All Things To All People
Reviews of albums, movies, books &c.
Cover of Whomp That Sucker (Reis) Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight…
Scribblenauts was one of my favorite games of last year, along with the Professor Layton games. Scribblenauts had an absolutely brilliant concept — solving puzzles by writing things into existence — but, unfortunately, the controls made the game a bit more irritating…
Cover of Terminal Jive (Reis) Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight by…
As should be obvious by now, I’m a big fan of the Professor Layton series of games for the DS, particularly since even though I’ve only reviewed the previous game, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, I tend to mention Layton in…
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969 might be the best straight-to-dvd music documentary I’ve seen. Of course, that might not be the biggest compliment, as I’ve only watched a few and these things tend to be relatively shoddy productions. However, the production quality of…
John Gorka. Eliza Gilkyson. Lucy Kaplansky. Maybe you’ve never heard of any of these people, but you should check them out. Each is a contemporary folk singer and songwriter in their own right and each has their own impressive catalogue. Together, they…
I’ve wanted to see I Think We’re Alone Now since I watched the trailer online with my friend Josh when I went to New York last February. The documentary follows a couple of die-hard fans of Tiffany (the singer from the ‘80s…
Johnny Boo and the Mean Little Boy, James Kochalka Dragon Puncher, James Kochalka There’s really no doubt that one of the things that has always been admirable about Kochalka‘s work is the joyously childlike spirit inherent in it — whether that…
Cover of No. 1 in Heaven Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight…
McSweeney’s always publishes beautiful editions — that’s one of my favorite things about their books, the idea of them as objets d’arte is as important as the literature inside — which often is, of course, worthy of such a beautiful form. On…