All Things To All People
Reviews of albums, movies, books &c.
Image via Wikipedia [Purchase Book] Graham Greene‘s classic novel The Quiet American, though written in 1955, is still a biting indictment of American foreign policy. His novel takes place in Vietnam (prior to the US/Vietnam war); the narrator, Thomas Fowler, is an…
Image via Wikipedia [Purchase DVD] I am a sucker for the utterly good-natured; this is one of the reasons I love the Flaming Lips. I have yet to see them live, unfortunately, but this DVD is a pretty good substitute, at least…
Image via Wikipedia [Purchase DVD] Cutie Honey has perhaps the greatest opening scene in history. The first thing you see is a kitty. The second thing is a beautiful girl in a bubble bath. That is AWESOME. Luckily, the rest of the…
[Purchase Book] Joe R. Lansdale probably doesn’t need too awfully much of an introduction. He’s won a bunch of awards (including the Bram Stoker Award six times) AND he provided the source novella for the cult classic Bubba Ho-Tep (speaking of which,…
[Purchase Book] When James Kochalka‘s original essay “Craft Is The Enemy” appeared in The Comics Journal, it generated quite a bit of controversy. People misunderstood his point and thought that Kochalka was saying that the ability to draw well was a hinderance….
Cover of Batman: The Killing Joke [Purchase Book] Alan Moore and Brian Bolland‘s The Killing Joke is thought of as one of the classics of the genre and one of the best Batmanstories to boot. Bolland’s artwork — typically reserved for cover…
[Purchase Book] The new graphic novel Vaistron collects the Slave Labor Graphics/SLG Publishing five-issue miniseries by Quebecois artist and writer Boussourir and co-writer Andrew Dabb; a comic with a distinctly European flavor and outstanding artwork that sucks you into a dystopian world…
[Purchase DVD] “How much of human life is lost in waiting?” The Indiana Jones films have always been about fun. They’re a similar sort of throwback to the days of the pulp serials as the Star Wars films, but while Star Wars…
[Purchase Book] Wild Man Fischer is one of the most enigmatic names of pop music. Fisher was discovered by Frank Zappa, named by Solomon Burke, and the first artist to release a single (and later, the first LP) on Rhino Records. He’s…
Image via Wikipedia These are the top ten songs — in no particular order save for number one — ever recorded by anyone. If a song is not on the list, it undoubtedly was a good try, however, I feel your pain….