ampere’s and
Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web: Tao Lin interviews Zachary German: “Jay McInerney writes a wine column for a famous magazine, but mostly feel aversion towards his career. I feel nothing but attraction towards Bret Easton Ellis‘s career.” & Zak Sally interviewed at Bookmunch & Hilobrow on George A. Romero & […]
3:AM Cult Hero: Terry Southern
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock – shock is a worn-out word – but astonish.” Hip godfather to the Beats (along with Gregory Corso he hustled William S. Burroughs‘ Naked Lunch into print) and purveyor of intelligent satire, Terry Southern is heralded as the inventor of New Journalism (both […]
Mondo arcana
The Orphanage, a “celebration of the possibilities of recycling”, in which 3:AM‘s Alan Kelly lends a hand: One man’s tat is another man’s treasure. In that spirit, we bring you The Orphanage, a place where concepts like copyright and ownership have no meaning. Far away from the grown up world’s slavish adherence to shiny new […]
Come and See: An Epic of Derangement
Seen from the rear, a lone motorcycle with sidecar weaves along the unmade road in a dense brownish fog, sprawled upon it lies the bullet sewn corpse of a man who carries a placard in his stiffened hands stating ‘I insulted a German soldier’. From the nearby fields trucks unload the obscure shapes of soldiers. They peel off symmetrically from the fog bound vehicle in a silence loaded with menacing intent. Then, as Florya races about the shacks and outhouses like a cornered rat, they close in across the folds, their gradual appearance through the fog all the more intimidating. As the sun rises and the fog clears, the whole body of German troops arrives in the village heading for the main square where the forlorn wooden church at its centre is soon surrounded.
The poet Will Stone on Elem Klimov‘s stunning glimpse into the abyss Come and See.