I didn’t realize until now that I hadn’t posted at all about the upcoming re-release of “Lifes Rich Pageant.” The new version comes out on July 12 with a bonus disc of demos from March 1986. The “Athens Demos” are previously unreleased, but let’s hope they are also previously unheard, just like the demos from […]
I had a decision to make, a decision which would have wide-ranging implications. For a number of reasons, I had committed to paying close attention to the NBA Finals. I have slowly drifted toward pro hoops over the past few years. The quality of play combined with some really dramatic storylines in the playoffs had […]
I think my original thought when I saw the trailer for “Bridesmaids” mirrored that of many people – “This could be great or terrible.” The advertising really made it easy to consider the film simply a female version of “The Hangover.” Now that we know how that sequel turned out, hindsight shows there were plenty […]
Candy has its purpose in life. It makes us feel good. It helps pass the time between meals. And it sometimes makes us regret the moment we tore open the package. That’s kind of how I feel about “Supreme Courtship,” Christopher Buckley’s Supreme Court satire which I recently read. The book takes delight in mocking […]
During a Memorial Day weekend picnic, I had to break the bad news to a friend of ours. She works at a small bookstore. I had to come clean about the new Kindle I had bought. We had brought it to the event because I had bought a few books for Bridget since she was […]
When you work at a newspaper, you tend to think no one else sees the things you do. Not in the course of your duties, but in your workplace. No one works with weirder people. No one sees that kind of white-collar chaos and stress. No one has that many intermingled relationships. Only your newsroom […]
Now that I have a Kindle (more on that in next week’s column), I feel like a whole new world has opened up to me. I can search all through the Amazon catalog and find obscure books which I might want to read. Or I can download a novel by the brother of a friend […]
A number of years ago, I went to the mall to purchase a CD. I only had the songs I wanted on cassette and wanted to upgrade my collection. After I handed the disc to the clerk at the register, he sighed. Now this was no sullen teenager bothered by some older guy’s nostalgic purchase. […]
My column for this coming week focuses on the motivations and meaning of the Go-Go’s concert I saw last week. That will post on Tuesday. I wanted to talk a little here about the actual show, which was also blogged about here. It is kind of a shame that they didn’t fill the Hershey Theatre. […]
After the last book I read, I knew I needed something which would restore my reading motivation. I needed something fast, but substantive. I needed something which would make my brain work, but not too much. I needed some Ben Mezrich. Luckily, I had his examination of Facebook “The Accidental Billionaires” sitting on my stack. […]