Reviews
Review: The Beautiful Language of My Century: Reinventing the Language...
The Beautiful Language of My Century: Reinventing the Language of Contestion in Postwar France, 1945-1968 Tom McDonough MIT Press Street: 03.30 In The Beautiful Language of My Century, Tom McDonough has his work cut out for him as the topic of the Situationist International and the May ’68 riots are an over-bloated subject. But what
Review: Aftermath
I think there has got to be a hundred of these books out there, and all of them are probably titled “Aftermath.” You know, giant, glowing books about 9/11 and the wreckage, tragedy and irony that is 9/11. … read more
Skateboard Product Reviews – June 2007
Reviews for Adidas shoes, Satori wheels and Stereo skateboards … read more
Review: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic may not be the best looking game out there. It may not even have the most riveting action. However, there is one department in which Knights of the Old Republic kicks a dump truck full of ass, and that is the story. … read more
Review: Ninja Gaiden Black
When I first played Ninja Gaiden I felt like I had just found a suitcase of $20 buried in my backyard. I had been playing shoot and kill games for a while and was very skeptical about any game revolving around the trials and tribulations of a guy who wears tights everywhere he goes. … read more
Review: Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo: Combat Evolved Bungie Software Reviewed On: Xbox Street: 11.14.01 No game is as synonymous with modern video gaming than Halo. In fact, I will contend that it was Halo that made the Xbox what it is today. Before I get to the review I’m going to preempt a lot of hate mail and say
Review: The War on the War on Drugs
The War on the War on Drugs Cevin Soling Disinformation Street: 04.03 By doing drugs you are executing your rights as a citizen of the United States. By doing drugs you are protesting to change unjust laws. Really doing drugs is one of the most patriotic things that a person can do, at least that’s what
Review: A Texas Tale of Treason
When Alex Cox allowed a group of aging punkers from Texas to make the sequel to his 1984 cult classic Repo Man, what did he really expect to get back? … read more
Review: Oasis
Oasis Morning Glory: A Classic Album under Review Sexy Intellectual Street: 03.13 By now you know the formula: a few British journalists, a contemporary musician and maybe a friend or foe of the band offer up their opinions regarding an album, often assessing the scene that was with a great amount of hindsight. Having lived
Review: Hostage
Hostage Constantine Giannaris Koch Lorber Street: 02.13 Hostage is, as Milhouse Van Houten once said, “like Speed 2, only on a bus instead of a boat!” It tells the story of Senia, a scruffy, young Albanian immigrant who, armed with an assault rifle and a grenade, hijacks a bus one summer morning in northern Greece.