Month: March 2016
For all his memoir’s faults, Mezz Mezzrow’s rambunctious enthusiasm for jazz and the world it shaped and defined keeps the pages turning.
Read MoreThis invigorating book formulates a caveat: beware of music..
Read MoreThough the culinary tastes in this book are original and often complex, the recipes themselves are breathtakingly clear and often very simple.
Read MorePeter-Adrian Cohen, playwright, critic, and late-life friend, died early in March, in Zurich, age seventy-six.
Read MoreThe Obamas coming to speak was a rowdy “FU” from the progressive-minded Fest to the rest of Ted Cruz Texas.
Read MoreEach piece was delivered in a different combination of popular dance and modern dance styles.
Read MoreLucinda Williams is one of the few songwriters who seem to realize the messiness of later life is just as loaded with song angles as the restlessness of youth.
Read MoreBootycandy is sharp-witted and entertaining — but thoroughly sugary.
Read MoreSocialism is no longer a discredited word, and Fo brings an impish sense of divine comedy to the clash between the haves and the have nots.
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