DVD
Leatherheads starring George Clooney. Clooney plays tackle football in Northern Minnesota.
Bush's War. A Frontline documentary. Four-and-a-half hours of Frontline's coverage of six years worth of year. Policy changes, mistakes, misperceptions, and political battles.
Torchwood: the complete second season. My wife watches this show. Something about a bi-sexual space captain who battles aliens with the help of Dr. Who.
Baby Mama starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. A career woman hires a surrogate to carry her child. The surrogate turns out to be an idiot from Philadelphia.
Heroes: Season Two. Season two of the television version of X-Men. Oops.
Redbelt starring the great Joe Mantegna and Ricky Jay, written and directed by David Mamet. A Jiu-Jitsu master who has always focused on his self-defense studio becomes a prizefighter to pay off massive debts.
Since this is a Mamet picture the cast includes Rebecca Pigeon and Ricky Jay. I do not often watch DVD extras but for Mamet's Spartan I listened to the voiceover by Val Kilmer. Kilmer made much fun of Mamet.
Street Kings starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie. LAPD officer is implicated in murder of fellow officer. Hugh Laurie plays a hard-ass. I'd like to see this, too bad it is checked-out.
In Bruges starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes. Dark comedy with two hired killers stuck in small town Belgium trying to lay low.
Office: season four starring [people].
Starship Troopers 3: marauder starring Casper van Dien, Jolene Blalock, Amanda Donohue. Did you know there was a Starship Troopers 2? It was awful. This one brings back the creator and lead actor from the 1997 picture.
CD
A Piece of What You Need by Teddy Thompson. I like this guy's stuff. Give a listen. If you do as well check out his other two albums Separate Ways and Upfront & Down Low.
Forgiven by Los Lonely Boys. Texas styled guitar rock.
Costello Music by The Fratellis. I do not know. Investigate.
I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too by Martha Wainwright. The woman is a genius.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
I Was Sick For Four Days, Here is Tim Reid and White People
Fiction
Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. I think I may be sick again.
Eclipse by Erin Hunter. Some crapola about psychic space cats. Just read this nonsense: Lionpaw dreams of being undefeatable in battle, while Hollypaw longs to be a great leader and Jaypaw knows only he can see the true past and future for them all. Their strengths are tested when ThunderClan is suddenly attacked - and all four Clans are thrown into a battle unlike any the cats have ever seen.
Wait! It gets worse. This is from the author bio: Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world...Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal bevahoir, shaped by her interest in astrology and standing stones.
NonFiction
Knitting Answer Book by Margaret Radcliffe. "Solutions to every problem you'll ever face, answers to every questions you'll ever ask."
Super Stitches Knitting: essential techniques plus a dictionary of more than 300 stitch patterns by Karen Hemingway. Many photos.
Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander. Marathons, '80s Night, Sarah Silverman, multilingual children, irony, natural medicine, Tyranena Biketoberfest.
The Day After He Left for Iraq by Melissa Seligman. One year of the author's time at Fort Campbell with a newborn and toddler while her husband is in Iraq. This is supposed to be an excellent book.
Aperberger's From the Inside Out by Michael John Carley. Personal advice from an adult with Asperberger'swhose also the father of a son with Asperberger's.
Tim & and Tom: an American comedy in black and white by Tim reid and Tom Dreesen. Tim Reid paired with Tom Dreesen in a comedy act in for five years but never quite hit the big time.
That Tim Reid is always good. He was in WKRP, Simon&Simon, Frank's Place, that stupid kids show with the twins, That '70s Show.
Large Print
Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods.
Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. I think I may be sick again.
Eclipse by Erin Hunter. Some crapola about psychic space cats. Just read this nonsense: Lionpaw dreams of being undefeatable in battle, while Hollypaw longs to be a great leader and Jaypaw knows only he can see the true past and future for them all. Their strengths are tested when ThunderClan is suddenly attacked - and all four Clans are thrown into a battle unlike any the cats have ever seen.
