Wednesday, February 13, 2019 →
Liked this this quote/pic posted by a company I really enjoy following online.
Favorite song of the year so far: “Dylan Thomas” on the Bridgers/Oberst combo record (Spotify).
Crib crasher
Finished and really enjoyed the BBC’s recent four-part “Howards End” adaptation. Streaming on Prime.
Dana Goodyear: “Blurred Lines” — Fantastically interesting and smartly plotted New Yorker profile of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and his new Gerhard Richter-related project.
Enjoyed this Kara Swisher interview with executive recruiter James Citrin, who’s working at the highest levels of tech and media.
Basecamp's Public Post-Mortem
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
In an episode of the company’s “Rework” podcast, Basecamp staff look back on their five-hour outrage in November. Savvy framing of one of the company’s worst days.
Terry Theise on "a Fine Kind of Melancholy"
Sunday, January 13, 2019
From the wine importer’s crisply written and life-philosophy-framing book Reading Between the Wines, a favorite of mine from last year: Such wines are not easy to find. We drink them just a few times in our lives. But we never forget them, or the places they lead us to. A few weeks before writing this, I dined with my wife in the Austrian Alps, in a restaurant whose chef worked with wild local herbs.
Craig Mod on the Future of Books
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Thoughtful piece at Wired from someone who’s been thinking and writing about this subject for quite some time: “We have arrived to the once imagined Future Book in piecemeal truths.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Essential Role of Great Editors
Sunday, December 9, 2018
At the close of Coates’ recent interview with Chris Hayes, the host asks him if he’s working on a new book. The dodge Coates gives, not wanting to discuss a project-in-process, ends up being a terrific toast to the necessity of sharp, tough early readers and editors: I do, I do have a writing project and I love you people so much, let me tell you how much I love you.
“Will Oldham: Unmasked” — For GQ, Alex Pappademas gets unusual access to one of my favorite songwriters.
New Knausgaard Interview @ NewYorker.com
Monday, November 12, 2018
From a substantive new interview with Joshua Rothman: I had felt for many, many years that the form of the novel, as I used it, created a distance from life. When I started to write about myself, that distance disappeared. If you write about your life, as it is to yourself, every mundane detail is somehow of interest—it doesn’t have to be motivated by plot or character. That was my only reason for writing about myself.
"Succession"
Friday, November 9, 2018
Finished season one. Stopped midway through, for its sourness, then continued through the finale. Moneyed, nasty fun that leaves a lousy aftertaste. Great performances. Nicholas Braun as Cousin Greg steals every scene he’s in.
Late thanks to EQ for having me on as a guest on the Bourbon Friday Show. Enjoyed talking about Forest Park and Forest Park Forever.
“Maybe the ocean is nothing / except the sound of being born.” — From Ben Purkert’s poem “News”
“A Black Rear Extension Was Added To A 1960’s Brick House In Sydney“ — Stellar and surprising.
Forest Young on The Design of Business, The Business is Design — Terrific interview with this Wolff Olins designer. Fun to hear some self-deprecating stories from his getting-started years.
“How I Built This” on Betterment — I’ve been impressed with this offering in recent years and enjoyed this conversation with its young CEO.
In The Atlantic, Nathaniel Rich on “William Vollmann’s Brutal Book About Climate Change”. Sounds fascinating and utterly Vollmann.
Link of the day: the International Institute of St. Louis. Grateful it exists. Proud to support it.