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That the Phoenix is very different now is undeniable, and not its fault. When it was gusty and brash--and when the writing went right to the edge, and often, even usually, a long way over--it's because Harvard Square was the same way. The Square was the center of academic hippieness, and along with a few other campuses one of the most politicized places on earth. No one wore shoes; everyone wore buttons. Hawkers sold the Phoenix at every street corner, and to every driver who had the misfortune to hit a red light. There was a community...
From the beginning of the tournament, fans and promoters alike had been drooling over the prospects of a Khan-Desaulniers final. Seven of the last 12 WPSA tournament finals have pitted Khan, eternal champion cum showman, and Desaulniers, brash challenger become champion, against each other...
...murderously overblown T.V. game show that climaxes in the Astrodome with the contestant, dressed as a gladiator, getting either the girl of his dreams and $12 million or a man-eating tiger ("flown in by Air India") and certain death. It's set in the office of the brash young producer, who faces, in turn, a huge black tiger-tamer in safari costume; the awkwardly toupeed M.C. rehearsing the moment when he's supposed to crack the pressure of the event; the "lady"--an actress whom the contestant loved from afar when she lived near...
There is none of John Rockwell's "This writer" bullshit, none of Kit Rachlis' ludicrous over-intellectualization, none of Dave Marsh's brash favoritism (who likes Beaver Brown, but not the Clash!), etc. When Rolling Stone has grown more and more uncool, the Voice quietly retains its cool, thanks to Lester Bangs and Mr. Christgau. This book is hardly comprehensive, nore objective, but it doesn't and couldn't try to be. He loves enough types of music--Reggae, Soul, Punk, and Rock and Roll--and listens to enough music (14 hours a day, brag his zealous press releases...
Brinnin's study of Capote, from a brash youth, striving for recognition and feeding items to the gossip columns, to an older, established writer searching to maintain his integrity and voice while living as a perpetual guest and jet-set darling, is a model of character development. "I had to know what it was really like. Years and years I'd wondered: What if you woke up in the morning, so rich you were famous for it. Would you try a quiet little murder or two, just to see if you could get away with it? I've found...