| Thursday, February 19, 2004 What qualities should a pair of rimless eyeglasses possess? A excellent pair of rimless eyeglasses should be light as air. Rimless frames now can be just a few grams. Rimless eyeglasses may appear to be fragile, should be good enough to resist impact. Lens on rimless eyeglasses should be guarded the right coatings for the lens edges are usually polished to a glossy finish, light enters from the sides and will result in unwanted glare if anti-reflective coating is not there on the lens. Lastly, the rimless eyeglasses frame should have at least some style to it- if possible. posted by Robert at 08:18 | link | comments Friday, February 13, 2004 Strange Fascination: David Bowie - The Definitive Story Off the crime beat for a recent Bowie biography, David Buckley's Strange Fascination: David Bowie-The Definitive Story. Unfortunately, perhaps not emotionally definitive, with mixed results. As a "read," it felt a wee bit flat, falling prey to the perpetual album-tour-album-tour syndrome which can kill both performers and their biographers. On the plus side, it's loaded with facts -- 600+ pages of text, with only two brief photo sections -- not a photo fluff book by any means. There are also lots of firsthand comments from Bowie collaborators through the decades -- Buckley did plenty of research of his own, not just cut and pasting from earlier work. And it does strike a nice balance, being neither a fan worship gusher or a hatchet job. I guess I'll say this is a solid meat 'n' potatoes accounting of a long and zig-zagging career, perhaps inevitably lacking in poetic flow. Bio's a tough gig, I reckon. Another opinion. |
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