Monday, June 30, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Here's two reviews!
"Childs tackles Shoot out the Lights for the latest installment of the wonderful 33 1/3 series. He provides deft analysis of the album track by track, through the nonfiction eyes of a musician whose life bears an eerie resemblance to Thompson, but without the success. Oh, and he throws in references to Dante's Inferno for good measure (see this week's Wikipedia link). I was skeptical of this approach at first, but it really works well."
- via Distractions
And a little more mixed:
"Those two approaches – literary criticism and fiction – come together through what in a way is Childs’ central thesis: that Shoot Out the Lights resembles Dante’s Inferno . Shoot Out the Lights the book thus is set up to also resemble that portion of The Divine Comedy, with Childs’ fictional main character Virgil going through his own dark journey. This fictional device is a unique one, but to me not especially successful."
- via Erasing Clouds
"Childs tackles Shoot out the Lights for the latest installment of the wonderful 33 1/3 series. He provides deft analysis of the album track by track, through the nonfiction eyes of a musician whose life bears an eerie resemblance to Thompson, but without the success. Oh, and he throws in references to Dante's Inferno for good measure (see this week's Wikipedia link). I was skeptical of this approach at first, but it really works well."
- via Distractions
And a little more mixed:
"Those two approaches – literary criticism and fiction – come together through what in a way is Childs’ central thesis: that Shoot Out the Lights resembles Dante’s Inferno . Shoot Out the Lights the book thus is set up to also resemble that portion of The Divine Comedy, with Childs’ fictional main character Virgil going through his own dark journey. This fictional device is a unique one, but to me not especially successful."
- via Erasing Clouds
Friday, June 20, 2008
Weekend Update
Sad news: the excellent Richard Thompson For Completists website is going down in the next couple of days. Visit now.
At some point, I intend to continue my review of 33 1/3 books I have known. Also, I will be adding reviews of my book here whenever I find them. This may prove harder than you think.
At some point, I intend to continue my review of 33 1/3 books I have known. Also, I will be adding reviews of my book here whenever I find them. This may prove harder than you think.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
My book is in stock at Amazon and Powell's now. Buy it!
I have some upcoming promo things!
1. I'll be guest blogging at Powell's the week of June 30 - July 4. What a great way to celebrate the birth of this country!
2. My Austin book release party is July 12 at the Carousel Lounge. There will be bands playing Richard Thompson songs and I'll read a few excerpts of the book. Yeah!
3. I'll be in Nashville on August 14 reading at Grimey's. Woo, Grimey's!
4. I'll be in Los Angeles on August 30 at Metropolis Books with Kim "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" Cooper and David "Swordfishtrombones" Smay. Those guys are awesome, and I'm excited about sharing the stage with them. They're organizing a Tom Waits tour bus for the same afternoon, which should be oodles of fun. This will also be my first trip to LA, so hooray!
Also, my friend David Schwartz's book was published the week. Buy it!
I have some upcoming promo things!
1. I'll be guest blogging at Powell's the week of June 30 - July 4. What a great way to celebrate the birth of this country!
2. My Austin book release party is July 12 at the Carousel Lounge. There will be bands playing Richard Thompson songs and I'll read a few excerpts of the book. Yeah!
3. I'll be in Nashville on August 14 reading at Grimey's. Woo, Grimey's!
4. I'll be in Los Angeles on August 30 at Metropolis Books with Kim "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" Cooper and David "Swordfishtrombones" Smay. Those guys are awesome, and I'm excited about sharing the stage with them. They're organizing a Tom Waits tour bus for the same afternoon, which should be oodles of fun. This will also be my first trip to LA, so hooray!
Also, my friend David Schwartz's book was published the week. Buy it!
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