Jim Camp at the synaesthesia press

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He pointed to a rare book on the mantel. “I betrayed my country to get this book,” he said. He pointed to another rare book. “I killed a man to get this one.” He pointed to a rare first edition. “This one I got on eBay.”

“The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast, and if you’re not careful it’s too late. Of course, the young man will never understand this truth.” — Norm Macdonald

@crockpics ...at a strip joint in Germany. Playing the same 10 cover songs over and over for 8 hour shifts. 10,000 hours!

George, John, and Paul on the roof of the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961. The photo was taken during the period when The Beatles were playing extended hours at clubs in Hamburg, which helped them hone their musical skills and stage presence. They often played for eight hours a day during this time. Photo by Astrid Kirchherr.

"There is no loyal friend as a book." –Ernest Hemingway

5 Things Right Now: Lurie, Flea, Basquiat, and the Film That Lingers. 👉 open.substack.com/pub/jimcamp3/p…

@Dalkey_Archive Love love LOVE the design! I'll go ahead and judge that book by its cover.

THE GINGER MAN LETTERS — a scrupulously edited and annotated collection throws extraordinary light on the genesis, composition and publication of The Ginger Man, a masterpiece that censors and critics could not stop, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide.

I've taught European history for 30 years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we have front-row seats.

@therealkurtvile Huge score on the Eggleston cover!!

Hey! My new album ‘Philadelphia’s been good to me’ is out May 29th on Verve Records. It’s got a never before seen William Eggleston photo on the cover. It’s gotta lotta my band of bros the Violators on there. And it’s gotta lotta my extended musical family up in that… too. It’s beautiful and deep and organic and… we’re gonna come out into the world and play it live for all our sweet fans (that’s right I’m talkin to YOU!). Preorder here: kurtvile.lnk.to/PhiladelphiasB… Presale starts tomorrow at 10am local times, sign up at kurtvile.com/tour to get the code. General onsale on Friday at 10am local times. First single “Chance to bleed” is like some kinda new Hi-NRG (thanks, Jesse!) My boy Tom Scharpling told me that it lit him up like a Christmas tree. He also said it sounds like the song of the summer. I know it’s just the dawn of spring but, sheeit, let’s keep it goinnn 🎶 Big shout out to Winston Eggleston for sending me that special print over the pandemic because it’s been part of my DNA ever since. Flash forward to now… head is cozy in the clouds and it’s on the cover. It’s been a long slow ride and we still floating. SEE YOU SOON! Love, KV

Now in its second printing! Not available on that plastic thing.

@beau_throws Or just Brian Oldfield Everything circa 1975?

Pick three superpowers to build your best shot-putter 💪⚡️🦵

@theliteration That's a beauty.

Check out what just landed: A true association copy of Better Than Sex, inscribed by Hunter S. Thompson to journalist Robert Draper. And the inscription is… peak Hunter.

@beau_throws @GarageStrength If I recall correctly, Jim Banich from Aurora CO went close to 70 in middle school with the 8-pounder!

We now have middle-schoolers looking like this🤯 Congrats to Lincoln Miller (61' 4.25") and Landon Gauby (59' 4.75") finishing 1-2 in the Nike Indoor Nationals Middle School Shot Put🫡 The folks at Throws University doing a stellar job. *4kg Shot 📽️ @GarageStrength

While he was writing ULYSSES, Joyce told his friend Frank Budgen that he’d spent eight hours working on a single sentence. The sentence: “The heaventree of stars hung with humid, nightblue fruit.”

The soundtrack for this morning's mile with Mollie.

Soundtrack on this AM's morning mile? Big Star's Radio City of course.

@ThoNg676733 i was a freshman in high school. good song. many more that made a bigger impact on me. like every single song off London's Calling.

Imagine living in 1978 and hearing this amazing Song for the first time!🎸🎤

Today's soundtrack on my morning mile: Led Zeppelin 3. Their most underrated record?

@readswithravi Hail Mary.

what is the best science fiction book you’ve ever read?

Happy World Book Day! I’ve spent most of my life around books — reading them, buying them, selling them, making them....and occasionally rescuing them. The best ones still surprise me. Books are time machines. 📚 #WorldBookDay #RareBooks #BookCollectors