The making of a Beastie Boys album and more book news
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In Continuum’s 33 1/3 series, a pocket-sized book takes on a single album. The audio version of one of those books -- on the Beastie Boys’ now-seminal ‘Paul’s Boutique’ -- is available now for free download, thanks to Rolling Stone and Audible.com: ‘ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ was one of the most counter-intuitive records ever made.’
Laura Miller just read a lesser-known Charles Dickens novel, ‘Barnaby Rudge,’ which has a riot scene that makes the recent protests in Iran seem a bit less frightening -- at least there’s no melting lead.
The literary/academic website the Valve will be running a summer reading group of a less-known Charlotte Bronte novel, ‘Villette.’ Written after the deaths of both of Bronte’s sisters, the book ‘was hailed as a work of genius,’ Rohan Maitzen writes on the site, yet ‘some found it morbid, disturbing, unfeminine, and coarse.’ Well, I liked it.
Angelenos looking for a super-cool Father’s Day combo might consider picking up a copy of Glen David Gold’s new book, ‘Sunnyside,’ which is a novel about Charlie Chaplin, and then head to the Cinefamily matinee of Chaplin’s silent film ‘The Kid.’
Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is coming to Los Angeles; she’ll discuss ‘The Power of Storytelling’ at Zocalo at the Skirball Center on Wednesday June 24.
-- Carolyn Kellogg
Photo: The Beastie Boys perform in 2007. Credit: Michael Morel via Flickr
