Jamaica Kincaid is an American novelist. A writer of life, her pieces reflect the freedom of being young. In the video above, she re-reads her published article in the New Yorker. Written as an inventory of the book reception for the late Economist Milton Friedman, Kincaid was upset that Friedman was an adviser to the [...]
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BOOKS: What the heck is a Vocoder?
Monday, 3 May 2010
That’s what I said. “…the vocoder (invented in the late 1920s) took human speech and broke it up into its constituent frequencies, thus allowing that voice to be transmitted electronically, and reassembled and synthesized at the other end, reproducing the words, if not the sound, of the original speech. The vocoder was developed as a [...]
BOOKS: Los Angeles Times – Festival of Books
Friday, 23 April 2010
Some people flock to cochella and brave the heat, crowds, and pap fights. I on the hand flock to book festivals where I can get my books signed by favorite authors and illustrators. They are rock stars to me. That being said, the festival is takes place this weekend, April 24 & 25 at the [...]
LINKS:
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Today is a tight day. Very busy at work. But I wanted to drop a few links for you to check out and bop your head to. MUSIC: Jay Electronica’s Electrochemical album is the business. He is rhyming over some tracks by the late producer J Dilla and more. BOOKS: The blog – Curious Pages, [...]
BOOKS: Alternative Russian Classics
Thursday, 18 March 2010
I like Gogol. The Daily Beast sets their eyes on bringing recognition is other Russian classics. The Daily Beast
Can You ‘Articulate and Practice’ Architecture with ‘Ethusiasm and Expressiveness’?
Monday, 8 March 2010
Left: Benoit Jalion and Umberto Napolitano of LAN [Local Architecture Network] (Photo by: Benoit Linero) I guess…. More after the jump.
The 100 Best Books of the Decade
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Any time the world enters into a new decade I always expect everyone’s “Best of…” list to be to be quite extensive. The trade off is rewarding. You and I get to relive moments in our life through mementos posted on somebod’s blog’ list.
