I tend to find it quite difficult to compile “All-time Best of” lists in regards to movies and music, tending to focus instead on what I think is best at that moment specifically. However, there is one band who will always be at the top of my list as favorite band ever: M83.
If you aren’t familiar, you should make yourself. This is the single from the new album out in October:
And, as a bonus, an amazingly beautiful promo vid for the album:
The official music video is pretty great, but gets in the way of the music at times, so I present to you the audio-only version. Enjoy it. You know you want to.
Good times: My poem “Woman at the Bar” was published in Issue 10 of The Huron River Review.
Now, typically that’s the end of this sort of spiel, when I announce such things, but this journal, which is published at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan (where I teach part-time), is just plain gorgeous—as well as award-winning—so I thought I’d include a few pics and let you know it’s available for $6 on campus, if you’re ever in the area.
My poem “My Stylist at Supercuts” was recently published in Thunderclap! Magazine Issue 6. You can get a hardcopy or an eBook. Some good stuff in there. Go get yourself a copy.
It’s actually a combination of two of his songs. Also: This is absolutely the perfect blend of music and film. Really gorgeous stuff for your ears and eyes.
Yes, that is a picture of Marilyn Monroe reading James Joyce’s Ulysses. I have no idea if she actually read it, or is just posing, but regardless, it’s pretty cool.
That being said, today is the annual commemoration of Joyce’s aforementioned classic work, and to celebrate, I’m taking part in the Ulysses Meets Twitter project, which aims to re-construct the massive tome as a series of 96 “bursts” written by volunteers. I am one of those volunteers (I have section #74), and you can follow along with the fun here.
