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Image via Wikipedia [Purchase Book] Perhaps the most interesting thing in Amy Kiste Nyberg?s book, Seal of Approval, is that it doesn?t chronicle the evolution of any actual legislation ? the comic industry decided to regulate itself rather than risk the Congressional…
Joe Meek via last.fm [Purchase Book] Barry Cleveland’s book (and CD!), Creative Music Production is an interesting, great look on Joe Meek‘s work. It glosses over the more lurid parts of the story (which are available in many places, and as such,…
[Purchase Book] I typically find it hard to put down anything by Haruki Murakami, though usually, it takes me a bit longer than 4 hours or so to read one of his books. But it’s not really about quantity. After Dark is…
[Purchase Book] Haruki Murakami’?s always been one of my favorite authors. Even his weaker novels and stories are still worth reading; I?ve never abandoned one of his works. Just the opposite, in fact ? I find them impossible to put down, devouring…
[Purchase Book] The Rose & The Briar is a collection of essays (and a couple stories) about the American Ballad — the folk story-songs that our grandparents grew up with, the first hit songs. Granted, the original instances of them being hits…
Cover of King Dork [Purchase Book] As most people know, there’?s a recent young adult novel that has made it to the top of a lot of folks? reading lists, even those who aren?t actually young adults. It?s already been optioned for…
[Purchase Book] Will Johnsen loaned me this book after an interesting conversation we were having about music, copyright, and collage, amongst other things. One of us had mentioned David Toop — I can’t recall which — and it turned out that we…
Cover of Cloud Atlas [Purchase Book] David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas is less a novel and more a collection of six novellas. Though that’s not quite right either — the novellas are all linked and build off each other. Then again, Mitchell’s other…
[Purchase Book] This book made me angry. Enraged, in fact. So, why am I writing a review of it? More to the point, why am I not posting a review under ANGRY JOE!!!’s name? Because this is the intent of the book,…
[ Purchase Book ] Douglas Hofstadter was one of my favorite authors in high school. After Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, I devoured all his other books I could find. His last, Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of…