by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 23, 2011 | Asides, Featured, On miPod
My dear friend Rocky Alvey, the wise astronomic maven of Nashville’s Dyer Observatory, is a gifted songwriter who, to celebrate his 52nd year on this planet, is releasing one song a week for 52 weeks. This week’s edition of Rocky’s 52, a song called...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 18, 2011 | Asides
Just saw a trailer on HBO the other night for Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited. Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson are set to play the two characters, one of whom saves the other from jumping in front of a train. The trailer looked great.
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 17, 2011 | Asides
I just picked up four of these. Absolutely wonderful. All I need now is a version in graph paper. Introducing THE STENO | via fieldnotesbrand.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 14, 2011 | Asides
Good piece, but the hole in Chabon’s argument is the fact that he was able to “adjust” the text on his own to fit the needs of his audience. It wasn’t some arbitrary “arbiter of cultural goodness” who made the change for him. The...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 6, 2011 | Asides
Interesting NY Times debate from several individuals on the aforementioned upcoming edit to Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. Does One Word Change ‘Huckleberry Finn’? | via Room for Debate @ NYTimes.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 4, 2011 | Asides
If this is true it’s more than a little disconcerting… Top US Official Murdered After Arkansas Weapons Test Causes Mass Death | viaEUTimes.net
