the more i tried, the more i cried

have you heard about this new album? it is tons of different people covering the songs of mark mulcahy. more here.

found about 8 old copies of the BELIEVER at GDWL a few weeks ago. they are awesome?!?!

reading an interview with Gary Lutz from thirty-first issue of february 2006. (at time of interview GL involved with 5_trope).

p. 54

THE BELIEVER: I’ve heard you use some unusual methods for generating prose–something to do with crossword puzzle dictionaries.

GARY LUTZ: Well I’ve never done crossword puzzles, but early on, in my impatience with theauruses, none of which are very generous, I chanced upon a book called The Master Crossword Puzzle Dictionary which houses the largest stockpile of words to be found outside of the best unabridged dictionaries, and I’ve recommended it here and there to people who are interesed in precision. The problem is it is out of print, and secondhand copies are priced as high as $750. I think you have to know what’s available in the language, because a lot of words rarely make an appearance in print anymore, so a book like that can have real utility. I find it helpful to have lots of words passing before my eyes as much as possible when I’m trying to write, because the one word I feel I need the most might just be somewhere in the stream, though I might have to chop part of it away or twit it a little or elongate it afffixationaly.”

ok so here it is. this was written ignoring totally the rise of billions of people writing non-stop on the Internet all the time? or he just wasn’t considering that because it hasn’t been sifted, organized, contextualized yet. wait, just wait.

image via time out new york.