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Judging the Book By Its Cover: White Jazz by James Ellroy

May 8, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

White Jazz James Ellroy

Judging the Book By Its Cover is a column where we, you guessed it, judge books by their covers. Or more accurately, we judge the covers of books, examining the different aesthetics they’ve had through the years (and in some cases titles) to determine which are the most and least effective. Even in crime lit, […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: books, Chip Kidd, crime fiction, James Ellroy, Judging the Book By Its Cover, literature, noir, White Jazz

The History of Rock & Roll Vol. 1 is a Disappointingly Dry Rundown of a Rowdy Genre

April 12, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

History of Rock and Roll Volume 1 Ed Ward

There are a number of things you can argue killed the soul of rock and roll. Perhaps you believe it was the consolidation of the music business in the ’70s, the shift towards technicality over feel with classic rock’s heyday or even the metric shit tons of coke everyone consumed in the ’80s. These are […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: books, Ed Ward, History of Rock and Roll

Dystopic Homesick Blues: The Postmortal by Drew Magary

February 7, 2017 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

The Postmortal

Because the world is always a mess, we’ve decided to look back at dystopic works and examine why they remain so potent no matter how many years have passed between their creation and now. Today we explore Drew Magary’s hit novel The Postmortal, which lacks any redeeming aesthetic qualities but nonetheless serves as a now depressingly […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: books, Drew Magary, Dystopic Homesick Blues, scifi, The Postmortal

Judging the Book by Its Cover: The Synthetic Man by Theodore Sturgeon

January 18, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

The Synthetic Man Theodore Sturgeon

As much as I agree with the old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover” as a life principle, I have to confess that I spend a lot of time picking up old books and records in bargain bins and thrift shops specifically because I judged them on their covers. I know I’m not […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: books, Judging the Book By Its Cover, sci-fi, The Dreaming Jewels, The Synthetic Man, Theodore Sturgeon

Play It Loud is a Delightfully No-Frills History of the Electric Guitar

December 19, 2016 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

Play It Loud

Few instruments are as symbolic of revolution as the electric guitar– visually, sonically, conceptually, the electric guitar is a riot in your hands, capable of beauty and destruction, chaos and structure. But if you go looking for reading on the instrument itself rather than on its most iconic wielders, you’ll soon be buried in dry […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Alan Di Perna, books, Brad Tolinski, guitar, Music, Nonfiction, Play It Loud

Outrageously Unfunny: Abrams’ Bad Little Children’s Books and the Death of Satire

December 5, 2016 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

If 2016 has been about anything, it’s been about the power of shouting down criticisms with angry untruths and using the defenses of the disenfranchised against them. On the macrolevel, you see it with the ascent of Trump, who donned a teflon coating of mock outrage and bigotry marketed as “truth” and rode it all the […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Abrams Books, books

Dystopic Homesick Blues: The Long Walk by Richard Bachman

September 26, 2016 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

The Long Walk

Because the world is always a mess, we’ve decided to look back at some of our favorite dystopic works and examine why they remain so potent no matter how many years have passed between their creation and now. Post-apocalyptic works never seem to go out of style, probably because the question of what happens after the […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: books, dystopia, Dystopic Homesick Blues, horror, Richard Bachman, sci-fi, Stephen King, The Long Walk

In Memory of David Bowie: 7 Artists Who Made Great Art in Their Final Days

January 18, 2016 By Kayleigh Hughes 1 Comment

David Bowie

Just over a week ago, we were celebrating the arrival of new David Bowie album Blackstar (on his birthday no less) and its accompanying music videos. Now, Bowie is no longer with us, having passed away on January 10, 2015. To the public, his death came as a devastating shock, as Bowie and those close […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2666, Alex Sichel, books, David Bowie, Film, John Grabski III, Keith Haring, Music, Oliver Sacks, Rebecca Nassauer, Roberto Bolano, Safekeepers, Steve Albini, Teeth, Warren Zevon

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