Book Review: Love All The People
OnCover of Love All the People [Purchase Book] Bill Hicks often seems to be a comedian where you either don’t know who he is, love him, or absolutely hate him. There’s rarely much middle ground. And, well, I think Bill Hicks himself…
Youth/Age: Craigslist and the Killer
OnUPDATE: Craigslist kills “erotic services” section, adds oversight. CNN reports that the classified Web giant will assign live staff to vet every “adult services” ad. 70-something Dave Newton and 20-something Matt Keeley struggle with Web ethics via e-mail. —- On April 27…
Grabbity's Brainflow
OnFIRST: Thanks for the advice and such on the layout tweaks and suchlike! I’m glad I didn’t break it too much! So, hooray for that! ALSO: Starting next week (I know, it seems to keep getting shoved back a week, just because…
Review: Topless At The Arco Arena
OnWhen I was preparing for the interview with Tim & Jay of Wonderlick, I loaded up my iPod with just about all the Wonderlick stuff I had — including the rough mixes for this album they posted to Susquehanna Hat Company —…
Book Review: Cruel Shoes
OnCover of Cruel Shoes [Purchase Book] I have heard that Steve Martin is embarrassed by Cruel Shoes and that’s why he keeps it out of print. While I can understand being embarrassed by your early work (some of the original TODCRA essays…
Interview: Tim Quirk and Jay Blumenfield of Wonderlick and Too Much Joy
OnTim Quirk and Jay Blumenfield were one half of Too Much Joy — or, rather, still are, as the band’s never officially broken up. However, while Too Much Joy lays dormant, they’ve formed a new band, Wonderlick. Wonderlick’s first album came out…
Comic Review: The Best American Comics 2008
On[Purchase Book] I’ve grown to really enjoy the yearly “Best American” anthologies; Dave Eggers’ “Non-Required Reading” was my gateway into them (I typically think of them as alternate issues of McSweeney’s), and a few years ago, they started doing “Comics” as well….