The litter in littérateur. Ricky Opaterny on Books, Music, Art, and Sports

10/23/2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-23

Filed under: General — Ricky @ 8:18 pm
  • http://bit.ly/3qCaYLWe "…the even flimsier assumption that we could know with any certainty what was good even for us…." #
  • "…independence is not the essential quality of a mind or personality." #
  • Platon: Immediately after McCain announced his presidental bid, he celebrated in the limo by listening to Abba's "Dancing Queen." #tnyfest #
  • Platon: Mos Def's motto: "Trust few. Fear none. Love all." #tnyfest #
  • Karl Rove to Platon during a shoot: "If you're photographing me, you don't need any advice. You've already made it." #tnyfest #
  • Platon: Immediately after McCain announced his presidential bid, he celebrated in the limo by listening to Abba's "Dancing Queen." #tnyfest #
  • Platon: "I just use the camera as a vehicle to connect with people and experience things." #tnyfest #
  • Listen to Bon Iver's set from last night at the New Yorker Festival #tnyfest including a couple unreleased songs: http://bit.ly/1lyeV6 #
  • Platon: "I shoot film. Digital is rubbish." #tnyfest #
  • No publicists or media types seem to have noted that Obama was reading "Be Quiet, Be Heard" during the campaign http://bit.ly/2VaIjS #
  • Lots of new books out this week: The Tyranny of Email, Too Big to Fail, What the Dog Saw, Super Freakonomics…. #
  • Why is @mcnallyjackson not displaying the Andrew Sorkin book on the first floor? That should be a no-brainer! in reply to mcnallyjackson #
  • Read up on the BN Nook. When will there be an e-reader with real, built-in, professional fonts? #

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