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Turn Me On, Dead Man: Nick Cave’s “The Death of Bunny Munro”
Nick Cave has spent the better part of the past decade reasserting himself in his role as true rennaisance man. After the subdued and stately The Boatman’s Call (1997) and No More Shall We
Read More »Book Review: Stephen King’s “The Stand: Captain Trips”
You won’t hear it from the literary highbrow among us, but Stephen King’s novel The Stand has all of the elements necessary to qualify as a (if not the) Great American Novel. If you’ve
Read More »Book Review: Zachary Mexico, “China Underground”
Who is Zachary Mexico and what's he doing in the China Underground? Read Ann Logue's review of the new Soft Skull release to find out
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: “Off the Bus and On the Record”
Rock ‘n’ roll, of course, is all about The Kids. No matter what the makeup of its actual audience — and evidence suggests that it varies widely — there’s an assumption that pop music
Read More »Book Review: Andrew Mueller, “I Wouldn’t Start From Here”
Andrew Mueller, I Wouldn’t Start From Here: The 21st Century and Where It All Went Wrong (U.S. edition, 2009, Soft Skull) purchase from Amazon I Wouldn’t Start From Here is aptly titled, because you
Read More »Book Review: Travis Elborough, “The Vinyl Countdown”
Travis Elborough – The Vinyl Countdown: The Album from LP to iPod and Back Again (2009, Soft Skull) purchase from Amazon Okay, so the title triggers unbidden memories of a song most of us
Read More »Book Review: “Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music”
It’s hard to believe (for those of us who lived it, anyway) that it’s been fifteen years since Kurt Cobain committed suicide. On April 5th, 1994, the Seattle native left the world with the
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: “Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto”
Thank God for Ted Nugent. Seriously. The guy is a true patriot, and he has strong notions about America and what makes her great, which he lays out in his new(ish) book Ted, White,
Read More »Book Review: John West, “The Last Goodnights: Assisting My Parents with Their Suicides”
John West – The Last Goodnights: Assisting My Parents with Their Suicides (2009, Counterpoint) purchase this book (Amazon) As a culture, Americans may not have the most difficulty absorbing death — we don’t have
Read More »Book Review: Robb Walsh, “Sex, Death and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover’s World Tour”
Robb Walsh – Sex, Death and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover’s World Tour (2009, Counterpoint) purchase this book (Amazon) To say that I’m not a foodie would be an act of extremely polite understatement. I
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