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You could summarize Tim Winton’s Breath by saying it’s a novel about a two Australian teenagers who perfect their surfing skills under the tutelage of a reclusive mentor. Of course, that would be like saying Fight Club is a novel about young men in an illicit fighting club. Breath may be built around surfing […] Bruce. The Boss. Or Brrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuce! Tuesday was a notable anniversary for us Springsteen fanatics. Thirty-seven years earlier, Springsteen signed his recording deal with Columbia Records. Books could be written — and have been — about the impact that signing has had on the rock music. On May 2, 1972, Springsteen auditioned for Columbia’s John […] Not a hat tip, but a full bow to Cory at Madville Times for speaking up and saying what many of us progressive/liberal/any stripe bloggers thought: what in the hell is it with “Today’s Babe” at Todd Epp’s blog? I know that, at least historically, Buddhism has been viewed as sexist but I wasn’t aware […] Inherent in any book about current events or current affairs is the problem of lag time, the time from experiencing the events to writing about them to the book actually ending up in stores. Some of that can be alleviated by selling stories of the events to magazines or newspaper as or shortly after they […] Bulletin Board Although it’s appropriately being mentioned everywhere, it still would be wrong to have a post today without acknowledging the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Blogosphere Notes Commander Other has departed the Otherwhirled and his alter ego has embarked on a new mission at un:enslaved. Sincere congrats to and continuing appreciation of The Big Picture, […] |
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