“I remember when there was some suggestion that the Donleavys were once Kings of Ulster, the Rev Ian Paisley said he would never allow a pornographer like me on the throne of Ulster.” An interview with the great J.P. (via) * The Millons interview David Mitchell. * Kurosawa on Kurosawa. * Terry Gilliam on working with Arcade Fire. * Blue Velvet screening prompts Lynchian tributes to Dennis Hopper (via) * Adam Carolla talks to Tony O’Neill * “This could easily be someone’s—a very observant, literary someone, but a someone nonetheless, after all, even Perec was someone once—Twitter feed or Facebook update. Today, it seems like we are all attempting to exhaust a place, or if not a place, our lives.” HTMLGIANT on a new edition of An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris. * Footage of James Joyce in Paris (via) * “‘Does nobody understand?” James Joyce & other literary last words (via) * The novella is making a comeback (via) * Pynchon in Poland. * Awesome Machine Press. * Keith Ridgway‘s The Next Village, responses to Kafka‘s short text, is back in business. * Gore Vidal takes the AnOther Proust questionnaire. * 20 classic works of gay literature (what, no Dennis Cooper?) * Will Self on the psychic cult of Stieg Larsson. * 100 killer thrillers. * What’s gone wrong with the modern novel? * End of the novel, end of the empire, Bret Easton Ellis on how the novel has lost its function. * Digital publishing levels the playing field for small publishers. * Wondering how to survive the next article about eBooks? Make it a drinking game (via) * Recalling Carlos Maria Dominguez‘s novel, a house built of books. * Writing from Hungary, the August issue of Words Without Borders. * The worst negative book review clich és. * Literature’s 10 best-dressed characters. * How to Become a Music Hipster (via) * Sex disappears from the British novel as authors run scared of ridicule. * Is the Booker a barometer of the best literature? Patrick Neate & Robert McCrum debate the merits of the longlist. * Designing Mad Men, on the show’s fanatical attention to detail (via) * The most-stolen books at McNally Jackson. * A collection of 700 books, all the same book (via) * A tribute to Paul Bowles. * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writes villains like no other. * Guillermo del Toro to take on H.P. Lovecraft. * Brian Eno gets the Warp factor. * Leonard Cohen at Yeats’ Lissadell. * Jeremy Schmall on David Berman * Why Pet Shop Boys‘ ‘Being Boring’, infused with the glamour & spirit of Zelda Fitzgerald, is the perfect pop song. * So long Pindeldyboyz. * Who Killed Nancy [Spungen]? * Steampunk Soundsystem, Victorian-themed DJ rig. * Are Frank Chickens the best ‘comedy’ act of the past 30 years? (3:AM interview here.)
