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Matthew Biberman's Blog
October 25, 2009
- Much contemporary entertainment owes practically everything to Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus. The play may not have exerted a massive influence on love stories or romantic comedies, but when it comes to entertainment that trades on special effects or horror, Faustus remains the unholy mother of all. It is equally responsible for the river of psychological case studies that followed, ...
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October 17, 2009
- With my co-editor Julia Lupton, I put together a special issue of Shakespeare Yearbook entitled "Shakespeare After 9/11" that should be out soon. The Modern Language Association recently aired a show as part of their "What's the Word series" on how the events of September 11th changed the way we read Shakespeare's plays about politics and leadership. Three contributors to ...
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September 23, 2009
- Sometimes a picture says it all: Motorcyclist editor Aaron Frank on Overtime Tina, setting an ECTA Record (M/VG-650/4) at 105.506 mph.
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September 22, 2009
- Motorcyclist editor and friend Aaron Frank will be piloting Overtime Tina at the East Coast Timing Association's September Meet in an effort to get Big Sid the record he has long dreamed of . . . read his blog here: http://blogs.motorcyclistonline.com/6557266/events/chasing-a-speed-record-on-a-60-year-old-vincent-single/index.html
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September 16, 2009
- If you have heard about the Taylor Swift/Kanye West controversy, you might find my take on it of interest:http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/blogs/index.php
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September 10, 2009
- To read more about Leno and the run-up to his new show: check out my latest BIG SID blog: http://www.bigsid.com/archives/730
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September 9, 2009
- You can watch the Jay Leno feature on BIG SID'S VINCATI here: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=1154346 Let me know what you think!
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September 4, 2009
- With promotion, everything comes down to the writer. Agents, editors, massive publishing houses, publicists—in this day and age, none of that really matters. Its you and your book, so if you believe, then at least once in your life, you got to go for broke.The shot seems staged and yet it really wasn’t. The film crew had left and Leno had turned his attention to other tasks, principally ...
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August 19, 2009
- MAY 6TH: WALDEN SCHOOL, LOUISVILLE, KY -- BIG SID, MATTHEW, VINCATI; --SPECIAL GUEST: LEX, MATTHEW’S BLACK SHADOW MAY 14TH PRINCE BOOKS, NORFOLK VA-- BIG SID AND MATTHEW MAY 17th : MARYLAND BRIT BIKE DAY, BUTLER’S ORCHARD, MD --BIG SID AND MATTHEW MAY 21st : CARMICHAELS BOOKS, LOUISVILLE, KY -- BIG SID, MATTHEW, THE VINCATI,-- SPECIAL GUEST DENNY CORNETT’S BLACK SHADOW ...
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August 18, 2009
- I've probably sat down at least four times since Wednesday to write this up. And its hard to write something when you're sort of speechless! I had the happy good fortune to be able to meet the author of Big Sid's Vincati on Wednesday! You all know what a huge fan of this book I am. (If you're thinking....huh? you can see my review here.)This week, the author of the book, Matthew Biberman, the ...
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August 8, 2009
- It is strange to encounter people who want to know what you are going to write next. When your publicist asks, its not real. When radio personalities ask, its kind of smarmy. But when you are standing in a field and its hot out, and there are motorcycles all around and a guy ignores all of that to shake your hand and he asks,with a lot eagerness, "What are you going to write ...
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July 1, 2009
- The Sublime Weight Of Our Obsessions Especially moving is the weight of heritage and history in the memoir of English professor and grease monkey/craftsman, Matthew Biberman. The father ate bitter fruit in his youth and the son is made to wince from the unsettling memory. Matthew Biberman's passion and obsession to lift his father, Big Sid from rapid decline, prompts him to promise the latter ...
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June 29, 2009
- Subject: I'm Screwed. The Vincati Ride ReportMatthew and Sid Biberman visited Chicago for the Mods vs. Rockers motorcycle show on June 19th-21st, and were able to spend some time at my shop meeting people and signing books, etc. It is a visit I will never forget, for several reasons. As Glenn Shriver put it, I got to “sit at the feet of the master” for a while. What capped it all off however, ...
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June 28, 2009
- Douglas died on a Tuesday, January 27, 2009, so I’m late with my copy but I’m sure Douglas wouldn’t mind. He and I were late together on everything.He delayed the collection Milton and the Jews for years until he was satisfied that he had all the contributions he felt the book needed to stand on its own. And it was the same story with all his projects: his book From Playhouse to ...
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June 27, 2009
- It is interesting to compare mainstream media coverage of two projects I am involved in. If you have been reading my blog you know I am the author of the recently released memoir Big Sid's Vincati. It is published by Penguin, and its got a lot of stellar advance praise from all sorts of people on the book jacket but with the exception of my mentor Stanley Fish blogging on it in the New York ...
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