The genius of vinyl is that it allows - commands! - us to put our fingerprints all over that history: to blend and chop and reconfigure it, mock and muse upon it, backspin and skip through it. Adam Mansbach backspinblendchop Change image and share on social
To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register. Adam Mansbach canonizecaptureenter Change image and share on social
My approach is to treat writing very much as a job. Adam Mansbach approachjobtreat Change image and share on social
The thing I love about being a novelist is that with each project, you invent a new world. You approach it with a different set of aesthetic and structural ideas, and you grapple with a different series of problems in figuring out how to tell the story. And yet there are certain concerns that stay constant. Adam Mansbach aestheticapproachconcern share on social
You know you're a hopeless record nerd when your time travel fantasies always come around to how cool it would be to go back to 1973 and buy all the great funk and jazz and salsa records that came out that year on tiny obscure labels and are now really rare and expensive. Adam Mansbach backbuycool share on social
For many families, gift-giving is a major source of stress - the relentless commercialism, the whining demands, the financial pressure. Adam Mansbach commercialismdemandfamily Change image and share on social
I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight. Adam Mansbach abilityhiphop Change image and share on social
I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive. Adam Mansbach caffeinatedchairlong Change image and share on social
To be a white kid into hip-hop meant you'd sought it out and you practiced the art. Which meant dedication and diligence, as well as removing yourself at least occasionally from your own comfort zone and circumstances, and from people who looked like you. Adam Mansbach artcircumstancecomfort share on social
There's a lot of demand to hear the new Kanye West album before it hits the streets. There's much less demand to read the new Phillip Roth novel. Adam Mansbach albumdemandhear Change image and share on social