Monthly Archives: March 2016

What the hell, Gibson? Perhaps a short course in, oh, “How the Internet works” would not be a bad idea, perhaps…? I have had a long love affair with Gibson guitars. My first “good” guitar was a Gibson Melody Maker … Continue reading →

H. E. Bates writes about war, romance and that delightful thing we know as English eccentricity with equal facility and with skill that makes one understand what is meant by the term “fine writing.” As I have made clear, I … Continue reading →

What makes Cooper an engrossing read is Hilary Masters’ coupling of a meditation on marriage and love with a meditation on flying and freedom. Sometimes Facebook actually offers something good. That shocking statement comes as a result of having friends like … Continue reading →

“He enabled their ideas to pour forth, providing the electronic effects, the string quartets, the cor anglaise, the trumpets and piccolos, that helped the Beatles transcend the limitations of pop and create music of sublime originality. He allowed them to … Continue reading →

“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” – Dr. Samuel Johnson I was going to write today about Hilary Masters’ novel Cooper which I finished a couple of days ago, but I started another book and the introduction … Continue reading →

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann I’m about three-quarters of the way through Hilary Masters’ interesting novel Cooper, and so I don’t have a book to write about … Continue reading →