digital emunction » Joshua Baldwin http://www.digitalemunction.com A website dedicated to literature, politics, life, and anything else worth talking about. Founded in 2006 by Robert P. Baird Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:44:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shorter Post Than the Previous Two Futons.

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/03/01/shorter-post-than-the-previous-two/ Fake Book Review 16

Garbage Boyz James Fred. Hit! Press, $12.95 paper (176p) ISBN 000-0-000000-01-6

Brixton sensation Fred, in this peppy novel about a pair of cousins — Hesh, 17, and Marlick, 19 — who spend a weekend throwing a bunch of garbage off “Grammy’s terrace”…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/02/22/fake-book-review-16/ Poetry, Love, and Misheard Lyrics, Not Necessarily in that Order

From “Hot Burrito #2” by the Flying Burrito Brothers:

1) “Yes you love me and you sold my clothes.”

2) “Yes you love me and you stole my clothes.”

3) “Yes you love me and you sew my clothes.”

I always thought it was 1…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/02/02/poetry-love-and-misheard-lyrics-not-necessarily-in-that-order/ Lost County Blog

You find a lot of weird text strewn about the street and airways of any city, especially during an economic problem, when people feel low and don’t feel like picking things up, but rather dropping them on the ground. “Forget it,”…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/01/23/lost-county-blog/ Guest Post: Steven on Pizza 2

My cousin Steven is back with more thoughts on the pizza places in my neighborhood. I got this one in the e-mail this morning, and, once again, he’s given me the go-ahead to post away. Thanks cuz!

FRANCESCO’S, 531 Henry Street, between President and…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/12/24/guest-post-steven-on-pizza-2/ Los Angeles Series  

My poem “Los Angeles Series” is in the December-January issue of The Brooklyn Rail.  You can read it online, here.

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/12/14/los-angeles-series/ Fake Book Review 9

The Articulate Face Bradley Pendulum.  Fist Press, $30.00 (222p) ISBN 000-0-000000-00-9

In this generous collection of his signature ‘mirage poems’, Pendulum mixes Post newspaper text with auto-mechanic trade jargon pulled from “various rain gutters”, bloating these pages with choked-up meditations on interstate…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/11/23/fake-book-review-9/ Fake Book Review 8

The New Jersey Novels Peter Deck. Craig Books, $22.95 paper (209p) ISBN 000-0-000000-00-8

Why it’s called The New Jersey Novels is unclear; here is only one novel about New Jersey, Weehawken and Hoboken in particular.  The narrator, Jackson Park, lives in a rundown…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/11/13/fake-book-review-8/ Guest Post: Steven on Pizza

My 23-year-old cousin from Manhattan, Steven, recently visited me in Brooklyn, and he emailed me this review of a pizza place near my apartment (you’ll understand we visited several of the local joints that day).  I thought, Steven, you’ve done…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/11/06/guest-post-steven-on-pizza/ The Julian Casablancas Solo Album

Is anyone excited?  I am!  He’s gone L.A. on us.  Judging from the two songs I’ve heard so far (they’ll play on his Blade Runner-looking homepage if you go there), there’s a touch of 808s and Heartbreak happening on the new…

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