The Last Hurrah of the Mash-Ups
All of these unlikely musical pairings are bound to get unlikable soon. But rest assured somebody out there will still appreciate the effort. Reviews of the very last of the famous international long-playing records.
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News About Three Writers, Two of Whom Are Really Real, Really
Last night’s Gary Benchley party for recently, author-ially outed Paul Ford was a complete success. Thank you to everyone who was able to make it. And thank you also to Spike Hill in Williamsburg for accommodating us and reminding everyone in attendance why we didn’t hold the
7 October 2005
New York's currently: terrorized? Ha! Terrorized! HA. Terrorized... The Morning News is off in observance of Columbus Day. We will return Tuesday, Oct. 11. Two suicide attacks and two assassinations kill 17 in Baghdad, nine days before vote on new constitution. New York fills the subways with cops
Smoke, A London Peculiar
Contemporary writing about London has been slightly cursed by the Iain Sinclair factor, with the author’s dense but overbearing style encouraging legions of imitators to laboriously scrape away the modern city in search of the historical debris—and laborious prose—that lies beneath. Fanzine Smoke eschews the density in
Raising the Stakes
Drooping flowers are no gardener’s friend. So how can you fix them? And, more to the point, how did these things ever get by without us? A few simple ways to make the world bend to our will.
Island Life
Pulsating, hypnotic beats, Latin rhythms, funky bass, and blazing horn arrangements combine in Yerba Buena’s latest release, Island Life, a musical celebration of Manhattan’s cultural diversity and unique island lifestyle. Founder Andres Levin has produced a stunning followup to the group’s Grammy-nominated President Alien, inserting humorous
6 October 2005
New York's currently: featuring 30 percent less sunlight in the morning Despite threat of White House veto, Senate votes overwhelmingly to set limits on military interrogation. Scientists find troubling, but helpful similarities between the 1918 flu that killed 50 million and today's bird flu epidemic. Is
Konzuk Metalwear
Karen Konzuk designs spare jewelry with an industrial feel. She makes clean, geometric pieces in powder-coated stainless steel, concrete, and now diamond and platinum. Even if you don’t ordinarily wear jewelry, you may find yourself coveting her subtle steel rings with colorful powder-coated interiors, or the touching
5 October 2005
New York's currently: wishing the Van Cliburn competition was on TV every night Iraq's parliament decides not to change rules governing constitutional referendum. New Orleans lays off 3,000 "non-essential" city workers. More than 400,000 of Katrina's homeless will remain
Stuart Dybek
Our man in Boston gets nostalgic for his Chicago roots in this wonderful conversation with short story master Stuart Dybek about the city of Daley, Bellow’s turf, and the difficulty of writing in a sentimental, nevermind linear fashion.