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Comment on Flippin’ sweet! by Minimally Invasive Happy New Year! - Minimally Invasive

Minimally Invasive Happy New Year! - Minimally Invasive — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:18:28 +0000

[...] by someone who hasn’t seen him in 20 years, but with good reason, I’d say. (Proof: Gil then, Gil now.) I have no illusions on that front, but at least the bad perm years have passed me by. [...]

Comment on RIP by mary cuddeback Fenton

mary cuddeback Fenton — Fri, 03 May 2013 02:17:32 +0000

I grew up in Paterson on East 25th street and was friend to Selena . I was also a patient of Dr Capers during my childhood. Wonderful family..my memories have faded but one thing stands out..I had a doll that I named Michelle..after Selena sister. I also remember Selena’s mother as being a very beautiful woman and so kind to me. Ofcourse Dr Capers was the best and my entire family was under his care until we moved away in 1959.

Comment on The Virtual Memories Show by 38th meeting April 1 at 7pm | New York Comics &Picture-story Symposium

38th meeting April 1 at 7pm | New York Comics &Picture-story Symposium — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:01:55 +0000

[...] The thirty-eighth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, April 1, 2013 at 7:00 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street in The Bark Room (off lobby). Scheduled presentation: Artist/writer Ben Katchor in conversation with Gil Roth on the occasion of the publication of Hand-Drying in America (Pantheon Books) — a collection of strips from Metropolis Magazine on the subjects of architecture and design. Join us for this live audience recording of The Virtual Memories Show podcast. [...]

Comment on Bros Before Prose by Ron Drummond

Ron Drummond — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:08:06 +0000

Interesting list, interesting comments. The books on that list I'm more or less dead certain have no business being on it are the Franzen, the McCarthy, and the McEwen. But then I must in fairness make it clear that I've only read ONE of the books on the list, I've finished reading books by only two of the remaining authors, I've read sundry shorter works by two others, and have attempted to read, and bounced off of, books by another four, and I quote as the lead epigraph in a 9,000-word essay I wrote that's due to be published at April's end one of the many books I have neither read nor attempted to read, that last courtesy of its use as the lead to an article published a year and a half ago in The New Yorker, a quote that, I learned a month ago from the Taiwanese man who translated my essay into Chinese, The New Yorker got wrong. I'll admit, I'm astonished to see World War Z on your list, a book I bounced off of rather emphatically a month or so ago; but heck, the fact that it made your grade has me half thinking I should try again. Books I would add to the list are: Confessions of a Pagan Nun (2002), by Kate Horsley The Years of Rice and Salt (2002), by Kim Stanley Robinson Pattern Recognition (2003), by William Gibson The Changeling of Finnistuath (2003; reprinted as The Changeling in 2005), by Kate Horsley; this book should have won the James Tiptree, Jr. award for the year it came out, but wasn't even nominated. Pandora's Star (2004) and Judas Unchained (2005), by Peter F. Hamilton Counting Heads (2005), by David Marusek Zeroville (2007), by Steve Erickson Dark Reflections (2007), by Samuel R. Delany The Tragedy of Arthur (2011), by Arthur Phillips 2312 (2012), by Kim Stanley Robinson

Comment on Podcast: Comic Sans by Comix Trip | Soul Smithy

Comix Trip | Soul Smithy — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:09:07 +0000

[...] do you mean you haven’t heard Tom Spurgeon’s interview? Jesus, man, click and correct that now, it’s heartfelt and [...]

Comment on Simeon by Azamat Nugmanov

Azamat Nugmanov — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:07:26 +0000

Simeon was my roommate for one semester at LSU (1996/1997). He and I both worked at the Faculty Club restaurant and became good friends. He was so full of life and enjoyed every second of it…I still remember his smile and he had a great personality. He was so passionate about music, soccer, and life in general…He will never be forgotten…Rest in Peace…

Comment on Podcast: God’s Way of Teaching Americans Geography by Eric Scharf

Eric Scharf — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:52:19 +0000

So, I guess the Peter Principle is slightly misspelled, then.

Comment on Droning on by Vince Czyz

Vince Czyz — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:12:18 +0000

By the way the remake was excellent–though I never saw the original. Tom Hardy is a fantastic Ricky Tar … and Gary Oldman is his usual superb self.

Comment on Droning on by Vincent Czyz

Vincent Czyz — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:09:12 +0000

Fascinating!

Comment on Podcast: The Magnificent Seven by Gil

Gil — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:55:48 +0000

Glad you liked the interview! I just added Lampedusa as a tag. Here's the link to Willard's column about The Leopard. The only translation, as far as I know, is by Archibald Colquhuon. The contemporary edition is great, but DON'T read the introduction, just the translator's note. And I tried to get Pevear & Volokhonsky to sit down for a podcast, but they demurred.