Book Review Friday: All The Pretty Horses (1994)

Book Review for All the Pretty Horses (2015)
Written by: Cormac McCarthy
Alfred A. Knopf,  pp. 302

Review

Cormac McCarthy is one of the greatest American Authors of the last half century. I say this and I've read all of four books of his eleven. His modal nihilism set against the back drop of the most existential strips of land around Texas and Mexico combined with the brutal violent realism in his stories creates tones that elevate the mostly godless written words into something resembling religious ritual.

But enough generalization.

David Bowie: Introduction & David Bowie (1967)

Introduction

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David Bowie is one of the most influential English musicians in the world. His career spanning from the late 60s to the release of Blackstar just this year, he produced masterpieces like "Space Oddity", "The Man Who Sold the World," and albums like The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. He was a man genre-defiant and stuck with nothing for long, he experimented with pop, rock, folk, electronica, dance, grunge, and bandstand songs throughout his career.

Despite his popularity, my exposure to David Bowie would come later in life. I knew he was a major musician of significant popularity. When I did listen to his discography, it surprised me how many recognizable tunes he had made.

The twenty-seven studio albums of David Bowie represent a wide variety of musical styles. We will see, even in his earliest albums, that Bowie was an experimental musician at heart.

Coming of Age in the Apocalypse: Shaun of the Dead

Welcome Readers,

Before getting into today’s post I wanted to make sure a few things are clear. This post presumes that you have watched Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead. There will be SPOILERS throughout the post, and I recommend you watch the film as it is one of the best comedies ever made.

The other thing is that this will be a mixture of plot analysis and psychological criticism, presuming the character of Shaun as viewpoint for many of the films scenes and camera views. I feel the post details how and why pretty well.

Now, with that said, we can begin.