It's complicated but it's still good

For various reasons -- and to my regret -- I wasn't able to catch Roky Erikson's return to Dallas Saturday night. After 30 years, the pschedelic-schizophrenic survivor seems to have been in surprisingly good form. Here's a review of the documentary, You're Gonna Miss Me and here's a review of his live performance.
Photo by Nan Coulter, special contributor, The Dallas Morning news

July 16, 2007 8:39 AM | Permalink

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THE REVIEWS:

Pat Barker, Frankenstein, Cass Sunstein on the internet, Samuel Johnson, Thrillers, Denis Johnson, Alan Furst, Caryl Phillips, Richard Flanagan, George Saunders, Michael Harvey, Larry McMurtry, Harry Potter and more ...

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Big D between the sheets -- Dallas in fiction

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Reviewing the state of reviewing

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9/11 as a novel: Why?

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How can critics say the things they do? And why does anyone pay attention? It's the issue of authority.

The disappearing book pages:

Papers are cutting book coverage for little reason

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