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"There is a certain shade of red brick--a dark, almost melodious red, somber and riddled with blue--that is my childhood in St. Louis," wrote Harold Brodkey in State of Grace. Well, there is a certain shade of red brick--somber and melodious--that is my neighborhood in the West Village, and Ferron Brown is the custodian of that color. Mr. Brown's material [...]
1.The Crystal Ballroom Stephen Malkmus stands in the back. The dark club is packed packed, and he peers beneath bangs, shoulders slouched, a hint of atheleticism to them. He is a tall, slender figure with high cheekbones, checking out the crowd like a secret service agent, or a local hero about to make a cameo. Jackpot, a local record store, [...]
