James Harrison | Webster Film Series
Afterward, we went out with him and got to see a little of the personal side of John Waters. We had to stop at Walgreen’s to get his favorite candy, Jujubes.
January 2006
David Carkeet | Campus Sexpot
Perhaps most fascinating is the tale of the high school yearbook photo, staged with a pre–growth spurt Carkeet and the tall and popular girl. The realization that this explains the book’s cover photo (and also […]
Margo Jefferson | On Michael Jackson
To its credit, the book is surprisingly educational, giving readers a brief history of blackface minstrelsy, vaudeville, Motown, and Jehovah’s Witnesses, all of which were apparently factors in M.J.’s stage shtick as well as his […]
Delirious Nomad | 02.06
Their hats may be silly, but the sound of their bagpipes and drums is stirring stuff. The Pipes, Drums & Dancers of the Black Watch & Band of the Welsh Guards are a 200-year-old performing […]
Three to Read | 02.06
A Belle and Sebastian Anthology, Essential Moon Knight Vol. 1, Battle Club Vol. 1
The Losers (DC Comics)
The cure for comics boredom: The Losers, the best damn book currently published.
Spectrum 12: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art (Underwood Books)
What makes Spectrum so special? It’s one of the very few, if not the only, organizations that honors fantastic art across a diversity of media.
Learning to Love | The Epic Romance Maison Ikkoku
As the story progresses through its 15 volumes, the final of which ships this month, we follow Godai as he grows into manhood, learning how to love as Kyoko learns how to love again. Buy […]
Rush | R30 (Zoe Vision/Rounder)
While the concert DVD and CD are fun souvenirs of a giddy (and finally, 30 years on, loose!) two-set marathon of never-hits, the real treat here is the bonus DVD of never-before-available interviews and early […]
Hooked (Eclectic DVD, NR)
The reason I call it one-sided is because of how narrow a net Ahlberg cast to recruit his interviewees. Among the dozens of men interviewed for the documentary, not one woman—let alone very few minorities—made […]