Archive for May 15, 2004
How To Be Alone
“One of the great adaptive virtues of our brains,” writes Jonathan Franzen in his book, ‘How To Be Alone,’ “is our ability to forget almost everything that has ever happened to us.” I am writing, now, of pain. I ran 13.1 miles in 85 degree heat this morning in a little over two hours. The…
Read MorePart Bard, Part Blogger
Benjamin Wagner has been playing New York’s watering holes since the early 90s. His songs are straightforward, with easy-to-hum melodies and memorable choruses. Now on his sixth CD, the boyish singer/songwriter is part bard, part blogger, crooning about life in the big city and on the road. He’s Ryan Adams without the ‘tude, Pete Yorn…
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