mathitak.bsky.social
Writer, mostly about books.
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Washington Nationals not-using-a-position-player-to-pitch-against-the-Rockies challenge.
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Marcus notes right up front that Wilson helped codify our idea of the California myth, which reminds me that the only Beach Boys book I've enjoyed unreservedly is Timothy White's "The Nearest Faraway Place," which puts the band's rise in the context of SoCal's mid-century growth.
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A very tough read, but an excellent personal essay. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
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I'm usually pretty good at avoiding posts that boil down to "I saw something dumb! On the internet!" But I allow myself the occasional exception for the egregiously lunkheaded.
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there are all sorts of smart ways to criticize franzen why'dja have to go and pick the stupidest one
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Sounds like you stumbled into a Nora Ephron novel.
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I wish my article hadn't been memory-holed; I know he gave me a few examples.
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I interviewed Rowland years ago about his sideline writing fortune cookie fortunes. Fun gig.
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Reading on mainly to see if the Team of A shows up.
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Roger Waters made a whole album about how DJ Jim Ladd and some kid in Wales saved the world or something: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQLJ...
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And, lest we forget, "Smart Girls": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz0S...
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That's really lovely. Do you know Danny Gatton's version? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXS...
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And this is with Davey (finally) sitting Josh Bell!
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(The piece reads clunky to me now, but @hitsville.bsky.social did a great job editing it and helping me think through it. And @shawnneidorf.bsky.social asked me a career-changing question when I told her I'd be interviewing Brian Wilson: "And who else will you be talking to?")