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...made Donald Richie the philosopher-king of expats in Asia for the past half-century. He arrived in Tokyo in 1947 as a typist with the U.S. government and never really left, writing dozens of books on Japanese movies, temples, history and fashion, while enjoying himself as an actor, musician, filmmaker and painter. The Japan Journals: 1947-2004 is a monument to the pleasures of displacement. Richie watchers can observe, more intimately than ever, a man who is generally happiest observing. Newcomers to the "chronic non-joiner" may be tempted to turn to two essential, and more formal, companion books...
This is not a review of chronicles, Volume One, by Bob Dylan. Chronicles is a powerfully honest, engagingly written memoir by an extraordinarily important musician. It also contains not one nude scene starring Cher. If you want to learn about Tolstoy and Woody Guthrie, Chronicles is your book. But if you want intravenous drug use and mondo hard-core groupie sex, try some of the other rock memoirs published this month: Tommy Lee's Tommyland (Atria; 269 pages), Dave Navarro's Don't Try This at Home (ReganBooks; 253 pages) and Anthony Kiedis' Scar Tissue (Hyperion; 465 pages...
...Before It Hits Home” is the intensely powerful story of the last months of the life an African-American bisexual jazz musician and the dangerous double life he leads. The play’s broad range of sexual, cultural and medical themes will be sure to move anyone. The winner of the Helen Hayes Award for best new play is be presented by BlackCAST and will run for only one weekend. Tickets available from the Harvard Box Office. $6; $8 at the door. 8 p.m. Shows also Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6. Adams House Pool Theatre...
...success of the Electras. “He was the essential ingredient,” he says. “We, as a band, had tremendous fun together and that would not have been possible if we hadn’t worked together. John was a very resolute, dedicated musician...
Kerry extended that dedication to everything he did, says Rand. “He was a scholar. He was an athlete. He was a musician. He was a great debater and he was also involved in social work,” he says...