McLuhan’s Wake Kevin McMahon The Disinformation Series Street: 01.23 Marshall McLuhan became one of the most famous intellectuals of the twentieth century with books such as The Mechanical Bride and Understanding Media. His theories of media’s effects on culture were of huge significance in his own time, and have only grown in importance since his
I’m Keith Hernandez Rob Perri Self-Released Street: 01.07 Let me just get this out of the way first: Rob Perri is a genius. He has combined the likes of Being John Malcovich with 99 Tribulations to create a short, sweet and to the point look at, when T-shirts say the man, the legend, Keith Hernandez.
Secret Agent AKA Danger Man: The Complete Collection Stuart Burge and Charles Crichton A&E Street: 02.27 For those that love James Bond and can’t get enough of him, this megaset is for you. Patrick McGoohan aka John Drake is a secret agent for “Her Majesty.” Foreseeing other great television shows such as Magnum PI and
Metal Gear Solid; Portable Ops Konami Reviewed On: PSP Street: 12.06 There’s a fair amount of gamers out there who will tell you that Metal Gear Solid (MGS) III was the greatest video game ever. Of course this is a matter of opinion, but one thing is certain, after III’s follow up with MGS: Snake
The Elder Scrolls IV, Oblivion Bethesda Reviewed On: PC/XBox 360/PS3 Street: 03.06 Travel back to the time of wizards, goblins, sword fights and portals to hell (apparently they used to be everywhere) with Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV, the highly anticipated follow-up to their breakthrough game, Morrowind. Now travel forward in time by playing this
Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven The First Annual Camp Out Live MVD Visual Street: 01.30 Concert films are usually a let down. Reunion tours are also generally a drag, especially when fans that spent their whole adolescence singing along with a band have to witness their older and uninspired heroes fuck up the chorus to
Screaming Masterpiece Ari Magnusson Milan Records Street: 03.06 Wow, what an interesting concept for a music documentary! I thought to myself as I sat down to watch Screaming Masterpiece. Unfortunately, interesting concept is as far as the critical acclaim train goes. What is supposed to be an overview of the Icelandic music scene is B.B.
Wendy O William & The Plasmatics 10 Years of Revolutionary Rock & Roll MVD Street: 11.21.06 Wendy O Williams was unorthodox in the best way possible. She pushed the boundaries of what was deemed acceptable at every corner. The Plasmatics were one of the first groups to bridge the gap between punk and metal, Wendy
Okami Clover Studios Reviewed On: PS2 Street: 09.06 It seems as though many video game developers today have forgotten that there’s only one rule when making a new game. The game should be fun to play. These days many game developers look at games that have been successful and rip them off. However, sometimes the
Benny Hill: The Hill’s Angel Years Benny Hill, Dennis Kirkland A&E TV Street: 01.06 England’s Benny Hill became a huge hit on American TV in the 70s and 80s. His fast-motion silent skits were choreographed well enough to make Charlie Chaplin one of his biggest fans, and his misogynist humor was raunchy enough (for its
Escape From Special Miss Lasko-Gross Fantagraphic Books Street: 03.14 We have all been there and done that concerning our high school days; we hated them and they hated us and to have another coming-of-age book of any kind rehashing that theme of “growing up” and toughing it seems like one too many. But what we
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress Howard Zinn City Lights Street: 12.01.06 Howard Zinn is a genius. A Power Governments Cannot Suppress will be the most enlightening and powerful thing that I will read all year. The majority of the book is made up of columns that Zinn wrote for Progressive over the past few years.
