February 2012
14 posts
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“The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction has to make sense.”
– Tom Clancy
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“Honor thy error as a hidden intention.”
– Brian Eno
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“So often that process is veiled and I understand why, because it’s mystical, it...”
– The incredible Anais Mitchell on writing in American Songwriter magazine. Her new album “Young Man In America” is out today, which promises to be a really good follow-up to the ambitious “Hadestown.”
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Eef Barzelay In A Chapel →
“No one gets through this life without making a mess.” - Eef Barzelay
I first heard Eef’s singular singing/writing voice when my cousin Mark, a regular gatekeeper and conduit and introducer of new great music, told me I had to listen to an album called Soft Spot by a band called Clem Snide. It hardly took a line to hook to me. Here was a songwriter with a singular way of looking at things...
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46 Things to Read and See for David Foster... →
sometimesagreatnotion:
This is a really, really, really great compendium of DFW stuff (his writing, other’s writing on him, notes, interviews, videos, etc) that is basically perfect for anybody out there who considers themselves a DFW dummy, but would like a good place to start knowing more about this fearlessly brilliant writer and man.
Also, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIFTY TODAY.
The commencement...
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Leeky Potato Soup
I’m making this as we speak- my first Tumblr-found recipe. gocookyourself:
3 Medium Leeks / 5 Medium Potatoes / 1l Vegetable Stock / Onion / Carrot / Butter / Salt / Pepper
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“[…] there is this existential loneliness in the real world. I don’t know what...”
– David Foster Wallace
(via clementina)
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“The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain...”
– Michelangelo
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“I can hope, I can daydream, but certainly think that the chances of me being...”
– writer Donald Hall on NPR’s Fresh Air (via forwhenifeellikesharing)
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“I can’t remember not being a Bob Dylan fan. For a songwriter, it’s like asking...”
– Fantastic songwriter Matthew Ryan in American Songwriter magazine, when asked “How did you first get into Bob Dylan?” American Songwriter is doing a series this month, asking the same 7-8 questions to a variety of songwriters. I feel like I can tell, just from their answers, whether or...