{"id":1694,"date":"2007-10-16T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/yucky-promotions\/"},"modified":"2007-10-16T05:08:25","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T10:08:25","slug":"yucky-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/yucky-promotions","title":{"rendered":"Yucky promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think Wal-Mart’s “Hot Release Tuesday” may be the grossest name ever for a promotion, but today actually sees a couple of releases that I’m enthused about:<\/p>\n

War and Peace<\/a> – A new Tolstoy translation by Pevear & Volokhonsky! This pair jump-started the wave of new translations of the Russians with their 1990 edition of Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov<\/a>, the hardcover of which was the most expensive novel I ever bought (as far as I can recall)! Here’s a short essay<\/a> from Richard Pevear on how he and his partner Larissa work.<\/p>\n

Oblivion with Bells<\/a> – A new record from Underworld<\/a>! My wife better stock up on Lamictal<\/a> or some other anti-epileptic drug, since those beats tend to mess with her head pretty badly.<\/p>\n

Schulz and Peanuts<\/a> – David Michaelis’ biography of Charles Schulz will likely be the first bio I read since David Guralnick’s treatment of Sam Cooke<\/a>, proving that I have some pretty odd tastes, I guess.<\/p>\n

I thought I’d try to make this a regular feature, but I discovered that<\/p>\n

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  1. I couldn’t come up with a single DVD release that would make this list, as I have no interest in Transformers<\/a>, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip<\/a> or A Mighty Heart<\/a>, which convinced me that<\/li>\n
  2. there aren’t enough new books, records, movies coming out each Tuesday that interest me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I think Wal-Mart’s “Hot Release Tuesday” may be the grossest name ever for a promotion, but today actually sees a couple of releases that I’m enthused about: War and Peace – A new Tolstoy translation by Pevear & Volokhonsky! This pair jump-started the wave of new translations of the Russians with their 1990 edition of … <\/p>\n

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