More Pepper?
<I>Living In Stereo</I> argues that, far from being the best Beatles album <I>SPLHCB</I> was the worst . . . least best . . . um, not greatest non-soundtrack album.
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The Cavern Club at 50
"A stinking, rat-infested cesspit that would never be tolerated now." And your point is . . . ?
Gaiman on Wells
Neil Gaiman argues that the science fiction novels of H.G. Wells, while fine, pale compared to his short stories. Gaiman says that the SF stories survive, while "many of the mainstream novels he considered more important and significant are gone and, for the most part, forgotten, perhaps because the novels were very much of their time."
Maupin's Mash Note to San Francisco
I loved the first six volumes of <I>Tales of the City</I>, although the recently published <I>Michael Tolliver Lives</I> sounds pretty dire. Still, few writers have ever written more lovingly about the city by the bay.
No Answers, Only Questions
Rilke, Durer, and the rise of science.
12 Tones, No Waiting?
Does the Western 12-tone scale represent every tone possibility? Oh, grasshopper, you have so much to learn.
Inner Ear Report
You can tell how nimble an animal is by checking the size of its inner ear.
A Letting Go or a Giving Up
...And I was returned to those weird and warm Florida nights when I'd leap eagerly from my comfortable but lonely bedroom at the sound of a weak car horn. In moments, I'd be out and free.
Missing Pages
<I>Missing Pages: Black Journalists of Modern America—An Oral History</I> sounds like one heck of a good read. And while we're on the subject, I also recommend the Library of America's <A HREF="http://www.reportingcivilrights.org/loa/"><I>Reporting Civil Rights</I></A>.
How Is It Possible to Speak of a Mother's Body?
Mary Gordon writes on the essence of memory.