Right: one of my pieces is linked in here. My apologies. I like it still, if that helps any. Anyway, as with the second batch, I found myself hooked on one piece here in particular: Michael Martin's
New York story about the preparation for Broadway of
Xanadu, one of the worst movies ever made. Two lines in particular knocked me sideways: "(Andy Gibb, a Newton-John friend and Beck's doppelgänger, had originally signed but dropped out, perhaps wisely opting to stay home and snort cocaine instead.)" And this absolute mind-bender:
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Idolator
And now, our final presentation of the Honorable Mention essays from the back of the forthcoming Da Capo anthology Best Music Writing 2008. I was surprised not to find anything about the Gene Weingarten piece on Joshua Bell busking in the D.C. Metro in the Idolator archives—maybe it was just too over-commented-upon in its moment for commentary here to feel unnecessary. Nevertheless, it's still an interesting piece, though not because it "proves" much beyond commuters are busy, but than Weingarten is one of the best profile writers around. Anyway, enjoy it and several others that join it in the "bonus tracks" circle.
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