By Todd Keisling, who writes cool, unsettling books with cool, Hitchcockian covers.
Amazon’s Awesome Customer Service
Several weeks ago, I purchased a Sony RX100 to bring on my honeymoon—where I was disappointed to notice a dark spot on the sensor. After getting back, I filed a return claim with Amazon. I printed out the new shipping label to put it in the mail—
But Amazon’s already sent me a new camera. It’ll get here tomorrow. Even before I’ve mailed the old one back.
That’s customer service. Well done, Amazon.
"Writing for free has value but you have to have to be able to see that value and ensure that it’s not a meaningless risk: anyone who asks you to work for them and promises exposure is whistling lies through their asshole. As I have said before, if you’re going to be exposed, expose yourself: control the message and the release. When in doubt: don’t write for free."
— Yes, Virginia, You Can Be A Paid Writer, Too « terribleminds: chuck wendig (via rebeccaschinsky)
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Miley Cyrus - The Backyard Sessions - “Jolene” (by Miley Cyrus)
I want to hear her cover this again in ten or fifteen years, after some whiskey has aged her voice and given it some depth (and maybe a crack or three) and she not only really believes Jolene might take her man but is utterly terrified by the idea.
Steam pipe apocalypse on Broadway/41st Street tonight!
I never was good at maintaining a blog
But I’ve seen some great things on Tumblr, so I’m going to give it a whirl. Certainly seems easier to use.
On the eve of the publication of its 16th issue next week, speculation is brewing over whether the West Coast literary magazine Black Clock will remain at the California Institute of the Arts, the journal’s original publisher, or move elsewhere. Other institutions have been eying Black Clock…
This GIF masterpiece was created by Patrick Fagan, a genius graphic designer and animator whose website is here. I can’t think of a single reason why you shouldn’t rush out to hire him after seeing this GIF he created, in which his sister’s dog, Birdie, chases copies of my book as though they were birds.
I also think this work of art is better than anything that has ever been shown in the Whitney Biennial, but I don’t want to get too off-topic/ piss of Raymond Pettibon more than I already have today.
Worth it for the “cliche” item alone.
Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff stopped by the Rolling Stone studio recently to share some of his classic hits and talk about his upcoming EP, Sacred Fire. The album is a collaboration with Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong. “The vibes just flowed,” Cliff told Rolling Stone after the performance.
Cliff has been making music for decades, and was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, but felt there was something left to do, even after all his success. “There was a chapter in my career that was unfinished, and so, now, I’m happy that I met Tim, that I can complete that chapter in a really good and proper way,” he said.
To hear more of the interview and to stream his performance, visit RollingStone.com.
—Meredith Olson
