Review: Content
OnIt’s been 16 years since Gang of Four released an album of new material, and a good 28 years since what is considered to be their last good album, 1983’s Hard. They did put out a couple albums in the early 90s,…
Review: Sparks In Outer Space
OnCover of In Outer Space (Reis) Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight…
TV Is King
OnImage via Wikipedia One of the things I remember was that I used to store my old school papers from like, 1st-5th grade or thereabouts — maybe a little earlier, like, 1st-3rd or 4th, but somewhere in there — anyway, I used…
Review: Gyo
OnI was first drawn to Junji Ito’s work by finding a copy of “The Enigma of Amigara Fault” online. At first, I thought it was a scanslation of a story not available in English otherwise… but as it turned out, it was…
You Are About To Enter A World
OnI love movie trailers. No, seriously, I love them. I love to see how a feature length film is summarized and marketed. I have favorite trailers. I have favorite trailers that are for movies that I don’t even particularly like. I haven’t…
The Bowler Roast Beef
OnI’m not a sports guy. Not by any means. I don’t know much of anything about just about any sport. I don’t go to games. I don’t even watch them on TV. Not even the big important games. If I were in…
Review: The Suicide Cult
OnIn the later 1970s, dozens upon dozens of ‘true-crime’ books flooded the shelves, riding a new wave of popularity and searching for their own fifteen minutes of fame. Kilduff and Javers, reporters for the San Francisco Chronicle, compiled their stories exposing charismatic…
Review: David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
OnDavid Bowie’s one of the most interesting artists, and has been for about 40 years. This is not news. In fact, it’s too bad that he hasn’t done a new record since 2003’s Reality (his follow-up to the brilliant 2001 Heathen) —…