Shameless Cross Promotion (And It's Not Even Blogger Sweeps Week)

Ich weiß nicht warum, aber es scheint geben etwas sehr Weimar in der Luft diese Woche.

First there was Kusala’s mention of the book Weimar on the Pacific about the German exiles of Hollywood, and now it seems Eva Deadbeat – that brainiac siren of Vermont – is channeling the spirit of Sally Bowles and, more appropriately exotic, Anita Berber. Don’t know who Anita is? Shame on you! She was sort of the Weimar Courtney Love, that is if Courtney had been a bit wilder and much more uninhibited.

Sometimes I think Eva and I are the Oprah and Dr. Phil of the blog world. (I say stuff like “What is wrong with you people?” and “I want you to get excited about your life” all the time.) We seem to have this real lovefest/cross promotion thing going on. Maybe we should start a JunkThief/Deabeat Book Club and endorse emerging outre writers together. We could establish a school in Bosnia for young junk thieves and deadbeats...

Eva posted a nifty piece about Anita Berber and Kiki that is worth visiting. I think she’ll soon be much more of an authority than I, but I’m glad to have introduced her to a couple of wacky characters that were gone before even before our mothers were in middle school. Just save that last tango for me, Eva!