BLACK POSTCARDS
By Dean Wareham
Penguin Press, 324 pages, $25.95
Another slog through Europe, and Dean Wareham, respected, almost-famous singer and guitarist, is finally realizing that elusive rock ’n’ roll fantasy. An Andalusian beauty with a “fantastic chest” is making eyes at him through the whole show. Afterward, she takes him home. She’s Read More
As a steady rain soaked the village this past weekend, Dean Wareham ambled down Avenue A, umbrella aloft, a slight bounce in his step, and watched the cabs race down the street. He wondered aloud whether his roof would spring a leak under the rain, and lamented his landlord’s decision to raise the rent by Read More
Do you suffer from Ken Burns-induced frontal-lobe fatigue? Are you listless, bored, feeling bland? Saddled with nagging PC guilt? Do you occasionally find yourself slipping into a soporific haze with repeated viewings of the same– you could swear! –black-and-white images of famous jazz musicians beamed through your TV? Are the words “…which would change the Read More
