The Solute Book Club: Humor, humility and humiliation in GOOD BEHAVIOR
Good Behavior is a very funny book but the dedication at its beginning seems not…
Year of the Month: Miller on MOSTLY HARMLESS
What we call the internet — a word that at root describes connection more than…
SONIC ROUTE: “I Fought The Law”, Various Artists
Of all the confessional songs I’ve heard, this one is my favourite. Written by Sonny…
Drunk Napoleon Listens To Bob Dylan: The Philosophy Of Modern Song
After a lifetime of changing masks and roles and jobs, Dylan has finally encroached onto…
The Solute Book Club: GOOD BEHAVIOR and the Pleasures of Series Fiction
Our book club has gone through quite a few series novels so far – Right…
NIGHT FILM by Marisha Pessl – The Solute Book Club
One of my weaknesses as a critic that I always forget is that I’m incredibly…
SOLUTE BOOK CLUB: Night Film by Marisha Pessl (an Introduction by Drunk Napoleon)
Night Film is not a transcendent experience – rather, it’s a work that does three basic,…
The Solute Book Club: BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOL 1 (hosted by Babalugats)
The Book of Blood “The dead have highways. They run, unerring lines of ghost-trains, of…
Soundtracking #!: Metal Gear Solid
The occasional podcast on music and movies, hijacked by a new host. Intro music: “Coffee…
