Reviews and Words: Rothko, Rock, Finnegan, and Lions
This Week: Three Short Reviews of Rothko, Rock, and Finnegan Mark Rothko: A Biography by James. E. B. Breslin A giant tome, but fascinating. A look at the life and art of one of the greatest American abstract painters. It also analyzes the artist's work, including some of the late "blank" canvases where analysis would not seem possible. Worth a read for anyone interested (or not!) in art. Future Days: Krautrock and the Birth of A Revolutionary New Music by David Stubbs A fascinating chronicle of a time when there was no distinction between "popular" and "experimental" music. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce Unreadable nonsense or an epic/mythic/philosophical/comic masterpiece? Answer to both: yes. If you try to read it as a "regular" novel, it may seem too dense to bother. Or not. If you read it out loud, it transforms into an epic, poetic masterpiece. If you try to analyze it and pick apart its multiple puns, neologisms, and othe