I’ve been needing something to hold me over between trades of Saga, one of the best comic book series I’ve…
Date Archives August 2014
Into the MP3 Deeps: A Selection of Hips Songs
As a kid I kept obsessive lists of fun facts & trivia about my “Sweet Valley High” collection. I filled…
An Acute Case of the Fuck All Y’Alls
Monday afternoon I sat across from my FFJ in a booth at my favorite Thai restaurant. FFJ is going through…
The Emotion of Grief Really Stinks
If I had been able to get a tattoo in 1989 at the age of 17 it most definitely would…
Your Collarbones are Overrated: On ‘Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville’ by Gina Arnold
It is impossible for me to overstate the importance of Liz Phair’s “Exile in Guyville” to me. The music on…
Time-Stopping Orgasms without Emotional Stakes are Kind of a Snore
It feels a little weird to have a complaint about emotional realism in a book that centers around two people…
The Return of the Cat Bastard & Other Tales from Monday
Last night, or rather at 12:45 this morning as Paco began to caterwaul and bat at the downstairs window, and…
Bark is Kind of a Bore
A new short story collection by Lorrie Moore had me giddy with anticipation when it arrived on my doorstep lo…
Seeing Jason Isbell Meant Stacking Up the Spectacular
After a year of being in a semi-monogamous relationship with Jason Isbell’s album Southeastern, I finally made the time to…