The Condition: The Eye That Never Blinks

by Blake Butler

Free The Network

by Allison Bland

Maybe what I am about to say will come as a surprise to some. But it’s something I’ve…

How To Write A Satirical Pop Culture Book Sold At Urban Outfitters

Václav Havel, 1936–2011

“The original and most important sphere of activity, one that predetermines all the others, is simply an attempt to…

The User Agreement Trust Economy

How many user agreements have you digitally signed? With Apple, with insurance companies, with Google, with Twitter, Facebook, and a thousand random web startups? How about with Paypal — a Delaware corporation whose user agreement “authorizes PayPal to place holds and…

Rocks Old

“Before we go any further, a quick run-through of the humbling timeline of Earth’s salad days. Our planet forms 4.5 billion years ago. It’s all bubbly, molten and hot. And just as it starts to cool down 4.4 billion years ago, wham, it’s hit with something big, really big. The impact remelts most of the Earth…

Drunk Man Disliked Women

“His drinking was not something to admire, and it was not a charming foible. Maybe sometimes it made him warm and expansive, but I never saw that side of it. What I saw was that drinking made him angry and combative and bullying, often toward people who were way out of his league —…

David Gedge Would Like To Write A Bond Theme

“I would like Barbara Broccoli, the producer of the Bond films, to ask me to write them a theme tune. The music is so brilliant on those things. My other band Cinerama has a filmic theme. I would happily write them a new one. I get approached quite a…