Archive for the ‘reviews’ Category

Review: Snock, aka Michael Hurley

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

This banjo-strumming Woody Woodpecker’s campfire is a constant blaze of dreamy, peculiar Americana. A review of four tracks for The Boston Phoenix.

Review: A collection of six-word mini-memoirs

Monday, April 21st, 2008

In short: Norman Mailer’s 1966 poem “The shortest novel of them all” clocks in at 80 words. In other words, way too long for this collection of ultrashort literature.

Review: A short history of the American stomach

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Gut-centricity: Frederick Kaufman probes the obsession with eating. On his irreverent trip back in time, he wonders about all those diet gurus who promote the live-forever life and die young. (Listen.)

Review: ‘Billy the Kid’

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Outsider: 15-year old Billy Price, from Lisbon Falls, Me., is different than most. So is the documentary film about him. Maybe it’s a good thing not everything fits in.