The Frame: Archive

Feb 7th

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On Drumming

Paradiddles I learned how to play the drums when I was 13 through this book, Realistic Rock Drum Method by Carmine Appice. I didn’t know who he was and I remember wondering why he was wearing eyeliner. But I’ll be damned if he didn’t know how to write a good instructional drum book. I also had a drum instructor who taught me first how to play along with “Eye of the...

Feb 2nd

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Jan 20th

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Jan 14th

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Thoughts on Jesus' Son

Read Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son this week, and was - and becoming even more - blown away. The stories are entertaining yet complex. I finished the book last night and today while I was thinking about something totally unrelated, one of the stories hit me viscerally - as if it was the residue from some vivid dream I had had where before your mind even has a chance to fill in the...

Jan 14th

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Thoughts on Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter I was a little disappointed with this film. Although I enjoyed its angular cinematography (apparently influenced by German expressionism, I read) and could recognize James Agee’s influence in its more writerly moments, the film came off a little heavy-handed and blatant. It reduced what could have been a sophisticated if unsettling story into a trite morality tale...

Jan 10th

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Jan 5th

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(via Wye Oak covers Danzig | Music | A.V. Undercover 2011 | The A.V. Club)

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“The best definition of writing I could give would be “letting speak”...”

– Tom McCarthy: My desktop | Books | guardian.co.uk

Nov 26th

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pitchfork: Watch Real Estate perform “Green Aisles” on some abandoned train tracks as part of La Blogothèque’s series of impromptu videos from this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival Paris.

Nov 22nd

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Nov 13th

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Nov 13th

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theatlanticvideo:Electric Literature’s Single Sentence Animations: Jonathan Ashley animates Jim Shepard’s “Your Fate Hurtles Down at You”

Nov 11th

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Nov 8th

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Welcome to My Study: Halloween Edition

You’re always welcome to enjoy the things that I’ve found. This weekend’s Halloween Movie Marathon [late post]: 1. Repulsion One detail made this film great: the skinned rabbit rotting on a plate in the salon. Like in Rosemary’s Baby (probably my favorite scary movie), it’s subtle but it creeps you out long term. But unfortunately there are more differences...

Nov 8th

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Oct 10th

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“When I’m writing, I’m trapped in between the lines, I escape when I...”

– Eric B. & Rakim, “I Know You Got Soul”

Oct 6th

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Welcome to My Study

You’re always welcome to enjoy the things that I’ve found. Here are some things I’ve enjoyed lately: After watching SO MANY stupid movies, I’ve decided to take control of my movie-watching again. I’m not trying to be a snob about it - I just don’t want to wake up one day and find myself at Ghost Rider II. Which apparently will be a real thing soon. So I took...

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Frames from The Passion of Joan of Arc

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Miscellaneous Reading Notes

It was going to be the year of classic American authors. Hemingway, Twain, Faulkner, Melville. It hasn’t exactly turned out the way I planned, but I still consider it a year of American literature. Here are some notes on some of the books I’ve read this year. 1. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz I initially thought this book was an exception to the year’s...

Sep 5th

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