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Robert Boyd's Book Report: I, René Tardi, Prisoner of War in Stalag IIB:...
Robert BoydToday's report is on I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War at Stalag IIB Vol. 3: After the War, the third volume of Jacques Tardi's biography of his father as a soldier and prisoner in World War...
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Revisiting Old Favorites at the Museum of Fine Arts
Robert BoydI went to the Kinder building at the Museum of Fine Arts here in Houston last Saturday--the first day it was open to the general public. For many viewers, what was exciting was that they...
View ArticleThanksgiving with William Burroughs
Robert BoydHappy Thanksgiving. It's a bummer that we can't get together with our families this year. Here's a little William Burroughs to keep you company.And here is the Burroughs recording that...
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Robert Boyd's Book Report: Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of...
Robert BoydToday I look at Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused by Melissa Maerz. I've written about Linklater before on this blog.
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Robert Boyd's Book Report: Music & Literature No. 4
Robert BoydToday I looked at Music & Literature no. 4, a journal devoted to deep dives of a relatively small number of writers and musicians/composers. In this case, the people under discussion...
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Real Estate Art: 3723 Knollwood St.
Robert BoydI haven't done one of these in years. The thing is that after several years of relative quiescence on this blog, COVID has triggered a bunch of new videos, it has made me interested in...
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Robert Boyd's Book Report: Neruda: The Poet's Calling
Robert BoydToday I talked about Neruda: The Poet's Calling by Mark Eisner. Spoiler alert: I enjoyed this biography quite a lot.
View ArticleRobert Boyd's Book Report: The Complete Hate
Robert BoydThis week I read the massive Hate boxed set by Peter Bagge. I've written about Peter Bagge's work often on this blog. One of my favorite cartoonists!
View ArticleRobert Boyd's Book Report: Paul at Home
Robert BoydToday I report on Paul at Home by Michel Rabagliati. I've written about one of Rabagliati's books before.
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Robert Boyd's Book Report: Eileen
Robert BoydToday I looked at a novel called Eileen: A Novel by Ottessa Moshfegh. Eileen was Moshfegh's first novel, and she's published two since. I noted in my book report that the cover is by Thomas...
View ArticleBlast From the Past: Richard Stout on Modern Art in Houston
Back in 2012, Richard Stout asked me to help him turn a lecture he had recorded into a video. I did so and uploaded it in several parts onto YouTube. The subject matter is modern art in Houston in the...
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Robert Boyd's Book Report: Mozart
Robert BoydToday I looked at Mozart, a short biography of the composer by Peter Gay.
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Long Live Koyama Press!
Robert BoydAnnie Koyama is a Canadian woman who was involved in the Toronto art scene. Without knowing all that much about this part of Koyama's life, I have to assume that Toronto, like any other big...
View ArticleRobert Boyd's Book Report: Superpresent
Robert BoydToday I report on Superpresent, a new art & literature magazine from Houston. The editor is Kevin Clement, and I discuss work in Superpresent by Kristy Peet, John Adelman, Ceinwen E...
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Robert Boyd's Book Report: Yard Art and Handmade Places: Extraordinary...
Robert BoydTonight I did two reports. First was this one on Yard Art and Handmade Places: Extraordinary Expressions of Home by Jill Nokes with Pat Jasper, with photos by Krista Williams except for...
View ArticleRobert Boyd's Book report: Kathy Acker in Seattle
Robert BoydLast book report for 2020. This time I talk about Kathy Acker in Seattle, edited by Daniel Schulz with contributions from Acker herself, Larry Reid, Kathleen Hanna and several panel...
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What People Thought Were the Best Comics in 2020
Robert BoydEveryone has been producing their lists of the best of the year. I'm not going to try to build a meta-list this year (like I did last year for the best comics of the decade). But I do want...
View ArticleRobert Boyd's Book Report: My Boy
Robert BoydToday I looked at My Boy by Olivier Schrauwen. I've written about Schrauwen before, but not that much. Here is a good video interview with Schrauwen, talking about a 2014 graphic novel,...
View ArticleRobert Boyd's Book Report: The Indispensable Composers
Robert BoydToday's Book Report is a bit of an experiment. The Indispensable Composers by Anthony Tommasini is comprised of chapters about 17 important composers, so I included musical selections from...
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Robert Boyd's Book Report: Henry Darger's Room
Robert BoydToday's book report is a very odd art book, Henry Darger's Room: 851 Websterwith an introduction by Kiyoko Lerner and a lengthy afterword by Darger scholar, John M. MacGregor. Darger has...
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