Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I just finished Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains, which is about international health physician Paul Farmer, who runs (among other things) a clinic in Haiti.
So inspirational. Also rather guilt-inducing. Marvelously written. And I suspect my brother knows this guy...
Awesome review, Hec! (And thanks for linking, Corwood.)
I broke into such a smile on the opening line:
For better or worse, the entries in Continuum’s 33 1/3 series have a reputation of being serious, analytical, and largely humorless studies of various classic albums.
'cause you know just where that's going.
Nice job, Hec!
He's speaking here next week. My book club read the book - inspirational, but also, the dude is a little nuts. I mean, I think it's irresponsible to marry and have a child if you live like that.
Swordfishtrombones, reviewed: [link].
"Sure it’s kinda geeky, perhaps even borderline psychotic"
Awww...that's our Hec, all right!
Seriously, nice review!
inspirational, but also, the dude is a little nuts. I mean, I think it's irresponsible to marry and have a child if you live like that.
That's an unfortunate juxtaposition with talking about Hec and his book....
In many ways Smay’s book is actually a better study of Waits’ music and life than the few recent (and much longer) biographies. The major elements of Waits’ music, and how many of those elements originated with Swordfishtrombones, are all addressed with a mixture of well-researched information and hilarious anecdotes and interpretations.
Oh, wow. That's an absolutely fantastic review. Bravo! And congratulations, Hecubus! We knew you when!
That is a wonderful review.
That's an unfortunate juxtaposition with talking about Hec and his book....
So glad that wasn't just me.
Hee, Steph! Well, book-writers can marry and have kids, I guess...
There's a scene where Paul Farmer stops to visit his wife and daughter (who is like, 3) in Paris for 12 hours on his way to Russia, and he hasn't seen them in 2 months, and he basically doesn't live with them or in fact anywhere, and as the parent of young children I just can't imagine choosing to live that way. For the child's sake. If I were that committed to saving the world, I wouldn't have kids.