What’s been floating around the last month or so:
Paper:
Salvatore Scibona may have penned one of the greatest short stories of all time. It can be found in issue 10 of A Public Space (“The Woman Who Lived In The House”). If you can’t shell out the $12 for APS (or can’t find a bookstore that carries it to read for free), you can check out another one of his stories from the New Yorker titled, “The Kid”. <- British use of period placement despite American double-apostrophized quoting.
Ears:
(Video, pleasingly enough, is from Terry Gilliam’s Brazil – the pinnacle of Gilliam’s writing/everything)
Eyes & Ears: Haven’t been watching a lot of films recently, which is disappointing. Since I’ve moved to Brooklyn my consumption has gone from 1-3 a day to (maybe) 5 in the last two months. Terrible. Did see Toy Story 3 (and so must you as well). Pixar knows its shit. They are fairly consistent in their ability to be not necessarily timeless, but be ageless. This idea of agelessness is one that I strive towards. The stories that touch on something so fundamentally human that, regardless of age, you connect to. At times, I find that much more rewarding and powerful than the timeless. Agelessness supercedes timelessness, but timelessness in no way supercedes agelessness. Look at the Brothers Grimm‘s Germanic folk-tales, Lewis Carroll‘s non-mathematically-heavy writings, etc., etc. Human.
Have been watching a couple TV shows every once and a while before I fall asleep.
My friend Jake introduced me to Archer, a show by the creators of the wonderful Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo. If you liked those, you’ll love this. If you didn’t – I don’t know. You probably like some other shit. That’s cool too. First episode can be found on Hulu – all you’ll need is a username.
Also, here is my favorite Sealab 2021 episode. They’re like 12 minutes. You can do it. Sealab 2021 – Mingus Dew.
Hope you are well.
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