Tracker Gives Voice to Graphic novel by Jessica Cortez Forget Chris Carrabba. Craig Thompson has stolen the melancholic spotlight with Blankets, a semi-autobiographical graphic novel that brings back the subtleties of love and the formless grief all youth have known. Realizing his own penchant for writing lyrical sorrow, Thompson asked Portland, Ore. ambient band Tracker … Continue reading
Featured Book: Steve Lacy : Conversations Author: Jason Weiss Publisher: Duke University Press Year Published: 2006 Type: Other Pages: 256 pages Review: “Another Reason I’ve read a lot about painters and what not is because a lot of the writing about jazz is not good enough,” Steve Lacy says in Conversations, edited by Jason Weiss. … Continue reading
Featured Book: Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll Author: Rick Coleman Publisher: Da Capo Press Year Published: 2006 Type: Biography Format / Pages: / 301 pages Review: He is not Elvis Presley or Buddy Holly, but is indeed a rock ‘n’ roll legend. Fats Domino has sold over 100 … Continue reading
