today's denis johnson links

that piece on Bikers for Jesus (or whatever...) that DJ wrote for salon.com a few years back...makes for interesting reading though, as anyone who knows me can surmise, the thought of being surrounded by that many born-again Christians makes me break out in hives...ew. http://www.salon.com/10/features/bikers1.html

SF Weekly article about Campo Santo, including the quote: "I'm kinda like Ozzy Osbourne..." [he means in the organizationally challenged sense...not in the bad outfits, bad hair and only speaking in monosyllables sense]
http://www.radiofreemike.com/johnson.html

a fairly decent review of SEEK,
http://archives.nashvillescene.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?story=Back_Issues:2001:September_13-19_2001:Special_Section:Fall_Guide:Books

and one of ALREADY DEAD which includes not only the premise that "in the current cultural climate, the novel is not just the preferred literary genre; for all practical purposes, it may as well be the only one..." but also employs the word VERISIMILITUDE (c'mon now...when's the last time you even THOUGHT about that word?)...as in, "...Johnson sacrifices verisimilitude in the name of higher pursuits and it is this, as much as the sheer density of the language, which makes the novel a difficult read...", though I have to interject that in my humble opinion, Already Dead is a much LESS difficult read for some of us than the usual waste of paper passed off as a novel these days...of course, I thoroughly enjoy reading & re-reading Finnegans Wake so what the f**k do I know about what qualifies as a "difficult read".
http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_01.08.98/plus/books.html