Review: ABCDEFG
On[Purchase CD] Chumbawamba really is an underrated band — like a lot of one-hit wonders, their one-hit ended up doing them in in the eyes of 99% of music listeners. For a long time, I couldn’t stand ’em just because of the…
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Reviews of albums, movies, books &c.
Book Review: Evguénie Sokolov
On[Purchase Book] When I bought a copy of Evguénie Sokolov by Serge Gainsbourg, I thought it was, in fact, Serge Gainsbourg by Evguénie Sokolov. I had no idea that Gainsbourg had written a novella — I just figured the slim volume was…
The Literary Nightmare That Is Chris Bachelder’s Bear V. Shark
OnCover of Bear v. Shark I read a lot. I enjoy reading, and I tend to find myself in situations where reading is about the best way to spend time. Since I read a lot, it should follow that I must also…
Book Review: And Here’s The Kicker
On[Purchase Book] Comedy is wonderful. More importantly, comedy is funny. It can be difficult to do right, too — there’s lots of room for books on humor analysis and how something can be funny, when it works, when it doesn’t, and whether…
Book Review: Portable Grindhouse
On[Purchase Book] I’m much more of a fan of DVD as a format than I was of VHS. VHS never really looked as clean, it’d degrade over time, and there’s the whole pan-and-scan thing with letterboxed tapes being much more rare. …
A Meditation On Three 1960s Disney B-Pictures
OnCover of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Recently, I’ve actually sat down and watched more of the Disney Live-Action Comedies From The 1960s Or Thereabouts (The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Gnome-mobile) than most…
Review: Robbie Fulks – 50-Vc. Doberman
On[Purchase MP3s] I’m not really much of a download-only music buyer; I am what Frank Zappa called a record fetishist. I like the music, sure, but I also like the cover art, the liner notes, the credits, the physicality of the whole…
Review: Kindle 2
On[Purchase Kindle (Oh Please Oh Please)] The odd thing with e-readers is that they can be a bit of a tough sell; most big-time readers, the folks who’d buy ’em, aren’t typically sold at first. After all, they say, what’s wrong with…
Review: POLYSICS – Seattle, Studio Seven, 9/21/03
OnIt’s still POLYSICS week at Kittysneezes! To celebrate my trip to NYC to see POLYSICS on their last tour with Kayo, here’s a review of one of their concerts, back from 2003 — posted as written 7 years ago. Mang, that’s a…
Review: Braided Cord Heroine
On[Purchase CD] I’m flying to New York this week to both hang out with Janet, but also to see POLYSICS on their last tour with Kayo. To celebrate, it’s POLYSICS week at Kittysneezes! Here’s a track-by-track review of Kayo’s first — and…