As someone who, as a teen in the pre-internet days, thought "There is a continuity error in this complete Sherlock Holmes anthology" and had like, a whole notebook trying to pin down the timeline (I think it was about when he quit cocaine, lol) I very much loved all these words about a recording studio!!
We were at the Thomas Wolfe house in Asheville last month, and it was already irritating me that all the big quotes about him on the walls of the pre-tour exhibit were by men, so when the tour guide assembled us, she said, "His editor, Maxwell Perkins, also edited F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway," and I blurted, "And Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings!" I was going to add that Perkins gave Wolfe's manuscripts to Marjorie for a second opinion, but maybe I will just save that for when I retire and get my master's degree in Florida literature.
OH. My. God. I swear you write this newsletter just for me. My high school boyfriend sang Motorcycle Drive-By at the talent show, and yet I still listen to it every single day. "I'll get over you / you won't know who I am" never hit so perfectly.
I too am excited for the Olympics to consume my life within the near future. I even briefly second guessed going to Steamy Lit Con to stay home and watch with my family, but the time away was too irresistible. Also, thanks for reminding me that Uncle Jesse and Joey had a recording studio in the Full House basement!
lol I had to back out of Steamy Lit and have been feeling pre-FOMO about it, so I am now going to REFRAME as being about preserving my time to enjoy the Olympics!
A) I love your Encyclopedia Brown deep dives and general passion for whatever thing interests you
B) “suddenly having Strong Opinions about sports I only just found out existed”
C) I will now be listening to “Motorcycle Drive By” today. It’s probably my favorite song of theirs! I tried to learn it on my ukulele, but it did not have the right vibe at all 😂
As someone who, as a teen in the pre-internet days, thought "There is a continuity error in this complete Sherlock Holmes anthology" and had like, a whole notebook trying to pin down the timeline (I think it was about when he quit cocaine, lol) I very much loved all these words about a recording studio!!
haha did you pin it down?
I'm not sure I ever did! But I did discover that two of the short stories start exactly the same way.
We were at the Thomas Wolfe house in Asheville last month, and it was already irritating me that all the big quotes about him on the walls of the pre-tour exhibit were by men, so when the tour guide assembled us, she said, "His editor, Maxwell Perkins, also edited F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway," and I blurted, "And Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings!" I was going to add that Perkins gave Wolfe's manuscripts to Marjorie for a second opinion, but maybe I will just save that for when I retire and get my master's degree in Florida literature.
good for you putting that respect on Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' name!!! Can't wait for your master's in Florida lit era!
OH. My. God. I swear you write this newsletter just for me. My high school boyfriend sang Motorcycle Drive-By at the talent show, and yet I still listen to it every single day. "I'll get over you / you won't know who I am" never hit so perfectly.
oh, fuck!!! that's powerful
I too am excited for the Olympics to consume my life within the near future. I even briefly second guessed going to Steamy Lit Con to stay home and watch with my family, but the time away was too irresistible. Also, thanks for reminding me that Uncle Jesse and Joey had a recording studio in the Full House basement!
lol I had to back out of Steamy Lit and have been feeling pre-FOMO about it, so I am now going to REFRAME as being about preserving my time to enjoy the Olympics!
There's your silver lining!
A) I love your Encyclopedia Brown deep dives and general passion for whatever thing interests you
B) “suddenly having Strong Opinions about sports I only just found out existed”
C) I will now be listening to “Motorcycle Drive By” today. It’s probably my favorite song of theirs! I tried to learn it on my ukulele, but it did not have the right vibe at all 😂
it is SUCH a great song but yeah, I can see how it was not written with the ukulele in mind lol