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A Discussion on Genre
In lieu of showcasing another fine piece of creative non-fiction, I thought I would share a video made by the folks at Brevity. I imagine this conversation must happen on campuses everywhere, with some varying idolization of Kerouac or Thompson or Wolfe or Mailer. Buy our first issue! Donate to our cause!
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Autumn de Wilde
Autumn de Wilde is best known for her portraiture, mainly of musicians. Her father was a noted performance photographer who taught Autumn how to shoot. In 2007, she released a book of photographs featuring the late musician Elliot Smith. She has shot album covers for such artists as the White Stripes, Beck, and Fiona Apple, ...
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“The Gashlycrumb Tinies,” Edward Gorey
A is for Amy who fell down the stairs.B is for Basil assaulted by bears.C is for Clara who wasted away.D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh.E is for Ernest who choked on a peach.F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech.G is for George smothered under a rug.H is for ...
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Cult Screenwriting as seen in the “Evil Dead” Series
There’s nothing more fulfilling for a screenwriter than to have his or her work become timeless. Just like any other artist, a screenwriter wants his or her work to either make a ton of money or be revered for years to come- most want the impossible combination of both. However, sometimes a movie will create ...
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Arthur Rackham
“Rackham’s technique was to sketch the outline of a drawing with a soft pencil, block in the various shapes surrounding his outline, and then add some of the details. Once he completed his pencil sketch he would add his lines in pen and India ink, removing the pencil lines at the end of the process. ...
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“Tribulations”
Musical Mondays: “Tribulations” by LCD Soundsystem James Murphey, the lead singer, producer, and co-founder of DFA Records, began the dance-punk band in 2001. It opened with an 8-minute song, entitled “Losing my Edge”, that garnered the band immediate popularity. Later in Feburary 2005 it released a double-disc album simply titled after the band, LCD Soundsystem, with one disc being ...
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Working in the Arts
Do you lay awake at night trying to think of what you can do with your Art degree? Does it sometimes feel like your backbreaking internship might not be worth it? I think most young people who are interested in a career in any creative field have their moments of doubt, and even more so ...
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Crosswords
My mother loved crossword puzzles, spending hours, sometimes, until she managed to work out the answers to clues like “bright colored aquarium fish” and “English composer, Frederick.” “Danio,” she’d finally fill in, and “Delius,” and for a day or two she’d leave the large Sunday newspaper puzzle face up on the end table by the ...
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Weegee
Arthur Fellig is better known by his pseudonym Weegee, which he was given for his uncanny aptitude for locating crime scenes before the New York police did (it is a phonetic spelling of the popular parlor game Ouija.) Best known for his stark black and white crime photos decades before CSI ever was an inkling, ...
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Side B Newsletter #3
As stated previously, we are offering you a taste of the Side B Newsletter via tumblr. This is last week’s issue. If you like what you see, sign up to have it delivered to your inbox every Saturday. It is interesting to me that I managed to pick up these Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall and ...
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“Seekin’ the Cause,” Miguel Piñero
Poetic Friday: “Seekin’ the Cause,” Miguel Piñero he was Deadhe never Liveddieddiedhe died seekin’ a Causeseekin’ the Causebecausehe saidhe never saw the causebut he heardthe causeheard the cryin’ of hungry ghetto childrenheard the warnin’ from Malcolmheard the tractors pave new routes to new prisonsdied seekin’ the Causeseekin’ a Causehe was dead on arrivalhe never really ...
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Spotlight on Mel Brooks
Born Melvin “Mel” Kaminksy, this actor/writer/director/producer/musical composer has worked under his stage name of “Mel Brooks” for over 60 years. Beginning in 1949, Brooks began as a stand up comedian with the talent of doing impressions of movie stars and telling jokes. However, he found more work as a comedy writer and from then on ...