Chili-induced Malaise

I’m in Cincinnati for the week. I’ve already been to Skyline Chili twice.  I need to get out of here before I have a heart attack.  Here are some items of potential interest:

• The Onion A/V Club has a lackluster review of Jamestown.  My mileage varied considerably.  Maybe they were joking.
• KCRW’s Bookworm interviews Vikram Chanda about his book Sacred Games.
• The Raw Shark Texts had a very cool debut/reading in Toronto.  Now I’m really jealous that the author’s tour is not coming here.  Rats. (thanks, Ragdoll)
• The Millions blog has posted a walking tour of New York’s independent book stores.  I am filing this away for my trip to NYC this summer. 
• This American Life recently aired one of my favorite episodes ever (mp3).  The episode explained why being an astronaut isn’t all its cracked up to be; John Hodgman details how his life has changed being the “PC guy” in those apple ads; and Sarah Vowell tells the historical tale of a reluctant explorer. 
• Jessa Crispin at Bookslut says that anything that’s not White Walls by Tatyana Tolstaya is boring.
• Omnivore’s Dilemna author Michael Pollan writes about our crappy food in the New York Times Magazine (thanks, Weezie).

In other news, there is talk of a demonstration – with signs and everything – in front of the AJC building to protest the decision to eliminate their book editor.  I’ll keep you posted.

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  By Dr J, April 25, 2007 @ 10:25 am

  You can sign an on-line petition asing the AJC to reinstate Teresa Weaver and the books section here:
  http://www.petitiononline.com/atl2007/petition-sign.html

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  By Dr J, April 25, 2007 @ 1:25 pm

  P.S. I demand photos of that demonstration. And, if possible, audio.

  “What do we want?”
  “BOOK REVIEWS!”
  “When do we want ‘em?”
  “NOW!”

  “No book reviews, no peace!”

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  By Herman Glimscher, April 25, 2007 @ 1:46 pm

  “Know book reviews, know peace.”

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  By DJ Cayenne, April 25, 2007 @ 1:49 pm

  Apparently The People’s action has been post-poned until further notice. I am out of town tomorrow, so I would have missed it.

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  By flavawheel, April 25, 2007 @ 5:13 pm

  Have to get down there. Because, as you know, if book reviews are outlawed, only outlaws will review books.

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