All Things To All People
Reviews of albums, movies, books &c.
June 3 Lost Season 1 – RokuJeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams 9.0 The Lost Finale has breathed its last finaleious breath, and so I thought this time was right to get abreast with the world aand start watching, with Season 1….
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 reviewing ALL the Sparks records…
[Purchase Book] When most people think of the vocoder, they think of the robot voice on the Kraftwerk records…. or perhaps the mangling that Cher’s voice goes through on “Believe” or T-Pain’s voice on any T-Pain record. (That last one’s not actually…
Cover of Skin Deep When I was young, my dad and I were both huge fans of MTV’s Liquid TV. Actually, that’s not quite true — we still are, it’s just not on anymore. Until they finally release it on DVD, we’ll…
Cover via Amazon [Purchase Book] Harvey Kurtzman is one of my comedy heroes — and he’s one of those people who has had a huge influence on our culture; not only did MAD change the culture, but in particular, it was HIS…
[Purchase CD] I’m very happy to be writing this review; a little over a year ago, I did a Owl-Stretching Time post about Norway’s Katzenjammer and their great song “Demon Kitty Rag”. In the post, I mentioned that the album was coming…
[Purchase Book] Basil Wolverton is one of the most easily recognized comic artists and one of the most beloved. It’s always interesting to me how his art was often grotesque and vaguely disturbing (in the best of ways!) and that he was…
[Purchase CD] I might be an anomaly, I don’t know, but Cruising With Ruben & The Jets is one of my favorite Zappa albums. I get the impression that it’s one of those albums that’s kind of an also-ran for a lot of…
[Purchase DS Game] Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure is a neat combination of a platformer and a puzzle game. Taking advantage of the DS‘ dual screens, the top screen lets you control Hatsworth through worlds, and on the bottom screen…
[Purchase CD] The Apples in stereo are time-travelers. I don’t mean in the same way that can be said for the rest of us — though it’s true that they’re ALSO traveling at the exciting rate of 1 sec/sec, but rather musical…