Having spent a week or so near moutains, on moutains, and occasionally in mountains, I’ve reached the conclusion that mountains are a good thing. Especially the high mountains — the ones with glaciers and whatnot. In case you haven’t seen … Read on Macduff...
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An Interview with Tucker Nichols
photo credit: Lisa M. Hamilton.
Tucker Nichols has had solo exhibitions at ZieherSmith Gallery (New York), Kunstpanorama (Luzern), Lincart (San Francisco), and the Brattleboro Museum (Brattleboro, Vermont). His work has been featured in numerous group shows internationally, including Rocket … Read on Macduff...
Virtual LP: Accretion
Like a lot of kids, I grew up dreaming that one day I’d write a song about “accretion” (defined by Merriam-Webster’s as “increase by external addition or accumulation, as by adhesion of external parts or particles”).
No, I was told. … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Dan Piraro
Image copyright (c) Dan Piraro 2007.
Dan Piraro’s Bizarro was first syndicated in 1985 and currently appears daily in around 250 markets on four continents. Bizarro won an unprecedented three consecutive Reuben awards from the National Cartoonist Society for “Newspaper … Read on Macduff...
Do You Love Bad Guys the Best?
Here’s another libretto that spilled out of my soon-to-be-seven-year-old son. He sang this one last weekend while puttering around his bedroom. To me, it sounds sort of like something written in 1200 BCE and then translated in the 1950s.
I … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, Part Two
Photo credit: Meredith Heuer 2006.
Welcome to the second half of this two-part interview with Daniel Handler, author of the best-selling An Unfortunate Series of Events, a collection of books for children, as well as three books for adults: … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, Part One
Photo credit: Meredith Heuer 2006.
Daniel Handler is the author of the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events (under the pen name Lemony Snicket), a collection of books for children. He’s also written three books for adults: The Basic Eight… Read on Macduff...
An interview with John August
Photo credit: Jen Pollack Bianco.
John August’s feature directing debut, The Nines, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. As a screenwriter, John’s credits include Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, both Charlie’s … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Jon Carroll
Photo credit: Terry Lorant Photography.
Throughout the 1970s, Jon Carroll worked at magazines and papers that ranged from Rolling Stone and the Village Voice to Oui and WomenSports. Since 1982, he’s written a regular column for the San Francisco … Read on Macduff...
Tapping stubbed toes ‘neath a (Gibbous Moon)
Over the last few weeks I’ve begun tripping and cursing and toe-stubbing my way around the magical world of midi recording. The neatest thing so far has been seeing how easy it is go from playing a piece to printing … Read on Macduff...