Book Reviews
Books Aloud – March 2008
I Got Thunder, Punk 365 and more are reviewed for your intellectual wants and needs. … read more
Books Aloud – February 2008
Acta Est, In The Desert of Desire and more are reviewed. … read more
Books Aloud! – January 2008
Punk House, Crooked Little Vein and more are reviewed. … read more
Books Aloud – December 2007
Books reviewed @ Books Aloud … read more
Review: Beauty Talk & Monsters
Beauty Talk & Monsters Masha Tupitsyn Semiotext(e) Native Agents Street: 05.25 Tupitsyn is no one’s fool when it comes to combining–in a po-mo blend of memoirs, astute observations witty one-liners, her life and love of her city. She combs the streets through the mitigating lens of the movies, and doesn’t question the visual dominance of
Review: Millions of Women are Waiting to Meet You
When freelance journalist Sean Thomas (who’s pushing 40 and still single) is asked by an editor of a men’s magazine to do a cover story about online dating, he was reluctant. Hell, I don’t blame him. … read more
Review: New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye
The radical idealism of punk rock is all well and good when you’re a kid , but when you’ve suddenly got bills and rent, it’s pretty hard to smash the state. Ronen Kauffman is the kind of guy that gives me hope. … read more
Review: I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody
I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody Sinan Antoon City Lights Publishers Street: 06.15 I’jaam, a fictional manuscript, transports the reader back to Saddam’s Iraq. The narrator of the story is a young college student who despises his country’s government and is eventually taken into custody by them. His time spent in Iraqi prison is a horrifying one.
Review: Mudman: The Odyssey of Kim Jones
Mudman: The Odyssey of Kim Jones Sandra Q. Firmin and Julie Joyce, Editors MIT Press Street: 04.01 Mudman is the typical excursion into art history. Frimin and Joyce collect four essays that try to penetrate and understand the varied and vast artwork of Kim Jones. Each essay focuses on a different aspect of the dually
Review: South Park and Philosophy
South Park and Philosophy South Park and Philosophy Open Court Publishing Company Street: 03.01 For nearly a decade now, South Park has yet to fail the general American populous with the pointed political satire of Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Sure, it started out as a method for testing the patience of the FCC with