@thedriftmag.com party worth it for getting into multiple conversations about the Incredible String Band
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French-to-English translation (Ann Scott's SUPERSTARS out April 7) // college dropout // day job in books at FSG // formerly Director of Events at Politics and Prose Bookstore + Music Director at WXYC
@thedriftmag.com party worth it for getting into multiple conversations about the Incredible String Band
To the few folks who follow me here, I translated Ann Scott's cult classic novel SUPERSTARS, about the greasy, grimy world of queer techno in '90s Paris, and it's coming out from Astra House on April 7, 2026. Preorder now from your favorite store!! (Here's one of mine: tinyurl.com/576khsj8.)
Fluffy, buoyant, constantly shifting in small ways -- Jerry would have loved...? www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OV...
A successful first post
Sad they couldnβt get one person stumping for βThrasherβ // psyched they got TWO people stumping for βBorrowed Tuneβ stereogum.com/2476602/80-a...
Honestlyβpompously but trulyβhow I feel as a translator, especially since almost all the stuff I work on seems like itβs never going to get published. Just good that it exists somewhere else, even if thatβs in the purgatory of my personal archive.
Whole album is banger after banger
Been meaning to use this platform more often just to post what Iβve been listening to lately, so starting now youtu.be/Ov8PRjNRO24?...
4th one too!
Statue of KAT outside MSG with his Ho Chi Minh quote running along the base, please
Did not have βCafe OTO gets a shoutoutβ on my Oscars scorecard
Big news -- Ann Scott's SUPERSTARS coming out in English next year
Nailed it
Have we ever reached a consensus on LAbradFORD (like a Labrador retriever) or LaBRADford (like a fancy man named Bradford)?
Start 'em young
One scene among many in this movie and others of his that feels like a miracle, and something only he would have a) conceived, b) thought wasnβt βtoo bigβ, and c) made so hilarious and heartbreaking and cosmically bizarre all at once. RIP David Lynch β you changed my world youtu.be/cCsqyOaPsP4?...
Where were you the weekend Soundtrack to a Coup dβΓtat came back to Film Forum and La Commune (Paris, 1871) played Anthology?
Sang Fear / βLetβs Have a Warβ at Christmas Eve karaoke
Empty subway car // just me blasting Soft Cellβs βSex Dwarfβ on the way home
Mayday: album of the year
One of the best
Where the Sholder hive and Fahey hive meet
Another Jack Sholder masterpiece
Perfect album
Songs in need of a karaoke version, part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-yV...