Syndicate Consumption
2009
December
November
2
October
15
September
August
16
July
13
June
18
May
22
April
15
March
14
February
12
January
7
2008
December
9
November
10
October
13
September
14
August
31
July
14
June
19
May
18
April
25
March
12
February
January
MUSIC: UNDER THE COVERS, VOLS. 1 & 2 ~...
Two collections of pop covers, more hits than misses. Sweet and Hoffs are the perfect combination...
Sep 1st
BOOK: GEEKTASTIC ~ EDITED BY HOLLY BLACK...
Subtitle: Stories from the Nerd Herd (Note: In this case, “Nerd Herd” has nothing to do...
Sep 1st
Book: THE BIG REWIND: A MEMOIR BROUGHT...
Nathan Rabin’s memoir was constructed a bit different than what I expected, but still...
Aug 27th
Movie: AMERICAN SWING
2008, Directed by Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart Holy fuck, dude. The 70s were strange. Like really...
Aug 25th
Sequential Art: Oishinbo: A la Carte
(Volumes include Japanese Cuisine; Sake; Ramen and Goyza; Fish, Sushi, and Sashimi; and the...
Aug 24th
Book: CARTWHEELS IN A SARI: A MEMOIR OF...
A good summary of this memoir can be found in Tamm’s recent Washington Post essay “In...
Aug 24th
BOOKS: RIPPED: HOW THE WIRED GENERATION...
While Greg Kot is one of my favorite current rock critics, his new book RIPPED: HOW THE WIRED...
Aug 23rd
Movie: DISTRICT 9
2009, Directed by Neil Blomkamp The most intelligent political science fiction I’ve seen...
Aug 17th
Movie: CAPRICA
2009, Directed by Jeffrey Reiner As Bender Bending Rodriguez would say, “Hey baby, wanna kill...
Aug 17th
Book: Penguin By Design: A Cover Story...
The design history of Penguin paperbacks (and Pelican plus additional imprints) from the beginning,...
Aug 13th
BOOK: SHELF DISCOVERY ~ LIZZIE SKURNICK
Subtitle: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading: A Reading Memoir (Also features contributions...
Aug 13th
BOOK: WHY IS MY MOTHER GETTING A TATTOO?...
Subtitle: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had To Ask Harmless collection of personal essays from...
Aug 10th
TV: IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
Yet another show I managed to miss in “real time”, but catching up on via DVD. This show...
Aug 10th
TV: BONES
Yes, it’s been on for years and years, but I’ve recently just started watching the daily...
Aug 10th
Movie: KNOWING
2009, Directed by Alex Proyas It’s well known that I’ll follow Nicolas Cage to hell and...
Aug 10th
MOVIE: JULIE & JULIA
2009, Directed by Nora Ephron Finally, a movie directed by Nora Ephron that didn’t make my...
Aug 10th