James Parker is writer for the Boston Phoenix and is clearly wasting his skills on a weekly periodical instead of somthing more timeless like a book. The strong language, and the broad vocabulary, both say Nick Tosches but the brute masculinity and the heavy use of punctuation says Fulkner. Truly a surprise find last week.
"In ethnographic terms, the bouncer is the big daddy of the liminal realm, the place of thresholds, through which participants in the rite are conducted—moved along, if you like—as they pass from one state to another. Jittery clubbers at the door, agitating for entry; the gyre of and out-of-control pit, slewing toward carnage; a drugged or boozed patron sprouting invisible tusks of hostility; the bouncer is there, filling the space negotiating the transition."
-Bouncer Lit
Love the combination of words: Ethnographic, Liminal and Big Daddy in the same sentence. Gyre, slewing and "tusks of hostility" all need a good dictionary and together manufacture a dense and powerful image. Somone give the man a book deal please.
His articles here: http://thephoenix.com/Author.aspx?name=JAMES%20PARKER
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