September is always a month for extended re-visiting of Coltrane's work, it being his birthday and all. Been enjoying Lewis Porter's thoroughly researched and chock-full-of-musical-analysis tome John Coltrane, His Life and Music. Recommended reading for any month.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Tyson - incredible and spooky
Saw James Toback's Tyson last night. Strong, deserving reviews at Meta. That guy was a mofo in the 80s/early 90s. Was it really that long ago? So incredible, everything he achieved as a teenager and very-early 20s marauder. Kind of like Tony Wiliams but I guess Tony wasn't such a loose cannon.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thomas Perry - more Pelecanos than Price
Burned through Thomas Perry's expertly-assembled thriller Silence recently and meant to post about it. NY Times review here. Perry writes concisely, moving through scenes briskly - not without attention to detail - but on the Hemingway side of things rather than Proust....or, to put it another way, more Pelecanos than Price.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
True Blood Season 1... top of the second tier
Good stuff, this show. Not 1st tier HBO, but sad to say those shows - The Wire, Deadwood, The Sopranos - just don't seem to be getting made anymore. Not enough sex, maybe? True Blood, on the other hand... vampies + southern gothic + sex = greenlit second season, third, and beyond no doubt...
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