May 28, 2008

Yet more interestingness: 28 May 2008

Below are simple links to other interesting stuff I've come across on the web in the last day or two; they may or may not concern literature or photography, or indeed the arts at all. You can click here to learn more about how I compile this list and what software I use, if you're interested.

And now, presenting the Ampersand Blog, you f-cking nerd
Oh, you love it and you know it; an entire blog dedicated to the ampersand as design object. (Via Swissmiss.com.)

The third season of "Young American Bodies" has begun
Chicago filmmaker Joe Swanberg ("Hannah Takes the Stairs") starts season 3 of his popular online sexually-explicit soap opera, "Young American Bodies." All right! (Via Fimoculous.com.)

New York Times files a report from the set of "The Road"
Worried that the coming film adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy Pulitzer-winning novel is going to be softened or cheesed up? Don't be; as the NYT finds out, even the filmmakers consider the project the "anti-Mad-Max."

Soldiers celebrate Memorial Day by stealing, torching Chicago cab
Yay, society-sanctioned violence! Yay, drunken frat boys carrying badges and guns! YAY, MEMORIAL DAY!

Head of Israeli military demands that prime minister resign
Uh-oh.

Filed by Jason Pettus at 9:25 AM, May 28, 2008. Filed under: Arts news |

 

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