February 2012
29 posts
The Oscars: Man or Muppet? (The New Yorker) →
“Man or muppet?” That is the question. Even Socrates, rarely a man to flinch from candor, never dared to ask it outright.”
Fantastic writing. I didn’t even watch the Oscars (nor do I particularly care about them), but this article is a writer’s $20 bottle of merlot.
“A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the...”
– Stephen Fry
Plastic Acid is "Rock Art" Orchestra (The Peak) →
My piece in SFU’s paper this week.
“Dress Led Zeppelin up in a crisp white shirt and tie and you get Bryan Deans of Plastic Acid Orchestra. Sipping espresso in JJ Bean, Deans revealed the mechanics behind the 45-piece orchestra that blends Soundgarden with Shostakovich.”
Rotary Dial: A Short Story →
The End of the World
The persistent cough, the routine procedure,
the congenial defect, the faulty wiring,
the fire in the starboard engine, the force majeure,
the mistress in the city, the last spirited thrust,
the little breeze off the coast of Africa,
the apples torn from the trees,
the unopened mail, the paper boy ringing the bell,
the atmospheric anomaly, the snow on the TV,
the hot wind with its tincture...
An Oldie: "When I Was Sixteen" →
Jesus versus the GOP (salon) →
Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs
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Teddy Wayne’s debut novel Kapitoil is available in all bookstores.
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Love II.
BY Teddy Wayne
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If you love someone, set them free; beforehand, fasten an irremovable GPS tracking device around their ankle, or, better yet, implant a microscopic version in their skin tissue while they’re...
I'll Be Knocking Out Beautiful Poetry This Whole... →
