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...

BOOK: GEEKTASTIC ~ EDITED BY HOLLY BLACK...

Subtitle: Stories from the Nerd Herd (Note: In this case, “Nerd Herd” has nothing to do...

Book: THE BIG REWIND: A MEMOIR BROUGHT...

Nathan Rabin’s memoir was constructed a bit different than what I expected, but still...

Movie: AMERICAN SWING

2008, Directed by Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart Holy fuck, dude. The 70s were strange. Like really...

Sequential Art: Oishinbo: A la Carte

(Volumes include Japanese Cuisine; Sake; Ramen and Goyza; Fish, Sushi, and Sashimi; and the...

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...

BOOKS: RIPPED: HOW THE WIRED GENERATION...

While Greg Kot is one of my favorite current rock critics, his new book RIPPED: HOW THE WIRED...

Movie: DISTRICT 9

2009, Directed by Neil Blomkamp The most intelligent political science fiction I’ve seen...

Movie: CAPRICA

2009, Directed by Jeffrey Reiner As Bender Bending Rodriguez would say, “Hey baby, wanna kill...

Book: Penguin By Design: A Cover Story...

The design history of Penguin paperbacks (and Pelican plus additional imprints) from the beginning,...

BOOK: SHELF DISCOVERY ~ LIZZIE SKURNICK

Subtitle: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading: A Reading Memoir (Also features contributions...

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...

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...

TV: BONES

Yes, it’s been on for years and years, but I’ve recently just started watching the daily...

Movie: KNOWING

2009, Directed by Alex Proyas It’s well known that I’ll follow Nicolas Cage to hell and...

MOVIE: JULIE & JULIA

2009, Directed by Nora Ephron Finally, a movie directed by Nora Ephron that didn’t make my...