New Yorker magazine alert thread

yeah btw i almost always skip the fiction & would appreciate fiction alerts itt too

otm ^^, same
i kinda liked the guy's story about tracking down his iphone? like the writing was obv p cloying but it, & its wau-@-technology 70 yr old vantage point, was quite endearing i thought.

the patti smith was very true tales of american life/npr

Anyone read James Wood's masterly review of Alan Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child? He's one of the few critics who can explain how good prose works. In addition, it's one of the most judicious mixed reviews I've read in months.

Ppl on this thread will be pleased by the news that Emily Nussbaum replaces Nancy Franklin as the TV critic.

too bad wood's prose never reaches such heights

i might read that since i won't read the novel & so have no fear of spoilers, etc.

am still working through whichever week's issue it was that had the big NC/pope thing. couldn't believe some of the examples of attack ads - the guy who they drew a sombrero on & wrote 'mucho taxo adios senor' next to.

nussbaum is a much better choice than franklin but cmon yall i wouldve KILLED IT

u can't write about downton abbey every week max

Wood's way of pinpointing good sentences and bad ones, and explaining how they work, is sublime.

Loved the Andrew Stanton profile - much more revealing than Anthony Lane's Pixar piece.

nussbaum is a much better choice than franklin but cmon yall i wouldve KILLED IT

― max, Friday, October 14, 2011 10:52 AM (1 hour ago)

can you please start sending them stuff on spec every week?

haha my mom is always like 'you're a good writer! why don't you submit something to the new yorker?'

i don't think it works that way mom . . . unless you're david brooks i guess

<3 parents

"you always fix our computer! why don't you become a computer scientist?"

Jeff Foxworthy did the same routine, but when I was doing public announcements for the portrait studios inside a Coon Rapids Wal-Mart, my mother suggested that maybe some hotshot radio executive would hear me over the speakers and hire me away on the spot.

Couple not so current ones:
Susan Orlean on Jean-Paul Gaultier (accompanying chat is pretty cute too)
Dyson Vacuums (paywall; 2011/09/20)

whoa this article on bitcoin is pretty fascinating, much of this had managed to pass under my radar

otm!!

Its funny how that came out, I was enthralled by it, and bitcoin immediately lost 90% of its value

link?

The <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis";>bitcoin NYer article</a> is behind paywall for the Oct 10 issue, the <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/bitcoin-implodes-down-more-than-90-percent-from-june-peak.ars";>drop in value</a> is all over the place <a href="http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=bitcoin+implodes";>on the internet</a>

I'm hoping the new Stuxnet variant is some super villain trying to corner the remaining bitcoins

guuuuh

The bitcoin NYer article is behind paywall for the Oct 10 issue, the drop in value is all over the place on the internet

aw darn kinda sad to hear that. otoh the whole thing kind of sets off a lot of libertarian alarms in my head but still

otoh the whole thing kind of sets off a lot of libertarian alarms in my head but still

Yeah, in the article, the people who are ideologically all over it are the ones who are against fiat money, but, like, from my layperson's understanding, bitcoin doesn't have a fixed value/isn't backed by Ron Paul bucks??

bitcoins are like, if money was backed by gold but we could magically conjure up a pound of gold every few days or so

Enjoyed thing about Lexicon, the naming agency, although a lot of the 'insights' seemed kind of obvious and intuitive.

some1 transcribe the whole article itt

which one, bitcoin?

ya

bitcoin dot pdf

o wow

It took me a good two or three weeks to notice that my subscription had run out. Tsk on you, New Yorker, for being off your game!

not new yorker but for fans of the grann article about the guy who was executed for arson in texas

http://discovermagazine.com/2011/nov/12-spark-truth-science-bring-justice-arson-trials

there was an amazing frontline or some pbs show ep years ago abt arson investigation, i wont say more for fear of spoiling it but its truly amazing

not the recent one abt the guy

ah it was actually nova

In the vein of Midwest pharmacist, here's an article about an Indian cow broker (paywall).

NOVA: Hunt For the Serial Arsonist << recommend

In the vein of Midwest pharmacist, here's an article about an Indian cow broker (paywall).

― hounds heidegger (Leee), Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:34 PM (7 minutes ago)

just started reading this actually, seems promising

i liked that one - the part where his family admits they partially blame his line of work for his son's death was kind of heartbreaking

you seem to be a few weeks behind too, what's your excuse?

my issues have been arriving hella late

my excuse is i lost my mail key and haven't seen the inside of my mailbox in 2.5 weeks

ipad, bro

Some choice: do I want to pay a $400 premium to make sure I read each issue of my $40 New Yorker subscription on time?

yes, it is a shame there's so little you can do with an ipad except read the new yorker, but what can you do?

in any case, my point is that it tends to release on the pad the day before they distribute by mail.

forks takes time out from polishing his monocle and lighting cigars with hundred dollar bills to frown grumpily at those of us unable to drop $400+ on an iPad

There's a lot that you can do on your iPad ... that I can also do on my phone ... that I can also do on my computer ...

or you can get a kindle for $100 and pay $3 a month and get the issues the day before they mail also

That is so cart before the horse to me.