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Imaginary review by Dan Geddes The great German composer and musicologist Felix Spielenhammer left an indelible mark on musical history. His development as a composer and theorist mirrors developments in twentieth century music as a whole. His death on ... More »
Alexandria Czechtealeaves: True Psychic Imaginary review by Dan Geddes The rise of psychics in recent years has brought a host of charlatans into the public eye. But against this background of fraudulence, one psychic’s image remains untarnished. Alexand... More »
by Dan Geddes One Friday evening after “Jeopardy” I become fascinated by my complete lack of romantic prospects, and the reality that, though only 25, I just might die alone. The utter hopelessness of my situation seems confirmed as I remember that my plan... More »
by Dan Geddes 15 March 2000 Converting shopping malls into prisons is a cost-effective way to create prison space to house America’s growing population of non-violent criminal offenders. America has an undisputed need for prison space, as we keep more than t... More »
Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa Review By Dan Geddes Cracking India tells the story of the partition of India through the eyes of young Lenny, a Parsee girl growing up in Lahore. Lenny narrates the events of her family and native Lahore over more than a ten yea... More »
Golden Publishing recruited only the foolhardy and the destitute, the bungled and the botched, and held their employees in a tight vise of hopelessness. Desperate job-seekers like myself were attracted by its “Help Wanted” box in the Sunday paper: ... More »
So I pulled into a McDonald’s. I walked into the white-lit restaurant, nearly slipping on wet red tile. I entered the line, and saw from the Ronald McDonald clock (which pointed with white-gloved gangling arms) that it was four o’clock. The beginni... More »
by Dalma Heyn Review By Dan Geddes The Erotic Silence of the American Wife consists of snippets of interviews with women who have had extramarital affairs. These excerpts are loosely combined to further the author’s thesis: that marriage, in its tradit... More »
By Dan Geddes A Demographic Analysis by The Raynd Corporation Their Manifest Failure The Sat-Critters’ Inexplicable Motives Help Is Available Now that it is clear that the American economy has mastered the boom/bust cycle forever, it seems that a little soci... More »
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins Review By Dan Geddes Tom Robbins’ Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a self-conscious novel—a novel that knows it is a novel, and reminds you of this fact at every opportunity. Its self-consciousness, best seen in Rob... More »
by Dan Geddes 14 January 2000 Introduction Take The Breyers-Devere Probe of Human Worth! How the Questions Are Designed Moral Absolutist (A) vs. Moral Relativist (R) Egoists (E) vs. Team-Players (T) Intellectual (I) vs. Feeler (F) Optimist (O) vs. Pessimist (P... More »
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe Review By Dan Geddes 10 January 2000 Thomas Wolfe shows his readers the magic in everyday life. Look Homeward, Angel is the story of an early twentieth century North Carolina family as told through the eyes of the youngest ... More »