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The Walt Whitman Archive

Wes Phillips First Published: Feb 13, 2006

I emailed my cousin, the gorgeous and talented Jean Carwile Masteller, about the wonders of reading Cotton">http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:jDVL8c_Arv0J:etext.virginia.edu/toc… Mather on the internets and she countered with the fabulous Whitman Hypertext Archive. Both are courtesy of the University of Virginia's digital library project, where my old friend Thorny Staples is helping Mr. Jefferson's university do wonders in the electronic age.

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Lester Bangs on Brian Eno

Wes Phillips First Published: Feb 10, 2006

Remember when the writing about music was as great as the music itself? Even when I violently disagreed with Bangs (his review of David Bromberg's first album, for instance), he wrote so hard and hot, I had to respect that it was his opinion and not just the music critics' party line. When he loved something, he conveyed what it was he loved better than just about anybody. (Except perhaps for Ian MacDonald, but that was the subject of a post yesterday.)

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Strange Things Happening Every Day

Wes Phillips First Published: Feb 10, 2006

Big Rock Candy Mountain is a big, beautiful blog, filled with wonderful writing about music (mostly) and full of MP3 links pertinent to the posts. I love the post for February 8, "Strange Revival," which links to Fern Jones' fabulous cover of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Strange Things Happening Every Day," which has to be the most joyous report of the impending end times I have ever heard.

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The Science of Jackson Pollock

Wes Phillips First Published: Feb 10, 2006

Richard Taylor analyzed a selection of Pollock's paintings and found them
"composed of distinct fractal patterns," even though Pollock was working long before the science of fractals was refined. Now pattern analyses may prove critical in determining the authenticity of 32 possible Pollocks.

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Revolution In The Head

Wes Phillips First Published: Feb 09, 2006

Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties is, quite simply, the best book ever published about the Beatles and their music. Its first half is the best description of the '60s I've ever read; its second half is a track by track exploration of the songs and the process of recording them. It's out of print in the USA, but there's a new edition available in the UK and it can be ordered from the link. Do yourself a favor and read this book if the Beatles mean anything to you at all.

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