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10.18.06 by Widge @ 5:00 am  Apparently the party of kids that ventured into the Wonka factory lost one of their number before the book ever saw print: Miranda Piker. Her encounter with some spotty powder turns into a very bad day for her family. Not sure how I missed this first time around, but this is definite Dahl territory: wacky and mostly disturbed. And by the way, if you only know Dahl's children's stories, you need to grab his short stories, which--incredibly and sadly--appear to be out of print. Here's an omnibus edition you can snag used. Categorized as: Books
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10.13.06 by Dindrane @ 2:11 am  Anna's Book Club is a sporadic, but innovatively formatted podcast version of a book club. Anna chooses books based upon her own list of books she's been meaning to read, balanced with reader/listener suggestions. The podcast is formatted as a kind of audio discussion of the selected book, but the innovation comes in as Anna plays phone messages where listeners have called and left messages on her phone about the book. This allows all of us to have our say, and is a unique way to break up the drone of a host's voice that plagues so many otherwise worthwhile podcasts. (I heard that! -ed.) If only Anna's Book Club was more regular; it's ostensibly monthly, but in practice is more like quarterly. If you've always wanted a book club, however, but can't find one near you that fits your schedule, then absolutely give this one a shot. Past selections have included The Autobiography of Malcom X, Allende's The House of Spirits, and Irving's controversial The Hotel New Hampshire . You can find Anna's Book Club at her website or via iTunes. Categorized as: Books and Reviews
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10.06.06 by Widge @ 9:23 am  Sloshing through the swamp of pop culture so you don't have to. We bring you ideas for how to waste your weekend. Of course, special thanks go out to Clutch for letting me use their absolutely badass song, "Promoter (of earthbound causes)" as my theme music for this. Buy Blast Tyrant, which is where you can find "Promoter". Buy their latest album, Pitchforks and Lost Needles. Send them love and coin. BTW, you iTunes subscriber types can nab this feed here. Or if you want to do something else with it, the feed feed is here. Special guest stars are Morgan Quillin as Disgruntled Kid #1 and Dark Zoe as Evil Elmo.    Laurel Canyon by Michael Walker, performed by Lloyd James. (Blackstone) The Zero by Jess Walter, performed by Christopher Graybill. (Harper Audio) The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins)    Content #2 by Gia-Bao Tran Essential Alice in Chains (Sony) The Vacant Stare by Lifted    Galaxina (Brentwood BCI) The Brak Show, Vol. 2 (Adult Swim/Warner Brothers) I Am Sex Addict (IFC)     Romancing the Stone (Fox) Go For Zucker (First Run) Miracles of Jesus (BBC) The Ellen Degeneres Show (Warner Brothers - Target Exclusive) Categorized as: Books and Comics and DVD and Music and Podcasts and Recommendations
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09.29.06 by Widge @ 8:47 am Sloshing through the swamp of pop culture so you don't have to. We bring you ideas for how to waste your weekend. Of course, special thanks go out to Clutch for letting me use their absolutely badass song, "Promoter (of earthbound causes)" as my theme music for this. Buy Blast Tyrant, which is where you can find "Promoter". Buy their latest album, Pitchforks and Lost Needles. Send them love and coin. BTW, you iTunes subscriber types can nab this feed here. Or if you want to do something else with it, the feed feed is here.    World War Z by Max Brooks, performed by a full cast. (Random House) A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever by Josh Karp. (Chicago Review Press) Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed by Arie Kaplan. (Chicago Review Press)    St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell (Knopf) Penny Arcade, Vol. 2: Epic Legends of the Magic Sword Kings by Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik (Dark Horse) The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Vol. 1 by Eiji Ohtsuka & Housui Yamazaki (Dark Horse)     Lovecracked (Biff Juggernaut) Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (Acorn Media) Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination (BFS) The Tick vs. Season One (Buena Vista)     Fuse (First Run) Curse of Lizzie Borden (Razor Digital) Gojira (Classic Media) Prison Break Season 1 (Fox) Categorized as: Books and Comics and DVD and Podcasts and Recommendations
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09.28.06 by Widge @ 11:38 pm  No, really, it's true! Honest injun! I have the photographic evidence to prove it. If you want to find out about the books that apparently scare the status quo, and fight back against literary oppression, then I suggest you follow this link and get the full skinnee. Categorized as: Books and Headsup
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