Book bytes
I had some time over the holidays to do a lot of reading, mostly short stories and graphic novels. Here’s a list of recommendations: Pretty Monsters: Stories – terrific contemporary fantasy and modern fairy tales,…
Beep
Recent consumption: Listening: Monolake in the morning, Biosphere in the afternoon Watching: My Neighbor Totoro, Dark City (Director’s Cut), Thieves Like Us, Quiet City Reading: The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House, Coraline, Stardust by…
Flight of the Mighty Conchords Go Boosh
I’ve been catching up on comedy: Flight of the Conchords (amusing mumblecore with novelty songs, best appreciated in small doses) and the mindbending The Mighty Boosh (hilarious, surreal, bizarre, brilliant). It’s interesting they both exist…
Moove suh’in’
This sly, provocative video for Jerk It led me to the buzzworthy group Thunderheist. Can’t stop listening. Work it.
Recommended: Morvern Callar
I recently discovered (through The Onion AV Club’s New Cult Canon series) Lynne Ramsay’s film Morvern Callar. Samantha Morton plays the title character, a young Scottish woman whose humdrum life is overturned by her boyfriend’s…
Portishead: Third
Third, Portishead’s first new music in more than ten years, is being released on April 28, 2008. If you’re industrious, you can preview an advance copy that’s floating around. Portishead cornucopia: Homepage, MySpace, Wikipedia, iTunes,…