27 April 2002
Updated the links list. If you're really bored, you might want to check them out.
I finished reading "Funnymen" by Ted Heller today. It was a good book! I would recommend it; near the end, I teared up a little at the way these men's lives ended. The book is a fictional oral biography on Fountain and Bliss, a comedy duo from the 1940s and 50s. I felt like Vic was molded strongly on Frank Sinatra. If you've read any biographies on Sinatra and then read this book, I think you'll definitely see the similarites.
Oh, and I've finally seen Monsoon Wedding! Lovely, frenetic at times, and smooth at others. I'm not good at writing movie reviews, but I recommend this movie too. Just watching it made me think, damn, there are many many people out there who were raised differently, listen to different music, have different values... it was interesting. I have just been having a media orgy lately. Many new books from library (I love the feeling of looking forward to so much!), then seeing Monsoon Wedding. And tonight is Spring Fling, so I'm gettin' my dance/music fix.
I finished reading "Funnymen" by Ted Heller today. It was a good book! I would recommend it; near the end, I teared up a little at the way these men's lives ended. The book is a fictional oral biography on Fountain and Bliss, a comedy duo from the 1940s and 50s. I felt like Vic was molded strongly on Frank Sinatra. If you've read any biographies on Sinatra and then read this book, I think you'll definitely see the similarites.
Oh, and I've finally seen Monsoon Wedding! Lovely, frenetic at times, and smooth at others. I'm not good at writing movie reviews, but I recommend this movie too. Just watching it made me think, damn, there are many many people out there who were raised differently, listen to different music, have different values... it was interesting. I have just been having a media orgy lately. Many new books from library (I love the feeling of looking forward to so much!), then seeing Monsoon Wedding. And tonight is Spring Fling, so I'm gettin' my dance/music fix.