Franzen's piece wasn't online last I looked, so I can't speak to how awful or not it is.
But I'm greatly amused by your mention of the Mekons, since that's Jon Langford's band, and Jon is the little brother of my great and good friend of nearly thirty years now, Dave Langford, of the sf field. (See link to "Ansible" on my blog.)
Franzen's piece wasn't online last I looked, so I can't speak to how awful or not it is.
But I'm greatly amused by your mention of the Mekons, since that's Jon Langford's band, and Jon is the little brother of my great and good friend of nearly thirty years now, Dave Langford, of the sf field. (See link to "Ansible" on my blog.)
Filed under "small world Department."
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 10- 7-03 8:41 PM
Trivial note, thoughL I blogged Menand's piece, at some mild length, back many days ago. Coulda read about it there insteada in Bookslut. :-)
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 10- 7-03 8:42 PM
If I've told Bob once, I've told him a thousand times, don't read anything but Amygdala. He doesn't listen.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 10- 7-03 8:45 PM