July 2001
Hi.
Welcome to Fred
Issue
4.
So after nearly two years,
Fred is back.
This issue has further of my meaningless musings about
things like irony (the idea, not a band), Paul McCartney
and Wings, Radiohead, Tool, PJ Harvey, how if the Earth was
destroyed at this very moment, something of our
civilization (monkey coversations to be precise) will
survive for all eternity, the Objectivist people on my
campus, and most important -- Love!
See also two spectacular works of fiction from friends of
mine who have kindly donated their short stories to support
my delusions of grandeur.
And finally, I have reviews galore -- of books and movies.
If you want to respond or submit something for the next
issue, please do so. Reviews of concerts and circus freak
shows are especially welcome. E-mail me here. Also, if you
think I'm full of crap, please respond. I love hearing that
I'm full of crap.
Joy
This issue has the following:
• Sounds
irony
wings
the greatest rock band in the world
part 1
part 2
part 3
• Things
the voyager interstellar outreach
mission
scott sandage
the virtues of selfishness
love
• Stories
"It's Not a Right, It's a
Privilege" by Karen Bell
"Intertextual Bodies"
by Jill Hochman
• Book Reviews
Richard Yates -
The Collected Stories of Richard
Yates
Nick Hornby -
How to Be Good
R. K. Narayan -
The Vendor of Sweets
J. G. Ballard -
The Drowned World
John Kennedy Toole -
A Confederacy of Dunces
• Movie Reviews
Amores Perros
Planet of the Apes
Moulin Rouge
The caveat is, of course, these are all my opinions -- and
who cares about my opinions, right? Well, make your own
website if you have something to say.