Kevlar, goulashes, water, sunglasses and an infinite supply of patience. All the necessary gear for attending and surviving the 2008 National Book Festival. Rumor has it the Woodstock for Bibliophiles, Part Ocho, featured 70 authors and drew over 120,000 to the intermittently rain soaked Mall this past Saturday and put the security team for Laura […]
Entries from September 2008
Kevlar & Books. National Book Festival 2008.
September 28th, 2008 · Comments Off
Music Makes a Comeback. Again. Yamagata Part Deux.
September 24th, 2008 · Comments Off
If you have to take sides with the animals
Won’t you do it with one who is kind
Ever heard someone sing tears and then talk laughter? That would be Rachael Yamagata performing liquid melodies at the Birchmere last night while celebrating she and her twin brother’s 30th birthday party. Her emotionally visceral lyrics were fabulously juxtaposed against […]
Moments with Dad.
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Today was the first time in twenty years I have watched my father get ready. I was reading Steinbeck in a musty hotel chair in Monterey when he walked out of the hotel bathroom clad in a white t-shirt and olive slacks. Both were pressed. He pulled up his pants, strung his black belt, rubbed […]
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