There is something that struck me about Gibson, reading this latest novel, and that was a quality of his prose that I had not noticed before. The scenes that he presents are like those slides of specimens that scientists use Read more…
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The Catcher In The Rye is one of those books that seems to suffer from being part of the landscape. I had forgotten, until a recent re-reading, how vital a voice this book has. There are a few terms which Read more…
Aimee Mann brings it all to the table — great lyrics, great voice and great delivery. I know a lot of people got into her with Til Tuesday, her former band (a pleasure I discovered later), but my first exposure Read more…
https://gingatao.wordpress.com I’d like to point you all in the direction of Paul Squire’s blog. No matter what he says he is a scholar and a gentleman — a provider of good advice, strategical application of spurs and provider of interesting Read more…
All-round good guy and fucking polymath talent, artist and poet Mike Padilla has a book out and though I have been a bit slow to hip you all to it — here you go: and go and get yourself a Read more…
It seems fitting to me somehow that I bought my copy of this book second hand. I had seen the film first and had remembered it as a charming film that was one of those stories that no bibliophile or Read more…
https://e-merl.com/rule I found this strip through Daniel Merlin Goodbrey who is also the writer on Necessary Monsters. Noble’s artwork is perhaps an acquired taste but one which I found myself getting hooked on pretty quickly — it has an edgy Read more…
This comic has a great feel from the start — an atmosphere that permeates from the establishing panels of the first installment right through to the current week\’s episode. It has grit — the same kind of grit that pumped Read more…
I have to admit to knowing very little about the real Helen Keller, but she is one of those people whose names floats around the ether and is known even if you don’t know exactly what she is famous for. Read more…
They are probably grouped together with someone under some umbrella movement by somebody who likes to categorise their music in that way but when I think of The Red House Painters I don’t think of them in connection with anyone Read more…