Steve Young, RIP
OnI hope you forgive me if I don’t quite feel like posting a review of some record or movie or comic book today. My friend and boss, Steve Young, died yesterday. Steve was a brilliant radio programmer and consultant — and a…
Book Review: Things The Grandchildren Should Know
OnCover of Things the Grandchildren Should Know [Purchase Book] The blurb from Rolling Stone that appears in the front of my copy of Things The Grandchildren Should Know calls Mark Oliver Everett (a/k/a E, of EELS) “the Kurt Vonnegut of the rock…
Interested In Contributing To Kittysneezes?
OnImage via Wikipedia Sometimes folks ask about contributing to Kittysneezes, and I thought I’d write up a little FAQ type sheet to address some of the concerns! First up, YES — we DO welcome contributions! If you are interested, you can contact…
I'm A Wound And A Sword; A Victim And Executioner
OnImage via Wikipedia It’s time for another hypothetical mix CD! Like the most of them, this is another themed compilation — none of these songs were, as far as I could research, originally released in the US. Mostly, they’re from Japan-only and…
Interview: Wry Ann Duchane
OnWry Ann Duchane first came to Internet Comic Prominence with the strip Hound’s Home, a long-running strip about George Glass, his two cats he taught to talk, and a talking, hyper-intelligent monkey. The strip went from being about the trials and tribulations…
Book Review: The Trials Of Lenny Bruce
OnLenny Bruce via last.fm [Purchase Book] As you’ve probably already guessed, I’m much of a First Amendment/Free Speech absolutist. It’s part of the handful of things that’s a political deal-breaker for me — in fact, it’s why I was initially distrustful of…
Book Review: The Wordy Shipmates
OnCover of The Wordy Shipmates [Purchase Book] Sarah Vowell’s new book, The Wordy Shipmates is about the Puritans coming over from England in the 1620s. I know what you’re thinking, but it’s really interesting and gives the Puritans much more depth than…
Book Review: Classic Feynman
OnCover of Richard Feynman [Purchase Book] Richard Feynman has become somewhat of a folk hero for geeks; a scientist who knew so much about so much as well as being an amazing teacher, and a person who just had so many interests….
Comics Review: Tales Designed To Thrizzle #4
On[Purchase Comic] I’ve been a huge fan of Michael Kupperman‘s work when he was known as P. Revess, running “Up All Night” in The Stranger (among other weeklies, of course). His woodcut-and-clipart inspired artwork combined with his absurdist sense of humor is…
Review: Breakdowns
OnCover via Amazon [Purchase Book] Art Spiegelman is (rightly) known as one of the founders of modern comics. Maus is often given the credit for making the graphic novel a viable and respectable art form, and his anthology series of the 1980s…