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Devils and Dust

I was lucky enough to get my hands on an advance copy of the audio tracks of Springsteen’s Devils and Dust this evening. It is impossible to be definitive on a first listen (okay, it was two back-to-back). Still, there is no doubt true Springsteen fans will love it. Whether it will appeal to a […]

Tracks takes my check on “hiatus”

It seems like every year, one of my kids brings home a magazine subscription “fundraiser” from school. I always viewed it as an excuse to try add one or more magazines to the omnipresent “To Read” list. This year, I opted for Tracks, a magazine purporting to “help experienced, sophisticated listeners navigate a complicated musical […]

Google Print

Not quite sure how or when I missed this, but I discovered while working on the preceding post that Google Print is up and running in beta. I recall hearing about this project late last year but the fact the beta was actually up somehow escaped me.

The beta not only provides a variety of […]

Notes, riffs and bookmarks

Survey says: Bloggers should have content restrictions. (Via Gigalaw). C. Max looks at the interesting page changes at Amazon. And I have a forthcoming post on Google Print. Augustana’s Center for Western Studies is having a huge book signing from 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. April 23 as part of the 37th annual (PDF file) Dakota […]

SciFi v. LiFi

I hate the term “SciFi.” At least in the book world, it seems to carry this derogatory connotation that the work probably is not worth reading because it borders on pulp at best. Yet even when certain works are essentially science fiction, if the pundits consider it “LiFi” or literary fiction, it is accorded deference […]