Curations from the Human Jungle
[The world needs more people like SB Jim. Why? Well, that's a hard question to answer. He is also available to clean crawl spaces, vacuum cars, wash windows, and advise you on estate planning. (I'm just trying to be as off-the-wall as SB Jim.) SB SM] https://brownfedorabooks.weebly.com July 4, 2025— BROWN FEDORA BOOKS (www.brownfedorabooks.weebly.com), a... Continue Reading →
[Is it just me, or does Hollywood seem like the worst place in the world? Author Zwick seems to have a pretty good handle on it. Meanwhile, I'll stay in The Jungle. SB SM] “Little is learned from success”: “Movies aren't born. They fight their way to life. And the struggle can wear you down.... Continue Reading →
[Puzzled about what to get your sweetheart for Valentine's Day? Now you know. Get them a subscription to The Guardian, too. SB SM] Book sales boom as readers escape the ‘oversaturation and noise of the wild west digital landscape’ The Guardian, February 9, 2024 by Chloe Mac Donnell Chloe Mac Donnell is the Guardian's deputy fashion and... Continue Reading →
by Silverback Bill Schubart (Hinesburg SBs) Lots of questions about what will happen with music, books and art, but no good answers yet. June 18, 2023, published originally in https://vtdigger.org/ Silverback Bill on his '49 Panhead 1977 [There's nothing that writers and musicians like to do more than get together with their fellow artists and... Continue Reading →
[Here you go, list lovers. Don't spend all of your time reading Silverback Digest. Take an occasional break for a good book. This summer I've read Ulysses and Moby Dick. Then, to keep myself tittilated as I picked blackberries, a biography of Marilyn Monroe. (All on audio, I must confess.) Reading is fun, Silverbacks. SB... Continue Reading →
... a stranger comes to town = the only stories ever told. Things are good; things get bad; things get worse; things get better = The plot of every drama. We are admittedly book snobs here in The Jungle. We read 'em, we write 'em, we worship 'em. Here's a summary of some of the... Continue Reading →
[Silverbelle Jane is on the road, promoting the hell out of her book, Spirit Traffic. You can order yours at https://cjanetaylor.com/ SB SM] We thought we had enough gas and rolled through the eye-blink town of Shaniko (population 18, we later learned) enroute to Fossil, Oregon 36 miles away according to Google maps. My bike... Continue Reading →
[Thanks to Silverback Peter (Hollywood SBs) for forwarding this. Remember when you you used to have great bookstores IN YOUR TOWN? I know, kids, this sounds unbelievable. SB SM] Shakespeare and Company, Paris, France Shakespeare and Company is arguably the most famous independent bookstore in the world. Located at the edge of the river Seine in... Continue Reading →
Silverbelle Deborah published https://silverbackdigest.com/2021/08/27/book-recommendations-from-ireland/ Writes Silverbelle Deborah McDermott: "So, around the time I published my most recent blog about Irish authors, I put out an APB to the members of my book group and asked them to list some of their favorite books/authors. I wanted to get my blog out as soon as possible, so... Continue Reading →
"I brushed the crumbs off of the fish and back onto the counter, threw the smelts in the frying pan while I got the eggs out of the fridge and cracked one." The Smeltdog Man is the story of how a Cape Bretoner marshalled his accidental invention, a marijuana-induced, munchie-inspired Smeltdog, into the most successful fast... Continue Reading →