This Week on PasteMagazine.com: 7/7-7/11/08

By Austin L. Ray at 5:58 PM on July 11, 2008

Welcome to PasteMagazine.com's new weekly round-up feature. I'm your host, Austin, and I edit and assign the content around these parts. Each week I plan to offer up an overview of the stories, blogs, photos, reviews and etceteras we've presented on the site over the last five days. Should be a good time, if I manage to stay on top of it. As of right now, this is just a baby idea that I imagine will evolve from week to week, but one thing is for certain: Expect a ton of links. Call it service journalism of sorts (service round-upism?)...  read more

Nick Cave releases mini-book, wants you to Dig it

By Valentina Tapia at 1:24 PM on July 11, 2008

Nick Cave has released a limited edition four-inch, hardcover book detailing the conception of his last album, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!, in addition to explicating and illustrating the story of its title track. ...  read more

Pirate's Dilemma to bring piracy to TV?

By Henry Freedland at 2:57 PM on July 9, 2008

To hear Matt Mason tell it, if you want to change the world your best bet is not realpolitik, but innovative piracy. ...  read more

Tim Winton

By Cristina Martin at 5:39 PM on July 8, 2008

The adventure of surfing gets a big ride in Tim Winton’s latest literary feat...  read more

iTunes offers DC Comics' animated series

By Julia Askenase at 12:46 PM on July 8, 2008

Holy digital downloads, Batman!  DC on my iPod!?Before your mind goes totally kablam-o from childhood comic nostalgia, head safely to the iTunes-mobile to enjoy some good ol' good-vs.-evil instant gratification. Yes, the iTunes store recently added a selection of gems from DC Comics animated history, from relative newbies like Batman Beyond to the original Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. ...  read more

Lewis Shiner

By Ed Ward at 12:28 PM on July 2, 2008

This is the first novel in nine years from Shiner, who has penned two of...  read more

The Mother Of Enemy Slayer

By Paste Staff at 11:36 AM on July 2, 2008

A young soldier returns to Arizona from Iraq, tormented by nightmares...  read more

An Online Treehouse For Literary Monkeys

By Alissa Wilkinson at 10:15 AM on July 2, 2008

If you set up a million monkeys with a bunch of laptops, would they eventually produce Shakespeare? Maybe not...  read more

Michael Ian Black makes arch nemesis out of David Sedaris

By Valentina Tapia at 11:24 AM on July 1, 2008

If you can't beat them, start and maintain a phony Internet fight with them without their knowledge. At least, that's what comedian Michael Ian Black is doing to author David Sedaris....  read more

Jon Favreau spills beans about Avengers line-up

By Sean Gandert at 3:10 PM on June 30, 2008

Due to the successes of both Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, it's been no surprise that Marvel is gunning to make an Avengers film. This is especially true for those of us who sat around a little longer to see the films' cameo appearances from the team. But one thing that has been unknown is the exact formation of the Avengers team, since well over 50 heroes have been included over time....  read more

What is your favorite Hunter S. Thompson book?

By Paste Staff at 6:00 AM on June 30, 2008

Vote in PasteMagazine.com's latest poll......  read more

Hollywood signs on for Warren Ellis' Red and Ocean

By Adam Daniels at 5:09 PM on June 24, 2008

Warren Ellis is a weird dude. Upon reading his blog, one could momentarily lose themselves and wonder if the words are those of the famed Kurt Vonnegut personality Kilgore Trout. Ellis puts forth fantastical science fiction that is regarded somewhere between brilliance and lunacy, depending on your perspective, historical context and general sentiment toward opium dens on Mars. ...  read more

Ethan Canin

By Hillary Jordan at 11:59 AM on June 24, 2008

"How did this person’s life turn out the way it did?" This is the question...  read more

Mike Watt, Lee Ranaldo, more set James Joyce to music

By Henry Freedland at 11:20 AM on June 24, 2008

[Above: Lee Ronaldo and James Joyce]We keep our ears pretty low to the ground where literate music is concerned, so news of producer James Nichols' project using James Joyce's poetry sent our wee minds a-reeling. The author of Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegan's Wake has inspired popular music for years—Jefferson Airplane, Lou Reed and Van Morrison are only three of the most famous Joyce-referencers—but rarely has he received such extensive treatment this side of the high art/low art seesaw. ...  read more

What is the best David Sedaris book so far?

By Paste Staff at 6:00 AM on June 23, 2008

Vote in PasteMagazine.com's latest poll... ...  read more

Michael Moore to release Guide to 2008 election

By Julia Reidy at 7:59 AM on June 19, 2008

It just wouldn't be an election year without a baseball-capped, bone-picking Michael Moore weighing in on the process. In that spirit, Moore would like to tell you, dear voter, exactly what you're doing at the ballot box and how. Mike's Election Guide, the first literary outing from Moore in five years, will come out Aug. 19 via Grand Central Publishing, and promises a walk through the decisions to be made before casting your vote....  read more

The Past Lives of Laura Marling

By Kasia Galazka at 5:03 PM on June 17, 2008

Anti-ingénue Laura Marling seems to embody weathered spirits in her spindly 18-year-old frame. The alt-folk singer/songwriter is quickly becoming the U.K.’s new darling—and she finds the wise-beyond-her-years accolades a bit silly...  read more

Method Man

By Ravi Howard at 3:38 PM on June 17, 2008

The graphics of hip-hop began on city walls and trains cars, where graffiti artists...  read more

Peter Markus

By Justin Taylor at 3:31 PM on June 17, 2008

Peter Markus is obsessed with a few words: brother, river, mud, lighthouse, fish, moon and star...  read more

Harry Potter mini-film coming to Universal Studios

By Michael Saba at 11:45 AM on June 17, 2008

Remember when J.K. Rowling said she was finished writing for the Harry Potter series? Turns out that lasted about as long as Jay-Z's retirement. It appears Rowling hasn't done away with her golden goose just yet, because the UK's Sunday Mirror is reporting that the she's written a brand new Harry Potter story to be adapted into a mini-film for the soon-to-open theme park at Universal Studios....  read more