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...other surrealistic song on the album, "Side of Fries," is just as strange as "NACL," but not as funny. The idea of a well-dressed hotdog amidst a panoply of random images doesn't hold together well enough to give the song a central idea, but listening to "Side of Fries" is akin to reading James Joyce without the notes...
...laziness, both on the part of Guyana and the United States. The presence of conspiracy-man Mark Lane as Jones's attorney, warning that Ryan's investigation would have disastrous results, even adds heat to the conspiracy theories. One gets the nagging feeling that all of these seemingly random things are tied up somehow, but in fact they aren't, at least not in any discernable pattern...
...Random House; 540 pages...
...America, fiction is always in trouble. The novel has been receiving extreme unction for 20 years, the short story is the waif of literature, perennially searching for a home. Yet this fall, scores of worthy novels have issued from distinguished publishers; stories still find a loyal readership. Random House Editorial Director Jason Epstein notes that James Michener's novel Chesapeake is selling twice as well as his last one. A first novel, Final Payments by Mary Gordon, has sold 40,000 copies. Says Epstein: The outlook for U.S. fiction has "never been better...
...technique of turning that humor into finished comedy. Nor does the film ask why audiences identify so strongly with Allen--do they laugh out of recognition or from the sheer absurdity? If only Mantell had titled his work something less pompous it would be fine; as Woody Allen: Some Random Facts, no viewer would be misled into thinking he would get an explanation of Allen instead of a few scenes from his movies, a few filmed conversations with him, a few laughs. Of course we could use a few laughs these days. If you do go, keep in mind that...