This is, yes, a book, one that, if I recall, was it, ah, yes, one that everyone ought to read as it traces, spaces, the flow of thoughts that comes in moments of reminiscence, and I enjoyed it, did enjoy it, a great deal, particularly its absence, deliberate lack, of chronological chapters, though what does it matter, did it matter, no, it does not.

My take in a nutshell? A strong album, but still a bit of a mixed bag. My long(er) review can be found here for Ink 19.

I blogged a review of this novel here.

To describe I Hate New Music as it should be described - in a word, pointless; in another, execrable - could easily be spun as having missed the point. The book is tongue-in-cheek. It’s intended to ruffle feathers. It’s written by a lover of classic rock for other lovers of classic rock; those who would demur aren’t its target readership…

Full review here on Ink19.

I blogged my thoughts on why Crime and Punishment didn’t quite work as a novel.

My review of this ran on All About Jazz alongside Mark Murphy’s Once to Every Heart.

My review of this ran on All About Jazz alongside Marc Johnson’s Shades of Jade.

An almost wholesale return to the sound of Swell’s halcyon days in the mid-’90s. For fans of Swell who, like me, thought the band had slowly lost its way and become adrift on a sea of ProTools excess, South of the Rain and Snow will come as a refreshing return to form.

I found some of the essays to be a bit grasping (please, folks, Buffy is a guilty pleasure, not an academic pursuit) and fueled by a sense of unfocused outrage, but many of them were insightful, enlightening and raised serious challenges to the status quo. Worth reading for Andi Zeisler’s essays alone – she’s a brilliant writer with thoughtful contributions to many ongoing sociopolitical debates.

A good historical overview of second wave feminism—in fact, I feel more familiar with the three “waves” thanks to reading this. But at times Rosen can be a bit too forgiving of the problems that feminists faced within the movement itself (as opposed to the external sociopolitical oppression the movement was seeking to highlight and overturn), perhaps because she felt as though pointing out its flaws would undermine its appeal and achievements.