Band of Horses covered Songs: Ohia / Magnolia Electric Co.’s “I’ve Been Riding with the Ghost” to raise awareness of a tribute concert for Jason Molina.
California poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera dropped in on NPR as guest DJ last week, and you can listen to the full thirty-minute radio show, as well as five of the tracks he played.
“Maybe I’m too suggestible, but I’ve a habit of absorbing bits of books I read. I used to think it was like literary osmosis — natural, spontaneous — but I’ve since noticed a primary trigger: food. In this respect, perhaps it’s more like literary Inception — involuntary, unconscious. Food references grab my attention even when they’re wildly inappropriate. I bought a doughnut right as I started reading Skippy Dies.”
I Read About It: Music, Food, Poetry, and Lifestyle Suggestions We’ve Taken from Literature
“Seaquence is an experiment in musical composition. Adopting a biological metaphor, you can create and combine musical lifeforms resulting in an organic, dynamic composition.”
“Sir Tom Stoppard has written a play for BBC Radio 2 to mark the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon featuring Bill Nighy and Rufus Sewell.” Huh, so it looks like Stoppard still isn’t slowing down.
Ever since The Rumpus began reviewing albums, you knew the day would come when they’d review Vanilla Ice. (If you’re wondering, the writer tackled his major label debut.)
This song turned Buzz Poole into a Dead Head.
Indeed, at times it seems as if every writer I’ve met since 2003 is also a musician, and most of the musicians I’ve met are, or would like to be, writers. Literary works are now routinely accompanied by purpose-made soundtracks; bands are calling upon literary writers to supply lyrics. It is not uncommon for literary readings to be bookended by musical acts, and one of the most popular current literary blogs, The Largehearted Boy, is also among the most popular music blogs. The worlds of rock and lit appear to be merging. How did this happen?
What Makes a Writer Want to Rock Out? by J. Robert Lennon
“It’s fiction,” Frank Ocean says of the book he might be writing. “And it’s about brothers.”
“There is no musical act in whom I have a greater emotional and sentimental investment than OutKast. Southernplayalistic was the first album that ever blew my mind.”
- Bomani Jones writes about ATLiens, his first car, and the way things seem different the older you get.
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