The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Blog is a fun word to say, even if I’m tired of hearing other people say it.Eggers on Salinger.Michaelangelo’s poem “When the Author Was Painting the Vault of the Sistene Chapel.” (via)“Hey Oscar...
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Listen to This
Whether writing about Mozart or Björk, punk rock or opera, Alex Ross urges readers to search for the moments when the familiar becomes strange. In his new collection of essays, Listen to This, Alex...
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The Rumpus Interview with Shulem Deen
In 2005, 30-year-old Shulem Deen was summoned to a nighttime meeting with religious leaders in his small Hasidic Jewish enclave of New Square, in upstate New York. The leaders of the Skver Hasidic sect...
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A Year in the Life #2: Deadlines, A Love Story
Leonard Bernstein once said “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” Bernstein (Lenny) was, among other things, a composer. So is my friend Felsenfeld...
View ArticleThe Rumpus Interview with Paul Lansky
Paul Lansky is one of the most fascinating people in the world of American music. For many years on the faculty of Princeton University, Lansky was a pioneer in the world of electronic and...
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America Again
The first time I ever had my makeup done professionally was fifteen years ago, on a photo shoot for the cover of my album American Ballads. The record was a compilation of American piano music from the...
View ArticleSound Takes: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Vince Guaraldi Trio A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy Records) Over the years I’ve been mildly harassed by jazz snobs, who have attempted to elevate my taste from the simpler gratifications of rock...
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