Two reissued books feature some of the best essays of rock critic and social observer Ellen Willis.
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Book Review: The Seventh Priest: Offering Day by D.A. Winstead
Offering ancient mysteries and embassy intrigue in Sudan, The Seventh Priest is modern day King Solomon’s Mines with a touch of The Da Vinci Code.
Read More »Music Review: The Grateful Dead – History of the Grateful Dead Volume One (Bear’s Choice) [Audio Fidelity Remastered Vinyl Edition]
This is an interesting, high quality live Grateful Dead compilation, recently reissued on 180-gram vinyl.
Read More »Music Review: Asia – XXX
While XXX isn’t the album of the year, Asia offers one of their most appealing albums to date.
Read More »The World Is Still Too Much With Us
We have reached a moment in time when we basically have no time to be alone, to be free, to be disconnected and on our own. Technology is not at fault here; we only have ourselves to blame.
Read More »Book Review: Winter Journal by Paul Auster
A novelist looks back on his life.
Read More »Book Review: PYG: The Memoirs Of Toby, The Learned Pig by Russell Potter
PYG: The Memoirs Of Toby is a remarkable book - the sole known memoir of any creature other than a human. And it rocks!
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): Lord of the Flies by The Young Co.
SRT's The Young Co's Lord of the Flies proves young actors and director Daniel Jenkins can rise above a dreary script.
Read More »Music Review: Greg Lewis – Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black
Thelonious Monk's music played on organ, with four Lewis originals for good measure.
Read More »Olympics Opening Ceremony: Sound and Fury Signifying Mostly Nothing
This is not Las Vegas; it's the Olympics. Too bad people have lost sight of that and what the games are supposed to be all about.
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