dennis scharnberg

calling all cars

The world would shift—and not in a good way—if there were no recordings of Charlie Poole’s Milwaukee Blues.

Logan Nygaard, A Treatise on Amusement.

altogether macho semiotics

“I’m sure they are good at what they do,” said Johnny. “And I am sure that they are also good in a more general sense. I am speaking, of course, about government workers.”

Hollis Beddoes, Counting the Magpies.

decline a fall

“When I am making flower arrangements I like to start with what is called a Martha Stewart. That’s three ounces of Scotch whiskey poured into a jelly glass, and then down the hatch.”

Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.

seems to be

Design: a specifically modern type of shallowness.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.