Wait! It gets worse. This is from the author bio: Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world...Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal bevahoir, shaped by her interest in astrology and standing stones.
NonFiction
Knitting Answer Book by Margaret Radcliffe. "Solutions to every problem you'll ever face, answers to every questions you'll ever ask."
Super Stitches Knitting: essential techniques plus a dictionary of more than 300 stitch patterns by Karen Hemingway. Many photos.
Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander. Marathons, '80s Night, Sarah Silverman, multilingual children, irony, natural medicine, Tyranena Biketoberfest.
The Day After He Left for Iraq by Melissa Seligman. One year of the author's time at Fort Campbell with a newborn and toddler while her husband is in Iraq. This is supposed to be an excellent book.
Aperberger's From the Inside Out by Michael John Carley. Personal advice from an adult with Asperberger'swhose also the father of a son with Asperberger's.
Tim & and Tom: an American comedy in black and white by Tim reid and Tom Dreesen. Tim Reid paired with Tom Dreesen in a comedy act in for five years but never quite hit the big time.
That Tim Reid is always good. He was in WKRP, Simon&Simon, Frank's Place, that stupid kids show with the twins, That '70s Show.
Large Print
Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Dang it! I Missed Four
NonFiction
We Are Soldiers Still: a journey back to the battlefields of Vietnam by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (USA Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway. Moore and Galloway's return trips to Vietnam with veterans from Moore's unit.
Lions of Iwo Jima: the story of Combat Team 28 and the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history by Major General Fred haynes (USMC-Ret.) and James A. Warren. Haynes was a captain when CT 28landed on Iwo Jima. Marines from CT28 raised the flag on Suribachi and fought through 36 continuous days to secure the island ending with 70% casualties. "The stories told here, many for the first time, will seem too cruel, too heartbreaking to be believed. As one veteran remarked, 'Each day we learned a new way to die.'"
200 Knitting Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets by Betty Barnden.
Contemporary Knitting for Textile Artists by Ruth Lee.
We Are Soldiers Still: a journey back to the battlefields of Vietnam by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (USA Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway. Moore and Galloway's return trips to Vietnam with veterans from Moore's unit.
Lions of Iwo Jima: the story of Combat Team 28 and the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history by Major General Fred haynes (USMC-Ret.) and James A. Warren. Haynes was a captain when CT 28landed on Iwo Jima. Marines from CT28 raised the flag on Suribachi and fought through 36 continuous days to secure the island ending with 70% casualties. "The stories told here, many for the first time, will seem too cruel, too heartbreaking to be believed. As one veteran remarked, 'Each day we learned a new way to die.'"
200 Knitting Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets by Betty Barnden.
Contemporary Knitting for Textile Artists by Ruth Lee.
First of Four for Knitting, Plus Another Sniper Book
Fiction
Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez. Margle the Horrendous transforms his enemies into accursed forms and sticks them in a dungeon. Margle's castle is tended by Nessy, a short, furry and sensible kubold. When Margle dies Nessy has trouble keeping things squared away.
I've read three of Martinez'z books and enjoyed them all. He writes humorous fantasy and science fiction. I enjoyed Gil's All Fright Diner and In the Company of Ogres the most. He populates his work with not quite competent protagonists with even less competent helpers in battles against evil. Fun stuff.
NonFiction
Vogue Knitting: the ultimate sock book by the editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine. Knitting has been popular and when I mentioned to a customer at check-out how I needed to get more knitting books she said, "Yes. You do." So I did. Three more titles are in the wings and will be on the shelves shortly.
Shyness: how normal behavior became a sickness by Christopher Lane. "How a handful of psychiatrists, with the help of the pharmaceutical industry, turned the ordinary emotion of shyness into an illness...Christopher Lnae unearths the disturbing truth: with little scientific justification and sometimes hilariously improbable rationales, hundreds of conditions - including shyness - are now defined as psychiatric disorders and considered treatable with drugs."
