam Robinson—
What books are you looking forward to this summer? IT DOESN’T MATTER. (via Chris Toll.)
Roxane Gay—
Jennifer Egan wrote a really interesting (and also unexpectedly moving) article about Lori Berenson, recently paroled in Peru after a very long incarceration. I didn’t realize she was both a fiction writer and journalist.
Matthew Simmons—
Protest songs—once a total downer—can now INCLUDE STAR WARS REFERENCES! Things are better now. (In all seriousness, though, you should send IfIHadAHiFi a buck for their anti-Scott Walker song “Imperial Walker.” We’re all Wisconsin now.)
