Notes of a Defeatist

George Saunders appeared on Letterman last week to promote the release of his new book of essays—The Braindead Megaphone.

Since we lost Kurt Vonnegut this last year it’s a good thing we have George Saunders still knocking around.



tags technorati : George Saunders, humor, David Letterman, The_Braindead_Megaphone, books

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In 1979 the television gods smiled down and gave us Legends of the Super Heroes!

Taking a team of some of DC Comics’s greatest superheroes Hanna-Barbera’s producers pitted them in a race to stop a villainous team’s plot—and to also have the occasional roast hosted by Ed McMahon.

Robin Crashes the Batmobile



Ghetto Man Roasts The Super Friends



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The makers of the Saw franchise bring us Kevin Bacon as a man out to protect his family from local ethnic street toughs who kill his son during a botched gas station robbery. His perfect life in shambles and failed by the justice system this mild-mannered executive takes matters into his own hands to protect [...]

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Two movies I can’t wait to see.

The Coens have been all over the place with their last few movies, No Country for Old Men looks to be more in the vein of Miller Crossing, Fargo, and the Man Who Wasn’t There than some of their broader stuff. Thankfully a wider audience be exposed to [...]

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Remeber Donkey Kong?

Yeah, the original one, with the little guy jumping over the barrels to get get the girl from that monkey.
Turns out somebody actually still plays it.

Oh, and Ray Bradbury wanted to let you know that you’re stupid—Fahrenheit 451 wasn’t about censorship, but T.V. taking over our lives.

Thanks Ray, that makes your book [...]

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Congratulations are in order! Colby Buzzell’s My War: Killing Time In Iraq won the 2007 Lulu Blooker prize,which recognizes the best book that began as a blog on the Internet. This comes in the same week that U.S. military abruptly blocked soldiers’ access to Myspace, Facebook, MTV, YouTube, and other sites because of “bandwidth” issues.

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30 Rock’s over for the season and thankfully it’ll be back next year even if Alec Baldwin has to pretend to troop through it so his public doesn’t have to concern themselves any longer with his parenting abilities.

Let’s be honest Thursdays have been lonelier and a lot lighter on laughs without Tina Fey & Co. [...]

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The Black Keys played on NPR’s World Cafe1 about their career path thus far. One exciting thing on the horizon—a collaboration with recent Grammy winning Bluesman Ike Turner2 on their forthcoming album which is being produced by Danger Mouse.



tags technorati : The Black Keys, Blues, music, Ike Turner, Danger Mouse, NPR

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tags technorati : Conan O’Brien, pardoy, satire, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Aaron Sorkin

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Jonathan Lethem stopped by Harry W. Schwartz books in Milwaukee, a couple of weeks ago to read from his new novel, You Don’t Love Me Yet.

Here’s some audio of the event.



tags technorati : Jonathan Lethem, books, reading, Milwaukee, You_Don’t_Love_Me_Yet, audio

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