Day job: music. Writing in LARB, The Millions, The Metropolitan Review, Socrates on the Beach, Compact, etc.. Why Elon joined my account, I don't know.
Joined April 2009
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Report from the field on the Clavicular phenomenon and the environment that made him by @BarneysRubble0 who notes: "The defining feeling of this century and driving force of technocapitalism is boredom. Mankind’s attention span has been caged these three decades in the visual medium of the internet, whose momentum relies entirely on monetizing the metadata this boredom gives off."
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So many words, so few insights
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So...in the ongoing saga of my account having been hacked, I have some of it back. Still haven't been able to rid myself of the @em... attached to me, but I'm working on it. Still locked out of my Chat so no DMs. You can reach me on Sub*** above or email: [email protected]
Purest voice: Patricia Janečková (tragically died from breast cancer on October 1, 2023, at the age of 25)
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In case you hadn’t thought about it:
Mr Todd in Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust finds his double in Annie Wilkes in Stephen King’s Misery: Mr Todd forces a reader to read, while Annie Wilkes forces a writer to write.
More on McCarthy in a new biography without (oddly) mentioning the forthcoming blockbuster AUGUSTA: AN AMERICAN MUSE by @BarneysRubble0
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“What is the American Berserk?... The American Berserk is characterized by world-historical excess. It is the mood of a country convinced of its chosenness but drenched in self-pity about that chosenness not working out.”
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an impressive impresario and helluva host...
Had wonderful night of filled w/ jazz and southern food here at Hotel Chelsea. Immensely grateful to @dave_fugel and the rest of Iris Trio, and @yungchomsky for the brilliant photos 🙏🙏
It is a truth universally acknowledged that anytime someone says in the midst of a discussion/argument that ‘I’m not stupid’ or ‘I’m not an idiot’ you can unconditionally conclude they are.
Can't wait for this to happen...if anyone can tell this story it's @BarneysRubble0
Proud to formally announce my book, AUGUSTA: AN AMERICAN MUSE, coming in 2027. AUGUSTA expands on my November 2024 profile for @VanityFair, the second most read piece in the magazine that year, to cover the full half decade relationship between Augusta Britt and Cormac McCarthy.
