October 2006
The “October 2006” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on October 8, 2006.
Editor’s Message
King of New York
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Rail Recs
– By Brooklyn Rail StaffFew Shrinking Violets Amongst These Red Roses
– By Eleanor J. BaderFury on the Streets
– By Allison Lirish DeanAt the OTB
– By Miriam GrossAcquiring Soft Skills the Hard Way
– By Sabine HeinleinNew Skool Journalism Workshop Investigates School: Part II of II
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
– By Adam Graham-Silverman
Express
Farewell to CBGB's
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsPunk and 40: A Mid-Life Opportunity
– By Antonio LopezHardcore Memories
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeHurricane Hugo Takes New York By Storm
– By Nikolas KozloffA Memo from Rummy
– By Marika JosephsonWhere Have You Gone, Harold Reynolds?
– By Sean ManningA Tribute to Eros
– By Theodore Hamm
ArtSeen
Stuart Hawkins
– By Hrag VartanianMatt Freedman and Matt Marello
– By Chris HowardEric Benson
– By Jennifer RileyJohn Walker
– By Dore AshtonGraffiti Basics
– By Antonio LópezDash Snow
– By Thomas MicchelliTimothy Marvel Hull
– By Lauren RossJim Long
– By Ben La RoccoMaki Tamura
– By Stephanie BuhmannJohn Brill
– By Matthew L. McAlpinC.J. Yeh
– By Shane McAdamsNicola Lopez
– By Jennifer RileyDenise Green Metonymy in Contemporary Art: A New Paradigm
– By Robert C. MorganDona Nelson
– By Carrie MoyerAnnette Messager
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbucklePeter Caine
– By James KalmUrsula von Rydingsvard
– By Susan HarrisBill Albertini
– By Shane McAdamsReport from London
– By Sherman SamRobert Yasuda
– By Michael Brennan
Books
Fiction: Supersincero
– By Jody AtkinsonFiction: The Land Without A People
– By Eleanor J. BaderPoetry: Mourning & The Female Voice
– By Maxwell HellerPoetry: Innerture
– By erica kaufmanPoetry: “A Urinal I Invite You To Hang On Your Wall”
– By Doug MartinFilm: Losing the Thread
– By Thomas MicchelliPolitics: Root of All “Isms”
– By Arthur VaughanCulture: Bitching About Gender
– By Erica Wetter
Music
The Fourth Annual Williamsburg Jazz Festival, September 10–17
– By Fred CisternaStomp on the Floor and Go: Hootenanny Hijacks the Slope
– By Stacey CookThe Rebirth of the Pool
– By Katy HenriksenMorton Feldman Says (Hyphen—Princeton Architectural Press)
– By Richard KostelanetzBecause We Said So
– By Grant Moser and Scott DamellDimensions in Music: From Mambo to Salsa, Part Six: The Rhythm Sticks
– By Alan LockwoodLinz Report: A View into the World of Digital Music at Ars Electronica 2006
– By Sergei Tcherepnin
Dance
Boris Charmatz with Maxime Fleuriot
Growing Pains: Dance Stakes Its Claim in Brooklyn
– By Catherine MasseyThe New York Dance and Performance Awards: A Recap
– By Carley PeteschTwo Cures for the Doldrums
– By Susan Yung
Film
Another Dead Broad in the World of Men
– By Sarahjane BlumA Thing to Celebrate: 10 Years of Soros/Sundance at Film Forum
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeOde: Bobbie Lee and Billy Joe Are Still Teenagers
– By Erin DurantElephants & Ass-Kicking: Tony Jaa & Jet Li
– By David WilentzRobert Gardner with Brian L. Frye
Andy Warhol Silver Screen
– By Nora GriffinSeparated at Birth
– By Sara Mayeux
Theater
Blue Door: Painting within the lines of history with Tanya Barfield
– By Emily DeVotiBeckett at 100: Waiting for Godot and other New York Centenary Events
– By Alan LockwoodAgainst Reproduction: Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree
– By Caridad SvichTHE TEMPORARY LIFE: Thugs and the Law
– By Michael Washburn
Fiction
The Visitation
– By Mary McGrailHe Named His Son Rumsfeld
– By David H. Montgomery
Poetry
Vertigo, Heterotopia
– By Joan LarkinFive Poems
– By Raphael Rubinstein
LastWords
Epiphany of a Middle-Aged Pilgrim in Tea-Stained Pajamas
– By Peter Wortsman