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Subtly reviving the classic sounds of Crosby, Stills and Nash and the Eagles, PMB still forges ahead with the momentum of modern rock, combining a soft ease with a pumping energy. With the magical bongo fervor of Chardy McEwan; the rich, warm harmonies of background singers Jonathan Williams (pianist) and Al Walsh (guitarist); the driving energy of bassist John Small and drummer Chris Williams; and the lyric presence and passion of guitarist and lead singer Pat McGee, every show is guaranteed a great...
...made me real, and the ground beneath her feet." Salman Rushdie, the writer who is perhaps more famous for the price on his head than his literary achievements is back with his first post-fatwa novel. Titled The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Rushdie's seventh novel is a global rock-and-roll odyssey that soars through the post-colonial and India before stumbling into pop-icon America. Inspired at least partly by Rushdie's association with U2. Rushdie made a rare public appearance at a U2 concert in 1993, coming onstage to greet lead singer Bono who was dressed (appro...
...swallowed up in an earthquake. Unfortunately, Rushdie abandons his most vivid characters, leaving behind Ormus' alcoholic Anglophile father and murderous brother, as well as Rai's gambling father and business-minded mother as the threesome for-sake their old world and are lured to America by the newborn rock-and-roll explosion...
Rushdie's prose ranges from lush to breathlessly over-the-top to simply ridiculous; in an attempt to bring a more rock-and-roll feel to the work, he introduces slang, throwaway puns and silly lyrics that hinder his otherwise elegant style. He describes Vina as "Professor Vina and Crystal Vina, Holy Vina and profane Vina, Junkie Vina and Veggie Vina, Women's Vina and Vina the Sex Machine, Barren-Childless Tragic Vina and Traumatized-childhood-Tragedy Vina." Um, what was that again...
...with aplomb, yielding a few entertaining bits of satire. His celebrities are drugged up, swaggering, stylized and often foolish. Through Vina and her famous friends, Rushdie shows us how fame is often unfulfilling, lonely and trifling. Andy Warhol's cultured set is brilliantly satirized, as is the delirious glam-rock movement that yielded Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Madonna Sangria is also skillfully caricatured and probably the reason why the real-life Madonna shredded her advance copy of the book...