Review: Wilson
On[Purchase Book] I want to eat Dan Clowes’ brain. If I can’t have all of it, that’s fine — I just want the writing parts. If I could write stories half as well as Dan Clowes, I’d be really something. And that’d…
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Reviews of albums, movies, books &c.
What's New: Thomas Dolby returns
OnThomas Dolby via last.fm It’s been a while since Thomas Dolby has been on the music scene. Not since 1994’s A Gate To The Mind’s Eye has Dolby released any new studio work. He toured in 2006 and has had a couple…
Ambien Review #1: Red Riding Trilogy
OnA little while ago, I got a prescription for Ambien (more specifically, generic Ambien) to help me sleep. For those not familiar with the drug, it seemingly helps you fall asleep by putting you into a dream-state while you’re still awake. So…
Book Review: Screen Burn
OnCover of Screen Burn Charlie Brooker‘s often been sort of on my periphery; he’s worked with Chris Morris before, and I’d seen the TV Go Home site of course, but what made me really like him (aside from Nathan Barley, of course)…
DVD Review: Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition
On[Purchase DVDs] It’s kind of amazing that Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been around for over 20 years, and even the earliest episodes still hold up. I guess the act of making fun of bad movies never really gets old. It sure…
Review: Geek Love
OnCover of Geek Love I like books and movies that really stick with you. When I first saw Barton Fink, I loved it and couldn’t stop thinking about it for a couple weeks. When I saw Mulholland Dr., I didn’t like it…
On the DEVO Song Study [Now With Song Streams!]
OnImage by SansPoint via Flickr Recently, DEVO, along with Warner Brothers, has deigned to give us listeners a chance to help them decide which twelve songs out of sixteen should go on the first new DEVO record in twenty years. This is…
Review: The Hurt Locker
OnI was so pleased to see a genre film win Best Picture at the Oscars this year. Usually genre films are maligned as being just for profit, without any artistic merit, even though that’s not true. And that’s particularly true for the…
Review: Snobby Little Elf
OnI suppose it was nigh inevitable that I’d post about the new Morningwood video — after all, I love music and I love animation. I’ve also been a fan of Morningwood since the debut record — and I’m happy to report that…
Guilty Pleasures: Tammy Wynette
OnI am a Tammy Wynette fan. Most people assume this is because of her association with the KLF in the early 1990s; their song “Justified and Ancient” harkened back to her massive 1960s hit about submissiveness to men, “Stand by Your Man.”…