PLANET OF PERIL (53)

Career novels for boys — they did exist!

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By Lynn Peril

CROSS YOUR ENTHUSIASM (9)

HENRY ROLLINS, PUNK POLYMATH

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By Adrienne Crew

17th
Nov

Roswell Rudd

His sound was brawny, guttural, and tremendously expressive.
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By Franklin Bruno

16th
Nov

Early ’60s Horror (3)

The boundary between uncanny and uncanny-­fantastic is a difficult one.
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By David Smay

15th
Nov

Spoiler Alert: The Last Picture Show

The enigma of the old western wrapped in the mystery of the new.
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By Peggy Nelson

14th
Nov

Constance Rourke

In American humor, she discerned "a deep-lying mood of dis­severance."
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By Lucy Sante

13th
Nov

Xmas: the Moveable Feast

Music for escaping the time to which it returns us.
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By Matthew Battles

13th
Nov

Our hives, ourselves

"Small, taken one by one, but my god,/ together!"
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By Joshua Glenn

12th
Nov

Bewildered in Boston

"This stage was really hell — the fracas of an el / to downtown Boston"
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By Joshua Glenn

11th
Nov

Pluperfect PDA (11)

Ringtone: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"
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By Joshua Glenn