January 2008 :: Print Reviews
Print Reviews
Belle and Sebastian: If You’re Feeling Sinister
Pitchfork writer Scott Plagenhoef has written an appreciation of B&S's groundbreaking album as part of Continuum Books' 33 1/3rd series. Andrew Coulon has a few bones to pick.
Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters
The definitive coffee table book on Godzilla and his creator, Eiji Tsuburaya. Carl F. Gauze is torn on whether to stifle a giggle at the rubber suits or flee in terror through the streets of Tokyo.
Dreaming of Gwen Stefani
What is in a name? Well, Mortimer Taylor Coleridge, Professor Fillmore Skinny, and Bertrand Fuddle suggest oddly mannered eccentrics contrived to knee-jerk the reader into a fantastical parallel world where it’s all evolutionary biology, hot dogs and Gwen Stefani. S D Green explores whether or not it's a world worth visiting.
Mathematicians in Love
Recreational conotoxins, multi-dimensional manifolds and hard rawk -- what the? Rudy Rucker must have a book out, and Ian Koss enjoys it.
Punk House
Photographer Abby Banks went on a 25-city tour of "punk houses" across the U.S. to create this unique coffeetable book that pays tribute to this artistic underground of "hippie punks." Jen Cray is ready to crash.
Silent Pictures
Pat Graham brings the DC-centric goods in this new collection of over a decade's worth of his music photos. Matthew Moyer feels like he has an all-access pass.
