Magic for Beginners Review |
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Posted by Craig on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:47:00 PST |
Lisa Germano, "In the Maybe World" |
In cognitive therapy, the point is to defeat your bad core beliefs (Im too fat; Im an annoying personality; Im not worthy of love, etc.) Lisa Germano sets her bad core beliefs to music, singing ...
Posted by Craig on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:08:00 PST |
Magic for Beginners, by Kelly Link |
Her quirky writing reminds me of Bjork. Mistress of the incongrous image, and, to borrow Jonathan Lethem's phrase, "sunlight surrealism." This book of short stories is a book of postm...
Posted by Craig on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:40:00 PST |
Vellum, by Hal Duncan |
Written in the extremely poetic present tense narrative (alternating between third and first person), Vellum is a kaleidoscopic retelling of Sumerian myths that occurs through the past, present, futur...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:52:00 PST |
Karin Hoghielm, "Apocryphal" |
Karin Hoghielm sings in Gotlandish and wordlessly against complex pieces composed of violins, pianos and traditional acoustic Swedish instruments. Her keening, glottal voice will remind one ...
Posted by Craig on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:31:00 PST |
Harland, "Sinking Shade." |
Fans of electronica with pretty female voices should check SINKING SHADE by Harland. The mood is somber but the vocals beautiful and the music catchy and danceable. It's like Madonna (with a mu...
Posted by Craig on Tue, 30 May 2006 10:30:00 PST |
The Trouble Sleep of Piano Magic |
Intensely insular songs of introspection and pain, this Piano Magic album is a document of beauty. Johnson's poetry is beautiful and vivid, and his thin wavering voice reminds me of Ian Curtis and Mar...
Posted by Craig on Sun, 28 May 2006 09:03:00 PST |
Robin Guthrie's "Continental" |
It's perfect makeout music that occassionally changes into more spiritual/mystical realms. I'm not crazy about the synthesized choir effects he uses, or the slips into New Age blandness. But at its be...
Posted by Craig on Wed, 24 May 2006 12:48:00 PST |
Morgan, "...and the moon was hungry..." |
Take a pinch of Sarah Fimms piano and electronica sound, mix in a little Rasputina-style cello-playing, add a dash of the Dresden Dolls post-cabaret, and you have Morgan. Her voice is beautiful and ca...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 22 May 2006 07:27:00 PST |
Vellum |
I started Hal Duncan's Vellum. It jumps all over the place, time and space, and there are changes in tense that can be dizzying. So far, so good-mythic and mundane melded together, poetry and prose. I...
Posted by Craig on Thu, 18 May 2006 06:39:00 PST |
