Whenever I have to succinctly describe an historical event or character in a TV/music review I'm always reminded of the inexplicably revered Nick Kent rock memoir, Apathy For The Devil in which he wrote that Geoffrey Chaucer was “rightly renowned as one of England’s first book-writers”.
One boggling bit of overwriting that always stood out for me was Vincent LoBrutto on Christiane Kubrick painting: "Jam sandwiches, a favorite snack, were fixtures in the studio. Christiane munched on the preserves spread onto bread for sustenance while contemplating a work in progress."
May 10, 2025 09:05This in turn reminds me of a description I read in a review - I think - in Q magazine in the 1990s of an American book about the Beatles, which glossed "toast" as "a Liverpool snack made of cooked bread". It's so good I wonder now if it was a joke, but I don't remember it being presented that way.
