Greg Olear's Blog, page 16
September 3, 2009
Invisible Touch
NEW PALTZ, N.Y.-
In which we contemplate what makes some art better than other art, using the example of two erstwhile members of the band Genesis.
There are three chapters in American Psycho—"Huey Lewis," "Whitney Houston," and "Genesis"—in which Patrick Bateman, the narrator, ruminates on three of his favorite musical acts. In the third such chapter, he [...:]
In which we contemplate what makes some art better than other art, using the example of two erstwhile members of the band Genesis.
There are three chapters in American Psycho—"Huey Lewis," "Whitney Houston," and "Genesis"—in which Patrick Bateman, the narrator, ruminates on three of his favorite musical acts. In the third such chapter, he [...:]
A Sad Song Made Better
ASTORIA, N.Y.-
We moved on the first of September. Left our 400-square-foot fifth-floor walk-up on East Seventh Street in Manhattan's East Village—an apartment that cost a staggering $1,800 a month—for a bigger, cheaper, cleaner, safer one-bedroom in Astoria, the part of Queens comprising the westernmost extremity of Long Island, directly across the East River from [...:]
We moved on the first of September. Left our 400-square-foot fifth-floor walk-up on East Seventh Street in Manhattan's East Village—an apartment that cost a staggering $1,800 a month—for a bigger, cheaper, cleaner, safer one-bedroom in Astoria, the part of Queens comprising the westernmost extremity of Long Island, directly across the East River from [...:]
