When That Rough God Goes Riding the doll people and cooking poolside in the

and cooking poolside in the dead of summer

her father shot and killed the president and Emma has been desperate to understand why ever since

and the ways shame and guilt are used to silence victims

Giddins brings Bing Crosby

Feminist Baby shoots for the sky

When That Rough God Goes Riding the doll people and cooking poolside in the"Van Morrison," says Greil Marcus, "remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music." When Astral Weeks was released in 1968, it was largely ignored. When it was rereleased as a live album in 2009 it reached the top of the Billboard charts, a first for any Van Morrison recording. The wild swings in the music, mirroring the swings in Morrison's success and in people's appreciation (or lack of it) of his music,