Monthly Archives: April 2011
Various and Sundry
I’ve started several narratives over the past couple of days. One of them is Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, which I began listening to in audio form. It’s been awhile since I’ve picked up a McCarthy novel–the last was Suttree, … Continue reading
Lax Talk
I’ve just finished re-reading Eric Lax’s Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking, and my reaction the second time around is even more positive than the first. This has to be the best conversation-based book on Allen … Continue reading
Don’t Mind the Maggots
I guess it’s appropriate that I use an image in this posting–drawn by Lucia Mooney-Martin–of Perkus Tooth dancing with the three-armed dog, Ava. My experience with Jonathan Lethem’s Chronic City is very much canine in nature, since I listened to the … Continue reading
Here, There, and Everywhere
I’ve just finished Ben Katchor’s latest book, The Cardboard Valise, and as usual, I’m blown away by Katchor’s art and sense of humor. For me, this book was a long time in coming, the first since 2003′s Julius Knipl, Real … Continue reading
Framing the Frame-Maker
I’m reading two nonfiction books right now, one a biography and one a series of interviews. A couple of weeks ago I started reading Howard Sounes’s biography of Bob Dylan, but I’ve put that aside temporarily to pick up Eric … Continue reading
Pilgrim’s Progress
The Scott Pilgrim series has been on my “To Read” list for a long time. I had started it a couple of years ago, but then left it while the remaining books in the final volumes were being completed. So I’ve … Continue reading
Of Funnymen and False Friends
One of the benefits of traveling a lot, as I’ve been doing recently, is that you can get an awful lot of reading done while in flight, in layovers, or in waiting to board. And I’m one of those people … Continue reading
High Times
I’ve recently started two books, one a biography and the other an audiobook. Having been impressed with Clinton Heylin’s Behind the Shades Revisited, I thought I’d compare it to Howard Sounes’s Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan. I’m already … Continue reading
Comic Catch-up
Over the past year I’ve fallen behind on my comic-book reading. For the most part, I try to keep up with a number of series on a monthly basis, but for several reasons I just let this slip for the … Continue reading
Memories of the Reagan Years
I just finished Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho on audiobook. As I’ve been posting here for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been quite a resisting reader when it comes to this novel. Throughout my experiences with this book, I’ve … Continue reading