by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 24, 2008 | Commentary
KCRW has posted a special page remembering David Foster Wallace that includes interviews with the author on KCRW’s Bookworm show. Included with the archive is a remembrance of Foster Wallace by the Bookworm’s host Michael Silverblatt. You’ll find...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 21, 2008 | Commentary
Sitting here watching the last game at the “old” Yankee Stadium. Jeter up for what is most likely his last at bat at this stadium at the end of a season that saw him surpass Roger Maris as the Yankee with the most hits of any Yankee ever. That’s the...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 20, 2008 | Wanders
After a fine breakfast at Kelly’s Kitchen in Point Pleasant proper, and after my bike’s rear tire was repaired, Kathy and I spent a delightful day at Island Beach State Park. We parked just outside the maIn gate and then biked the eight miles to the...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 19, 2008 | Asides, Wanders
We have arrived for our little anniversary getaway at the Windswept Motel in Point Pleasant, NJ. A little closer than our usual LBI trips and unusual in that we’ve never been here before. So instead of old familiar we’ll have some new, unknown adventures....
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 16, 2008 | On miPod
Great concert of singer/songwriter Sam Philips just posted on the NPR web site. Philips is one of my all time favorites. Sparse, elegant, sad, and exuberant. She just played last Saturday at the Linda in Albany, NY, which, unfortunately, I was unable to attend....
