Italo Calvino – Recliner Notes

The Many Beginnings of Tortoise’s “Cliff Dweller Society”

If on a winter’s night a traveler, the 1979 novel by Italo Calvino, consists of delineated chapters, each of which are divided into two sections. The first section of the individual chapter is a narrative of the reader trying to read a novel called If on a winter’s night a traveler while the second sectionContinue reading “The Many Beginnings of Tortoise’s “Cliff Dweller Society””

Man in the Long Black Coat

The first thing heard on Bob Dylan’s song “Man in the Long Black Coat” is the sound of crickets chirping. The song is the last track on the first side of Dylan’s 1989 album Oh Mercy. The album was produced by Daniel Lanois, which marked the first time Dylan and Lanois worked together after beingContinue reading “Man in the Long Black Coat”