Friday Odds & Ends
This is the last mention of Dave Eggers this week. I swear! But you’ve got to take a look at the special furry edition of his upcoming novel The Wild Things:
In non-Dave news, I’ve been enjoying this tune, which has the good taste to name check Dostoevsky – twice. (via Heather at I am Fuel…)
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Ha Ha Tonka – Close Every Valve to Your Bleeding Heart
While you’re listening to that, please read Jeff Hobbs’ Open Letter to Kanye West over at The Millions. It’s about “The Louis Vuitton Don’s” complaint that books are all wordy.
Then check out Seth Godin’s anti-textbook rant.
And Dan Baum (Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans) writes in the NYT about The Way of the Bayou:
While the rest of us Americans scurry about with a Blackberry in one hand and a to-go cup of coffee in the other in a feverish attempt to pack more achievement into every minute, it’s the New Orleans way to build one’s days around friends, family, music, cooking, processions, and art. For more than two centuries New Orleanians have been guardians of tradition and masters of living in the moment — a lost art. Their preference for having more time than money was at the heart of what made that city so much fun to visit and so hard to leave.
Finally, Author Jack Pendarvis reports on LiterJerry Matters.
Now go outside and play.
June 19, 2009 9:08 am 
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