Loose Girl: a memoir of promiscuity by Kerry Cohen. Cohen eleven years old and the lonely girl of recently divorced parents when she found that her body and sexuality gained her attention. She started trading sex for love. Now a psychotherapist, Cohen recognizes her behavior as a common trait among many women.
Bar Flower: my decadent destructive days and nights as a Tokyo nightclub hostess by Lea Jacobson. Jacobson was an East Asian Studies major who moved to Japan. She was fired from her job as an English teacher and took a job as a nightclub hostess. Anglo hostesses are in high demand at Tokyo nightclubs and the free booze and freely told lies to her customers started had Jacobson "descending into self-abuse and alcoholism, she found that the seductive lifestyle she loved so much seemed impossible to escape."
Ernie: the autobiography by Ernest Borgnine. Marty, From Here to Eternity, The Dirty Dozen, Bad Day at Black Rock, Ice Station Zebra, McHale's Navy. Ernie is 91 years old and still working with voiceovers for SpongeBob Square Pants and a guest part on the Simpsons. "A fascinating memoir - filled with secrets, well-remembered details, and never-before-told stories - of a star who has thrived in the changing world of Hollywood for more than half a century."
Sniping
Sniper One: on scope and under siege with a sniper team in Iraq by Sgt. Dan Mills. Mills deployed with the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment to Al-Amarah, Iraq in 2004. Mills' sniper platoon was attacked within hours. 120 degree weather, failed sewers, garbage piles everywhere and bullets headed the wrong way.
We have a lot of sniper related bios and autobios set in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the sniper books check out I decided to get this one too. Nice photo sections included. Mills served with Johnson Beharry who was awarded the Victoria Cross for action on March 18, 2005.
Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez. Margle the Horrendous transforms his enemies into accursed forms and sticks them in a dungeon. Margle's castle is tended by Nessy, a short, furry and sensible kubold. When Margle dies Nessy has trouble keeping things squared away.
I've read three of Martinez'z books and enjoyed them all. He writes humorous fantasy and science fiction. I enjoyed Gil's All Fright Diner and In the Company of Ogres the most. He populates his work with not quite competent protagonists with even less competent helpers in battles against evil. Fun stuff.
NonFiction
Vogue Knitting: the ultimate sock book by the editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine. Knitting has been popular and when I mentioned to a customer at check-out how I needed to get more knitting books she said, "Yes. You do." So I did. Three more titles are in the wings and will be on the shelves shortly.
Shyness: how normal behavior became a sickness by Christopher Lane. "How a handful of psychiatrists, with the help of the pharmaceutical industry, turned the ordinary emotion of shyness into an illness...Christopher Lnae unearths the disturbing truth: with little scientific justification and sometimes hilariously improbable rationales, hundreds of conditions - including shyness - are now defined as psychiatric disorders and considered treatable with drugs."
Loose Girl: a memoir of promiscuity by Kerry Cohen. Cohen eleven years old and the lonely girl of recently divorced parents when she found that her body and sexuality gained her attention. She started trading sex for love. Now a psychotherapist, Cohen recognizes her behavior as a common trait among many women.
Bar Flower: my decadent destructive days and nights as a Tokyo nightclub hostess by Lea Jacobson. Jacobson was an East Asian Studies major who moved to Japan. She was fired from her job as an English teacher and took a job as a nightclub hostess. Anglo hostesses are in high demand at Tokyo nightclubs and the free booze and freely told lies to her customers started had Jacobson "descending into self-abuse and alcoholism, she found that the seductive lifestyle she loved so much seemed impossible to escape."
Ernie: the autobiography by Ernest Borgnine. Marty, From Here to Eternity, The Dirty Dozen, Bad Day at Black Rock, Ice Station Zebra, McHale's Navy. Ernie is 91 years old and still working with voiceovers for SpongeBob Square Pants and a guest part on the Simpsons. "A fascinating memoir - filled with secrets, well-remembered details, and never-before-told stories - of a star who has thrived in the changing world of Hollywood for more than half a century."
