Some of my most beloved memories of childhood concern the various independent video rental outlets in the area. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, the market was still sufficiently open to allow for small business owners to address the public’s desire for a cheap movie night with their own brand of entertainment, and [...]

NPR’s On the Media recently re-aired a program pertaining to the current status of the publishing industry and how it might best adapt to the technological changes which, some argue, pose a threat to its existence. The show’s commentators make some thought-provoking points concerning Google, e-books, and Oprah, among others. You can check it out [...]

Brackets, lists, whatever. They’re all the rage these days—from lost grocery lists to rock guitar gods. I suppose those devious folks at McSweeney’s are partly to blame for the popularity of the phenomenon. Course, people have been making lists since the dawn of writing. Regardless, Britain’s Telegraph newspaper recently listed the “50 Best Cult Books,” [...]

The trailer for the film Choke, based on Palahniuk’s novel, was just released.

Chuck Palahniuk is a complex guy. On the one hand, he takes pleasure in people retching in disgust at his readings. On the other hand, he must have signed off at some point on the video game shown below—ranked as one of the ten worst games based on a movie. He also employs a publicist [...]

“If these books contain lies, can I bring them back?” You’re my new hero.

One of my favorite aspects of MySpace is the occasional discovery of some great offbeat musician during a search for someone totally unrelated. Case in point: Reed Perkins, a glaringly Caucasian indie-hopper apparently based in Canada, upon whom I stumbled while attempting to locate a group called the Macs. I have a serious soft spot [...]

As stated previously, we recently received an enormous shipment of 33 1/3, the Continuum imprint that caters to the cut of listener who yearns to dig beyond the liner notes. Now, I have always been of the mind that music critics, like their filmic counterparts, occupy a completely superfluous role in society; nonetheless, I have [...]

Speaking of Swordfishtrombones… Could it really be?–Kelly

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