Friday, April 20, 2007

Fanny & Feeney

I particularly enjoyed two stories in the Globe's Weekend section today.

Pop music critic Joan Anderman wrote about Fanny, the first all-female rock act that could actually play its instruments, now all but forgotten.

David Bowie says they were "colossal and wonderful" -- but don't take his word for it. Check out this great audio slideshow by the Globe's Lane Turner and Susan Vermazen. (Susan, nice joke with the last photo.) Tonight, Fanny will reunite to perform together for the first time in more than 30 years at Berklee College of Music, where the band will receive the ROCKRGRL Women of Valor Award.

Mark Feeney's story about "Picture Show," an exhibit of moving-image devices both historical and fantastical at BU's Photographic Resource Center, is just a pleasure to read. Those of you who mistakenly thought my "Philosophywatch" feature opposed all references to thinkers and writers in the pages of mainstream periodicals may be confused to hear that I was delighted with this conceit of Feeney's in particular:

In "Always, Just Beyond Reach, " a set of outstretched hands can never quite reach a set of pretty flowers. Futility has rarely been so sweetly appointed. It's as if Laura Ashley were hosting a garden party in honor of Tantalus and Zeno.

Great stuff.

Posted by Joshua Glenn at 12:56 PM

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