All Things To All People
As should be obvious by now, I’m a big fan of the Professor Layton series of games for the DS, particularly since even though I’ve only reviewed the previous game, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, I tend to mention Layton in…
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969 might be the best straight-to-dvd music documentary I’ve seen. Of course, that might not be the biggest compliment, as I’ve only watched a few and these things tend to be relatively shoddy productions. However, the production quality of…
Cover of Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America In case you don’t realize, today is Buy Nothing Day. If you don’t know what Buy Nothing Day is, well, it’s pretty self-explanatory; it’s a day in which you buy nothing. Why is it today?…
John Gorka. Eliza Gilkyson. Lucy Kaplansky. Maybe you’ve never heard of any of these people, but you should check them out. Each is a contemporary folk singer and songwriter in their own right and each has their own impressive catalogue. Together, they…
Image by RevMe via Flickr A lot of people have been talking smack about dogs lately, and I’m here to set the record straight. Dogs are awesome, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar and a fool and probably not that…
I’ve wanted to see I Think We’re Alone Now since I watched the trailer online with my friend Josh when I went to New York last February. The documentary follows a couple of die-hard fans of Tiffany (the singer from the ‘80s…
Johnny Boo and the Mean Little Boy, James Kochalka Dragon Puncher, James Kochalka There’s really no doubt that one of the things that has always been admirable about Kochalka‘s work is the joyously childlike spirit inherent in it — whether that…
Cover of No. 1 in Heaven 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…
Image via Wikipedia Lately, I’ve been having dreams that aren’t just recurring, but continue a storyline across several nights. Usually, it’s something along the lines of the standard “Oh noes, I am still back in school and it turns out I didn’t…
McSweeney’s always publishes beautiful editions — that’s one of my favorite things about their books, the idea of them as objets d’arte is as important as the literature inside — which often is, of course, worthy of such a beautiful form. On…