Sniping
Sniper One: on scope and under siege with a sniper team in Iraq by Sgt. Dan Mills. Mills deployed with the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment to Al-Amarah, Iraq in 2004. Mills' sniper platoon was attacked within hours. 120 degree weather, failed sewers, garbage piles everywhere and bullets headed the wrong way.
We have a lot of sniper related bios and autobios set in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the sniper books check out I decided to get this one too. Nice photo sections included. Mills served with Johnson Beharry who was awarded the Victoria Cross for action on March 18, 2005.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
What to Read 9
Photography books at the Library.
Prairiescapes by Larry Kanfer.
Disfarmer: the vintage prints by Mike Disfarmer.
Snakes: a concise guide to nature's perfect predators by Daniel Gilpin.
Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg.
Armed America: portraits of gun owners in their homes by Kyle Cassidy.
Gary Schneider: portraits by Gary Schneider.
Gary Schneider: nudes by Gary Schneider.
Prairiescapes by Larry Kanfer.
Disfarmer: the vintage prints by Mike Disfarmer.
Snakes: a concise guide to nature's perfect predators by Daniel Gilpin.
Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg.
Armed America: portraits of gun owners in their homes by Kyle Cassidy.
Gary Schneider: portraits by Gary Schneider.
Gary Schneider: nudes by Gary Schneider.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Bad Voodoo's Cinderella Dancing
DVD
Bad Voodoo's War. Producers for Frontline supplied cameras to a National Guard platoon for them to record their deployment in Iraq. "The film intimately tracks the veterans of "Bad Voodoo" through the daily realities of their perilous missions, grappling with the political complexities of dealing with Iraqi security forces, and battling their fatigue and their fears."
Another Cinderella Story starring [teenagers]. "It's musical. It's magical. It's Another Cinderella Story, the dancing-ever-after fairy tale."
Bad Voodoo's War. Producers for Frontline supplied cameras to a National Guard platoon for them to record their deployment in Iraq. "The film intimately tracks the veterans of "Bad Voodoo" through the daily realities of their perilous missions, grappling with the political complexities of dealing with Iraqi security forces, and battling their fatigue and their fears."
Another Cinderella Story starring [teenagers]. "It's musical. It's magical. It's Another Cinderella Story, the dancing-ever-after fairy tale."
Monday, September 22, 2008
Eight Large Print Novels
Large Print.
Look the plots up yourself; they are mostly chick books.
Fractured by Karin Slaughter.
Cypress Nights by Stella Cameron.
Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs.
Left to Die by Lisa Jackson.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.
Last Time I was Me by Cathy Lamb.
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
Lie Down with the Devil by Linda Barnes.
Look the plots up yourself; they are mostly chick books.
Fractured by Karin Slaughter.
Cypress Nights by Stella Cameron.
Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs.
Left to Die by Lisa Jackson.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.
Last Time I was Me by Cathy Lamb.
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
Lie Down with the Devil by Linda Barnes.
Fiction with some AudioBooks on CD
AudioBooks on CD
Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. 9 CDs, 11 hours. This is the mummy-in-a-museum-basement-that's-actually-a-recent-murder-victim novel.
Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. 16 CDs, 19 hours. Morally vaccuous guy gets in car wreck and is horribly burned. A sculpture visits him and says they were lover in medieval Germany. Released to her care he is dependent on painkillers and she hears God talking to her.
Fiction
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane. Post World War Boston with local cop Danny joining the union movement and hunting radicals. Real life characters are mixed into the fray.
Heat Lightning by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers gets caclled to Stillwater where the body of a homicide victim is left next to a veteran's memorial with a lemon in his mouth.
Tsar by Ted Bell. Alex Hawke is assigned to put find and stop to a mysterious and powerful Russian who hopes to be a new tsar. With control of Europe's oil supply and a mind to "reintegrate rogue states" the new tsar is threat to both Europe and the U.S. and is killing all who oppose him.
Night of Thunder by Stephen Hunter. Bob Lee Swagger's reporter daughter's car is forced into a crash. Bob Lee goes against a violent Dixie mobster clan, corrupt cops, "deranged evangelicals, and others. Set during the weeklong NASCAR race in Bristol, TN.
