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Book Review: Long Live 19th-Century Literature!

April 30, 2020
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Like Nina Antonia and Robert Clark, Mark Doty deftly interweaves personal narrative with his literary concerns.

Book Review: “My Red Heaven” — The City as a Mirror for Consciousness

April 29, 2020
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Few contemporary authors much care to tussle with the proverbial mot juste; Lance Olsen insists on it, and over the course of fifteen novels, five books of nonfiction, and five short story collections, has shown himself a master of prose style.

Rock Album Review: The Mountain Goats — In Praise of Loss

April 28, 2020
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An admiration for certain defeat permeates much of The Mountain Goats’ album Songs for Pierre Chuvin.

Book Review: “Bring That Beat Back” — A Stellar History of the Art of Sampling

April 27, 2020
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Nate Patrin’s magnificently written and wildly informative new book argues for the artistry of sampling, its potential for beauty.

Rock Reviews: Heavy Metal Round-Up — Competing Apocalypses

April 27, 2020
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The cumulative message of these heavy metal bands might be: “I see your pandemic, and I raise you one.”

Film Reviews: More Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place — Stir-Crazy 2

April 26, 2020
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Here are five more appealing feature films and their links, handpicked to get you pleasurably through the Covid-19 days. Two need to be rented, three are free.

Film Review: “To the Stars” — Girls Have It Tough

April 25, 2020
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To the Stars is a somewhat formulaic Middle America melodrama, enlivened by inspired and well-directed performances that infuse some radiant life into small town struggles.

Jazz CD Review: “Both Are True” — A Big Band Chock Full of the Unexpected

April 24, 2020
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What strikes this listener most is the writing’s disjointedly distinctive — sometimes unfathomable — sounds and textures, as well as the music’s unpredictable flow.

Film Reviews: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place

April 23, 2020
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How to avoid going stir-crazy: burrow into the thousands of films available to watch on your computer, most of them free or practically free.

Music Review: Pokey LaFarge’s “Rock Bottom Rhapsody” — To Hell and Back with That Wholesome Midwestern Troubadour

April 22, 2020
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In Rock Bottom Rhapsody, Pokey LaFarge shows us where all America’s prophetic manias must lead: collapse.

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