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Book Review: “Sonny Rollins — Meditating on a Riff”

August 7, 2018
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The author of this Sonny Rollins bio promises us “A Journey into his World of Spirituality” — and that sets high expectations.

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Book Review: “The Bird King” — Nothing But Enchantment

March 12, 2019
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The Bird King is an utterly lovely reading experience.

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Fuse Book Review: “My Life in Middlemarch” — Expanding the Boundaries of Memoir

January 24, 2014
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I don’t share Rebecca Mead’s awe for “Middlemarch,” but I share her enthusiasm for stretching the envelope of memoir.

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Short Fuse: The Art of Charles Krafft — Nazism in Modern Drag?

March 25, 2013
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It’s not a simple story. It’s a story about dreadful ideas, hideous politics and their interaction with art and aesthetic judgment.

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Coming Attractions in Film: August 2010

August 2, 2010
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By Justin Marble August 4, “Best of the Oughts” at the Brattle: Putting together a list of the best films of the decade is quite difficult, and putting together a film series might be even tougher. But the Brattle appears to have done a good job, pulling in a mix of Hollywood and indie films…

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Short Fuse Book Review: A Doctorate in Chess Memoir Drag

June 26, 2011
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The theme of fading passion would have been enough. It is the theme of many a love story. It would have been enough for this chess story. But author Robert R. Desjarlais won’t let it be enough.

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Classical Concert Review: St. Lawrence String Quartet plays Beethoven, Adams, and Sibelius

March 21, 2018
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It is, clearly, a crafty Beethoven remix and the ways John Adams assimilates the older composer’s language into his latest style are fascinating.

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Book Feature: Jake Brennan’s “Disgraceland” — A Wicked Exposé of Popular Music’s Psychopaths

September 28, 2019
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Jake Brennan’s unique blend of humor and horror generates very entertaining stories about some of the most shocking crimes committed by various icons of rock, pop, and punk music.

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Fuse Tech: Interview with Daniel Adler-Golden, Founder of GroupTones

May 28, 2014
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Fuse Tech interviews will look at at start-ups from Greater Boston that are using technology to invigorate the future of the arts, culture, and entertainment.

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Book Review: Jack Kerouac in Mexico — Fiction Dressed as Fact

November 13, 2014
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Reading this book is like listening to a lively conversation from a self-proclaimed Kerouac authority giving his opinions over a café con leche late at night at Cafe Pamplona in Harvard Square.

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