Robyn – Hyperballad
OnImage via Wikipedia It took me a while, but I got over Robyn’s taking the name “Robyn” for herself away from Robyn Hitchcock. It helped that her self-titled album was so dang good. It made me decide there’s room in the world…
Review: I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets!
OnFletcher Hanks had a very short run in comics; he worked only from 1939 to 1941. In fact, this, the first volume of his comics, I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets!, combined with the companion volume, You Shall Die By Your…
I Need A Chick
OnImage by RevMe via Flickr This was recorded for the Not Necessarily Beautiful But Mutated: Volume 9 DEVO tribute compilation that was distributed at DEVOtional 2010: A Decade of DEVOtion, a DEVO convention that occurred August 28, 2010. We still weren’t there in person…
Jack Horkheimer, RIP
OnIt’s old news now, but Jack Horkheimer died last week; he’s always been one of my favorites, just because he had this great energy in sort of a nerdy way — but that ideal of “Here’s something cool I want to share…
Picking Coconuts In Manahattan
OnImage via Wikipedia Paul Collins is one of my favorite authors; he’s got 5 books out (Banvard’s Folly, a collection of essays on forgotten folks of history, like the guy who invented the Concord grape, or the titular Banvard, who created a…
Review: Kimono My House
OnImage via Wikipedia 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 by reviewing ALL…
Ernest Hemingway
OnSince I have like three venues to publish it in, and I told Tao I needed a galley, I feel obliged to write a review of Tao Lin’s novel, Richard Yates. I don’t think I will ever read anything by Richard Yates. …
Interview: Will Nicholes
OnSome people think the Atari is dead — that’s not true. Hell, even most of the consoles I’ve seen still work. But, surely, no one’s making new games for the Atari, right? Wrong — there’s an active community of programmers making new…
Lance and I Break Out Of A Prison Where All The Guards Are Weasels
OnThe breakout is set for a quarter to one, the perfect time for a breakout. Although the guards in this prison are technically all weasels, the guy who’s on the night-shift for section B this week is a ferret, and really…
Having Fun On A Saturday Night
OnMan, I know how to have fun. I put on my horse-head mask and energy dome and went on ChatRoulette (Omegle’s video chat wasn’t working really well and it was harder to keep going to people after folks stopped). It was funny,…