Month: August 2013

Book Review: “The Amazing Bud Powell” — A Disappointing Study of a Jazz Legend

August 5, 2013
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Ramsey’s book on Bud Powell is both a provocative read and a disappointing one. Anyone thinking this will be an illuminating portrait of a jazz master is likely to suffer a serious case of buyer’s remorse.

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Film Review: Paul Schrader’s “The Canyons” — Roasting in Hell for Eternity is a Given.

August 4, 2013
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The bubbling-over sexuality of Paul Schrader’s The Canyons is surely tongue-in-cheek, amusing in its semen-splashed excessiveness.

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Book Review: “The Hanging Garden” — A Posthumous Gift from a Literary Giant

August 4, 2013
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This novella is a gift to all of us who love Patrick White’s strangely alive prose and a welcome addition to his oeuvre. And for those who don’t know his work, it is a terrific way to be introduced to one of the 20th century’s finest writers.

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Book Review: “Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān” — Rewriting the History of Ideas

August 3, 2013
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“Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān” is a mesmerizing study that will enchant anyone interested in interdisciplinary, cross-cultural explorations of the history of science that transform the way we look at the past and the present.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 2, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week.

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CD Review: Dream Pop Gets Serious — the Ambitious Reach of Candy Claws

August 1, 2013
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The latest LP from the dream pop band Candy Claws turns out to be its most profound and impressive statement to date.

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Theater Review: Titanic Theatre Company’s Satire “Why Torture Is Wrong” Treads Water

August 1, 2013
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The Titanic Theatre Company production struggles with Christopher Durang’s superficial satire and manages to squeeze some laughs out of it.

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Fuse News: Paleo-Atheism, Susan Jacoby, sexting. . .

August 1, 2013
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New media always abets the power to articulate fantasy and fetish.

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