Freaky Trigger is 2 years old and, to mark the event, Tom has got a bunch of people to write about an underrated pop song. The highlights are Fraser Lewry on Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman, Ally Kearney on Ringo Starr, Fred Pyen on Royal Trux, and Robin Carmody on The Fall. Some of this writing is really quite wonderful, and almost makes me feel relieved i never got round to contributing myself. I don't even know what i would have chosen, maybe The Mover's Illuminated. Tom is relinquishing the helm at Freaky Trigger, and Ned Raggett is taking over.
Lets hope the high standards are maintained.
Dick i can make it through anything, surely. Obviously a certain suspension of disbelief is necessary but then reality, and narrative, aren't exactly relevant here. It's Antrim's writing style, constant with no breaks whatsoever, which seems to elongate time, which makes his books so enthralling. You could certainly argue that The Hundred Brothers is detached, intellectual , all surface, cold even. I wouldn't disagree, but would use this as a compliment.