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...from the band's eight previous releases. The Flecktones fuse jazz, funk and bluegrass into an eclectic mix of musical virtuosity that escapes the confines of any genre, using sounds ignored in mainstream rock, including Bela Fleck's Grammy-winning banjo skills and Future Man's synthaxe drumitar, a sort of percussion guitar that changes from rhythm to lead. Victor Wooten, arguably the best bass player alive, shines throughout...
...biographers today are indeed playing with the conception of biography as a genre. In Sarte's novel, Roquentin's struggles with this problem led him to abandon his biography. Those who persevere and finish a biography have made many choices along the way that are vital in determining what sort of biography will emerge. These questions can be divided into two categories: how the author obtains and interprets the sources concerning the subject, and exactly how the subject is defined...
...biographer obtains his or her information of the subject often determines what sort of biography will emerge and who will want to read it. A fortunate biographer will have the cooperation of his or her subject, access to all relevant primary documentation and numerous secondary sources. Certain kinds of biographies can be written using only one of these three sources. The biography of an athletic or entertainment superstar can be based solely on interviews with the subject, while biographies of historical figures are obviously limited to the documented sources that remain. Often a coherent biography can be drawn from primary...
...really want to understand the blues, the first thing you have to learn is that the music is not about suffering. Just listen to it. From the Delta to Chicago, the blues is the sort of thing you dance to: eight bar repetitions in four-four time with accents on the off-beats. It's the same basic structure you find in everything from square dance music to modern dance mixes. If you're not moving your feet, you're at least tapping your fingers. And you can't find a live blues recording without the sounds of people...
...With Sherri, the similarities that should draw us together are much harder to find. On the surface, we have nothing in common--no sports, no academic interests, no activities. Though Sherri is fighting to improve her speech, holding any sort of lengthy conversation is challenging. Now of course, I have unconditional love for my family, but love must be nourished. And for many years, I thought that nourishing this love with my other family members was just plain easier. I can gamble with my dad over a game of backgammon or talk to my mom at the kitchen table--both...