The last Bob Lee Swagger novel was a disappointment to me. Maybe this Hunter is back to form again.
Liberty by Garrison Keillor. Clint Bunsen is running this year's 4th of July parade in Lake Wobegon. But his "success breeds resentment" and with a personal crisis over his ancestry Clint is wondering whether he should run away with his much younger girlfriend or run for Congress.
Comforts of a Muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith. Isabel Dalhousie looks into a local doctor's scientific fraud in commercial drug release.
Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Replacement copy. The original hardcover was so popular it wore out.
Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods. I don't know what the heck this novel is about. The book leaf says jack all about the plot except that Stone Barrington travels to New England.
Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. 9 CDs, 11 hours. This is the mummy-in-a-museum-basement-that's-actually-a-recent-murder-victim novel.
Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. 16 CDs, 19 hours. Morally vaccuous guy gets in car wreck and is horribly burned. A sculpture visits him and says they were lover in medieval Germany. Released to her care he is dependent on painkillers and she hears God talking to her.
Fiction
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane. Post World War Boston with local cop Danny joining the union movement and hunting radicals. Real life characters are mixed into the fray.
Heat Lightning by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers gets caclled to Stillwater where the body of a homicide victim is left next to a veteran's memorial with a lemon in his mouth.
Tsar by Ted Bell. Alex Hawke is assigned to put find and stop to a mysterious and powerful Russian who hopes to be a new tsar. With control of Europe's oil supply and a mind to "reintegrate rogue states" the new tsar is threat to both Europe and the U.S. and is killing all who oppose him.
Night of Thunder by Stephen Hunter. Bob Lee Swagger's reporter daughter's car is forced into a crash. Bob Lee goes against a violent Dixie mobster clan, corrupt cops, "deranged evangelicals, and others. Set during the weeklong NASCAR race in Bristol, TN.
The last Bob Lee Swagger novel was a disappointment to me. Maybe this Hunter is back to form again.
Liberty by Garrison Keillor. Clint Bunsen is running this year's 4th of July parade in Lake Wobegon. But his "success breeds resentment" and with a personal crisis over his ancestry Clint is wondering whether he should run away with his much younger girlfriend or run for Congress.
Comforts of a Muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith. Isabel Dalhousie looks into a local doctor's scientific fraud in commercial drug release.
Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Replacement copy. The original hardcover was so popular it wore out.
Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods. I don't know what the heck this novel is about. The book leaf says jack all about the plot except that Stone Barrington travels to New England.
Graphic Novels Spread Across the Collection
Children
Haunting of Julia by M. Hooper. "before Julia can blow out her birthday candles, the flames vanish into smoke! When she watches a replay on her dad's videotape, she sees a mysterious figure standing behind her shoulder. Julia suspects a ghost has blown out the candles and has come to haunt her. At first, Julia's parents don't believe her. But when the mystery figure shows up again, the whole family must face the shocking truth."Young Adult (Teenagers)
Young Adult (Teenager)
Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi: Volume 1 and Volume 2. "The ancient history of the Jedi, the Sith, and even hyperspace, in these earliest known stories of the Star Wars galaxy, taking place five thousand years before Luke Skywalker's successful assault on the Death Star."
Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Volume 1. "The greatest starfighters of the Rebel Alliance become the defenders of a New Rpublic in this collection of stories featuring Wedge Antilles, hero of the Battle of Endor, and his team of ace pilots known throughout the galaxy as Rogue Squadron!"
Sandman Mystery Theatre: Dr. Death and the Night of the Butcher. Wesley Dodds has kept his alter ego or Sandman hidden from Dian. HIs secrecy has undermined their relationship and "after so many lies and evasions, the truth may prove to be as destructive as the silence that went before it - just as Wesley realizes how much he truly needs Dian's love to find his way out of the darkness."
