i really enjoyed the food issue for like the first time this year btw. calvin trillin's schtick is comforting & amusing & the ottolenghi piece was the same, like an a+ weekend magazine supplement profile.
― ~bacon trailblazer~ (schlump), Saturday, 8 December 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
i'm always relieved when there's a "themed" issue because it means i can skip it and catch up :(
a friend got me one of atul gawande's books for christmas 2 years ago that i completely forgot about, starting that tonight
― k3vin k., Saturday, 8 December 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
Checklist Manifesto?
― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Saturday, 8 December 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
no, complications. though i've heard my medical student and intern friends rave about that one, so i'm buying it for my stepfather (a surgeon) for hannukah
― k3vin k., Sunday, 9 December 2012 00:10 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ the jim from tuscaloosa calls
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 December 2012 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
food issue seems ok so far, i think i am tired of the new yorker doing the whole hmmm there is a trendy restaurant out in los angeles now how fascinating thing
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Sunday, 9 December 2012 07:06 (eleven years ago) link
Football radio guy piece I guess pointless but very entertaining. Homeless runaway teen story is extremely well written.
Food issue I thought was a let down, but I did like the underground dining piece, if only for the way it casually drops the fact that the subject was the personal chef for Nicolas Cage and his family for two years, which immediately made me go, what? I want to read a story about THAT.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 9 December 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
i dont really tbh
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Sunday, 9 December 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone read any of the books by the guy who wrote the Mao review?
― Tomb Of Spatula (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 9 December 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
get dexter filkins to write it, considering the ramificationsxp
― ~bacon trailblazer~ (schlump), Sunday, 9 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
xp nah but he had a great back & forth with niall fergusson in the london review of books after writing a harsh (but otm) review of his most recent book basically calling him racist & then laughing off nf's responses with quotes of him saying super racist shit. i recommend it
― flopson, Sunday, 9 December 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
btw since my friend giving me a free subscription to lrb (and the same friend passing me old copies of nyrb) i am totally becoming tom townsend from metropolitan, like i could even tell you about the review of pankaj mishra's newest book
― flopson, Sunday, 9 December 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
whole thing is here: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n21/pankaj-mishra/watch-this-man
― flopson, Sunday, 9 December 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Got a notice in the mail saying that my sub will automatically renew at the low-low price of $60.00 next year. WTF? I know that per issue that's a great deal, but damn, I think my introductory offer was something like $40 for two years.
― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Monday, 10 December 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
that's an amazing deal imo (I'm paying about the same for a digital subscription)
― 炒面kampf (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 December 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
You mean the 1 year @ $60?
― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Monday, 10 December 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
I recently let my New Yorker sub lapse because at the rate they came I barely had time to read anything else. The LRB is better in that regard.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 10 December 2012 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
― 炒面kampf (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 9 December 2012 20:55 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah otm, there is literally nothing in my life that is as good value-for-money as the nyer. cheap at twice the price &c.
― what is google (schlump), Monday, 10 December 2012 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
yep
― 炒面kampf (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 December 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
fwiw I combine it with itms gift card discounts, so it's closer to us$50
― 炒面kampf (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 December 2012 03:22 (eleven years ago) link
Man, it's not just that the New Yorker is a weekly, it's that it's a weekly with a significant, huge number of beautifully written, interesting and informative pieces nearly every single weekthat often take months to get around to. $60 is a bargain.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 December 2012 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
/spoiled
― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Monday, 10 December 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
one advantage of the digital subscription is that this week's edition is available exactly right now
― 炒面kampf (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 December 2012 05:00 (eleven years ago) link
my print subscription lapsed months ago but i can still access the digital edition iirc
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 10 December 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
my subscription is up in a month, planning to go digital-only at that point. It just works really well on the Nook for me.
― Tomb Of Spatula (Jon Lewis), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
I paid $29.99, I think, a few weeks ago. Educator's discount?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't digital only just a little bit less than the magazine, which also gives you digital?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 December 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
i somehow got a $25 "professional discount" in 07
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 10 December 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
xpost yes. It's really a tiny NYC apartment problem. The physical pile-up.
― Tomb Of Spatula (Jon Lewis), Monday, 10 December 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
and an international subscription problem (us$112/yr for the print edition)
― 炒面kampf (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 December 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
runaways piece is just arresting; making me look around more openly and less jaded at kids i see on the street
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
On the plus side, this week's issue has a fantastic piece about a guy who tested chemical weapons on military personnel. Pretty nuts.
On the minus side, it has one of the worst Shouts & Murmurs in recent history, and it's four times longer than normal too.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
Why do you torture yourself by reading S&M?
― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
I only actually read a tiny bit of it but the shtick was so dreadful that I had to mention it.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
I have laughed at Shouts and Murmurs at least one time
― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
I'm such a glutton for punishment that I always read the S&M in the hopes that, oh yeah, THIS week will be the funny one.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://i50.tinypic.com/5z4ftj.jpg
― dexpresso (Z S), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
needs the statue of liberty weeping
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
it doesn't matter who holds the football - woody allen, jack handey, steve martin, david sedaris, bob odenkirk - they all fuck you in the end
― dexpresso (Z S), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 04:03 (eleven years ago) link
wait does that mean Lucy was into pegging
― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Peppermint_Patty.jpg
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
I don't read the New Yorker so idk but can anyone tell me anything about Margaret Talbot?
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 05:59 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't read shouts and murmurs this week, but too bad for Simon rich, a previous ILX favorite.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
chemical warfare guy article is super-disturbing so far
but also haha:
He was known for his affectations, including a pink convertible—which he drove with the top down, rain or shine—and a silver-tipped swagger stick made of a human fibula. A master parachutist, he sometimes jumped out a second-floor window after lunch.
― dell (del), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
The most interesting man in the world.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
yes that quote jumped out at me too. it's a disturbing article but full of weird characters too.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
https://subscribe.newyorker.com/subscribe/newyorker/76255?source=NYR_global_rightRail_Ajust re: all the subscription talk, i'd bite
― what is google (schlump), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
The pretty run of the mill Trent Reznor profile was like listening to someone trying to awkwardly teach a new language to millions of people who already speak it.
"And instead of guitars, he used synthesizers and other electronic instruments, which when pressed produced all manner of sound. Sometimes, Reznor invoked a technique known to fans of industrial music as 'potty mouth.' Oh, you guys already know that? Hrm. Well, he was also in Nine Inch Nails, a popular rock and roll act. Oh, you knew that, too? Blast. Did you know he is full of rage? You did? Hrm. Did I mention the synthesizers?"
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
hey did you guys read that new Kent Razorblade profile in the new yorker? apparently he's using the internet to distribute music
― dexpresso (Z S), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Air Conditioning Scion Invents 'Musical' Computer
― the clown's reflection is incorrect (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link