Here's my tip of the cap to "Matzke on Media"--a new element called "Three Sentence Reviews," where I give you some short takes on the stuff I've been feeding my brain.
3SR: "Everything They Had" by David Halberstam
If you enjoy good writing, you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy of "Everything They Had," a collection of David Halberstam's sports-related work collected from various periodicals. Halberstam is at his best in essays that probe America's love affair with athletics, such as the article that explores the role sports played in our culture in the wake of 9/11. Whether or not you are a "sports fan," it is extremely easy (and enjoyable) to be swept away by Halberstam's graceful prose.
3SR: "Snacktime" by The Barenaked Ladies
These Canadian pop-rockers have joined the growing wave of artists recording material for children (and their pop-rocking parents). This batch of affable songs has enough wit to make Mom and Dad smile, enough kid-oriented references (ninjas; snacks; ABCs) to perk up young ears, and enough melody to make everybody hum along to the tunes. But the childrens' albums produced by They Might Be Giants (upon which "Snacktime" seems to be directly modeled) mines the same territory to much sharper effect, and I must admit I was put off by a throwaway lyric endorsing darwinistic evolution.
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