Articles by Patrick Brown

February 5, 2010

Fuck Yeah, NYRB 1

Who says publishers have weak brands?  Someone loves the NYRB Classics so much they started a Tumblr blog about them.  It is called, appropriately, Fuck Yeah NYRB Classics!

February 4, 2010

Long Live Books! 0

Do you have an ereader but miss the look and feel of a gorgeous hardcover book?  Do you want people to think you’re all about print when in fact you are riding the digital wave?  Then you simply must get this incredible Book sleeve for your iPad, Macbook or Kindle.  (Via Peter Knox’s tumblr blog)

January 26, 2010

Nobody Wants to Go Home: A Unified Theory of Reality TV 10

The Real World may be the most important show of a generation. Its first two seasons contain the seeds of all reality television, as well some elements that would find their way into today’s most successful scripted programming.

January 14, 2010

Sleep Talkin’ Man 1

“I can’t control the kittens. Too many whiskers! Too many whiskers!” A woman writes down everything her husband says in his sleep.  Why isn’t this on Twitter?  (via attackattack.tumblr.com)

December 28, 2009

Off Campus Housing: Richard Rushfield’s Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost 3

The Supreme Dicks seem to oppose more or less everything and everyone else. And therein lies the greatness of this book.

December 12, 2009

A Year in Reading: Patrick Brown 4

Stoner is the sort of book that people aren’t writing right now.