Year: 2015
Review: Thunderbirds: The Complete Series
What could probably be called the golden achievement in Gerry Anderson’s career with Supermarionation, Thunderbirds is the ultimate and most famous puppetry show of our time. The damn thing inspired Team America: World Police, and if you love that film, you rightfully should show this series some respect. … read more
Review: What We Do In The Shadows
One of the weirdest aspects to this film before I ever saw it in a theater, was that it had so much hype around it, not just from the cast and directors, but also with the concept and the Sundance buzz—then it took a year for it to show up in actual theaters, and it was difficult to find. … read more
Review: Workaholics: Season Five
The juvenile antics both at the office and their rental pad by Adam, Blake and Ders is a great way to chuckle through a weekend. Season Five brings the boys back with 13 episodes of doing some of the dumbest things guys in their twenties do. … read more
Review: Ales for ALS Red IPL
The nose on this beer has huge citrus peel and a healthy dose of pine needles. The taste starts juicy with orange and tangerine. … read more
Review: Lemon Drop Saison
The Lemon Drop hops add a pleasant lemongrass bitterness that counters the spiciness from the yeast. It’s nice, light and easy drinking. … read more
Review: Dope
The perspective and thoughts of people who are actually doing the acts are commonly overlooked. Dope takes the reader head first into the world of methamphetamine and the criminal justice system. … read more
Review: Uncle John’s Beer-Topia: A Heady Brew of Beer Miscellany
From the same author who brought you your porcelain throne crowning literature, Bathroom Reader, comes another quick quips and tidbits guide, but this time focused on your favorite “sipping” beverage: beer. … read more
Review: Underground: The Subterranean Culture of DIY Punk Shows
With his rugged, detailed, uncensored journalistic approach, Daniel Makagon has trekked across the underbelly of the United States, documenting its various subversive music scenes. … read more
Review: A Wailing Of A Town
I’ve got to hand it to A Wailing Of A Town for providing the excellent and essential, detailed oral history of San Pedro’s contribution to punk. … read more
Review: The Wolves That Live In Skin And Space: A...
In his most recent foray into the literary world, The Wolves that Live in Skin and Space: A Novel, Zeischegg attempts to create a devastating vision of the modern porn era by exposing (or at least explaining) the ever-diminishing fourth wall between performer and audience, the growing threat of HIV, and the severely crippled lives of those in the industry. … read more
Review: Card Hunter
It’s hard not to cringe when the words “free-to-play” pop up on a game’s description, but Card Hunter is one of the few free-to-play games that don’t make me want to punch it in the face. … read more
Review: Guild of Dungeoneering
Guild of Dungeoneering wants to be so many awesome things at once. It’s a simplified RPG that plays out like a solo board game, yet it features a unique deck-building mechanic inspired by Dominion or, perhaps more accurately, Thunderstone. … read more