Aventine From Agnes Obel
AVENTINE. Agnes Obel. 2013. [PIAS] Recordings. Let’s begin with a long winded digression. I’ve always associated Agnes Obel’s “Philharmonics” album with Phil and Kaja Foglio’s “Girl Genius” online comic. It … Continue reading
Stephen King & The Shining, 30 Years Later
DOCTOR SLEEP. Stephen King. Scribner, Simon & Schuster. I started “Doctor Sleep,” Stephen King’s sequel to “The Shining,” with a certain amount of trepidation. King has revisited child characters from … Continue reading
Orange Signals Deep Changes In the Standard Television Model
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. Netflix. Created by Jenji Kohan and Liz Friedman; produced by Lionsgate Television. Starring Taylor Schilling; Laura Prepon; Michael J. Harney; Michelle Hurst; Kate Mulgrew; Jason Biggs. Based … Continue reading
The Ocean At the End of the Lane
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE. Neil Gaiman. Harper Collins. Neil Gaiman doesn’t just evoke childhood when you read his work. Whether you are out on the back … Continue reading
White People & the Damage Done
WHITE PEOPLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine. Alternative Tentacles. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine have a new album out, just … Continue reading
Stopping Along the Interstate: Hotels in the Sacramento Valley
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS. 3350 Sunrise Way. Corning, California. 96021. (530) 824-6400. No one needs to be reminded that the country has languished in the midst of its worst recession for … Continue reading
Joyland
JOYLAND. Stephen King. Hard Case Crime/Titan Books. When Stephen King writes to his considerable strengths as an author, he stands well above the level of any other scribblers using the … Continue reading
Travels With Epicurus
TRAVELS WITH EPICURUS. Daniel Klein. Penguin Books Epicurus has always been one of my favorite philosophers. Back when I was 12 years old, approaching Confirmation, and struggling with the mounting … Continue reading
Announcing the 2005 Bard Fiction Prize
New Releases from Palgrave New Releases from Wiley & Sons MURDER OF A MEDICI PRINCESS. Caroline Murphy. Oxford University Press. In Murder of a Medici Princess, Caroline Murphy describes the spirited but all-too-brief … Continue reading
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