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Archive for January, 2008

Jason Kruse–The World of Quest (2007)

Posted in Adventure, Children's Books, Fantasy, Funny (ha ha), Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Graphic Novel, Jason Kruse, Super Furry Animals on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: SUPER FURRY ANIMALS-Hey Venus! (2007).
I’ve been a fan of Super Furry Animals for years. Their early stuff is really wacky and psychedelic Britpop (even if they are from Wales). They sang songs about hamsters and they drove around on tanks, and their B-Sides collection was package like a big rubber, well, rubber, with a [...]

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Stephen Dixon–I. (2002)

Posted in Books about writers, Funny (strange), Gang of Four, McSweeney's, Queen, Short Books, Stephen Dixon, The Futureheads, The Jam, Unreliable narrator on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: THE FUTUREHEADS-News and Tributes (2006).
I enjoyed the first Futureheads album very much when it came out, but I balked at getting this sophomore release because they were part of that whole new angular-rock wave, and I didn’t want to stay caught up in the hype. Well, I relented because I’d continued to hear good [...]

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Tom Perrotta–The Abstinence Teacher (2007)

Posted in Election, Guns n' Roses, Marriage Trouble, Nick Hornby, Pearl Jam, Religion, Set at School, Set in New Jersey!, Singles, The Believer, Tom Perotta, Tom Petty on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: PEARL JAM-Live at the Gorge 05/06 (2007).
PROLOGUE: When Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction came out, it galvanized the three friends I had with the most disparate musical tastes. I knew an indie rock guy, a metalhead, and an industrial/goth guy, and all three of them loved Appetite for Destruction. It was the only [...]

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The 12 Discs of Christmas

Posted in Barenaked Ladies, Death Cab For Cutie, Nada Surf, The Alarm on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This Christmas, I decided to list my 12 favorite Christmas albums. I have a rocky past with Christmas songs. Like every good Christian kid, I grew up singing Christmas songs. Then, as I grew a distaste for organized everything, for the commercialization of Christmas, and frankly, the astonishing disregard of Thanksgiving, I [...]

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