Adult
Fallen Son: the death of Captain America. "Wolverine. The Avengers. Hawkeye. Spider-Man. Iron Man. All have their own sense of loss, their own levels of grieving. This is their story. This is Cap's story. This is our story. The story of a Fallen Son and the world he helped make a better place."
Captain America. "The first 25 issues of Brubaker's epic series are now compiled...[including] two giant-sized one shots - Captain America 25th Anniversary Special and Winter Soldier: Winter Kills."
Blankets by Craig Thompson. An "illustrated novel." A first love novel from childhood to adolescence in a family of Christian fundamentalists.
Author grew up in WI and this novel has widespread praise and admiration.
DMZ: on the ground. With the U.S. Army spread overseas anti-establishment milities rebel and start a second Civil War. Fighting stops in the new DMZ of Manhattan. "Matty Roth, a naive aspiring photojournalist, lands a dream gig following a veteran war correspondent into the heart of the DMZ. Things go terribly wrong, and Matty finds himself lost and alone in a world he's only seen on television."
Hot Wire Comics. "Amazing! Incredible! Dangerous!" A compendium of goofy underground-style comics.
Haunting of Julia by M. Hooper. "before Julia can blow out her birthday candles, the flames vanish into smoke! When she watches a replay on her dad's videotape, she sees a mysterious figure standing behind her shoulder. Julia suspects a ghost has blown out the candles and has come to haunt her. At first, Julia's parents don't believe her. But when the mystery figure shows up again, the whole family must face the shocking truth."Young Adult (Teenagers)
Young Adult (Teenager)
Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi: Volume 1 and Volume 2. "The ancient history of the Jedi, the Sith, and even hyperspace, in these earliest known stories of the Star Wars galaxy, taking place five thousand years before Luke Skywalker's successful assault on the Death Star."
Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Volume 1. "The greatest starfighters of the Rebel Alliance become the defenders of a New Rpublic in this collection of stories featuring Wedge Antilles, hero of the Battle of Endor, and his team of ace pilots known throughout the galaxy as Rogue Squadron!"
Sandman Mystery Theatre: Dr. Death and the Night of the Butcher. Wesley Dodds has kept his alter ego or Sandman hidden from Dian. HIs secrecy has undermined their relationship and "after so many lies and evasions, the truth may prove to be as destructive as the silence that went before it - just as Wesley realizes how much he truly needs Dian's love to find his way out of the darkness."
Adult
Fallen Son: the death of Captain America. "Wolverine. The Avengers. Hawkeye. Spider-Man. Iron Man. All have their own sense of loss, their own levels of grieving. This is their story. This is Cap's story. This is our story. The story of a Fallen Son and the world he helped make a better place."
Captain America. "The first 25 issues of Brubaker's epic series are now compiled...[including] two giant-sized one shots - Captain America 25th Anniversary Special and Winter Soldier: Winter Kills."
Blankets by Craig Thompson. An "illustrated novel." A first love novel from childhood to adolescence in a family of Christian fundamentalists.
Author grew up in WI and this novel has widespread praise and admiration.
DMZ: on the ground. With the U.S. Army spread overseas anti-establishment milities rebel and start a second Civil War. Fighting stops in the new DMZ of Manhattan. "Matty Roth, a naive aspiring photojournalist, lands a dream gig following a veteran war correspondent into the heart of the DMZ. Things go terribly wrong, and Matty finds himself lost and alone in a world he's only seen on television."
Hot Wire Comics. "Amazing! Incredible! Dangerous!" A compendium of goofy underground-style comics.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Two From Rachel, Five From Ruth (Library Pages Not Biblical Figures)
Music CDs
19 by Adele. I think this is another one of those "I'll try that out." CDs. The gal was on Conan's show recently but I did not watch her performance. Here is a description.
from the Reach by Sonny Landreth. Louisiana slide guitar virtuoso. Guest appearance with Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford and others. One of those others is Dr. John. Dr. John creeps me out.
Fiction
Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. Staff at the Crispin Museum discover a long-lost Egyptian mummy in the Museum's basement storage. Whoops! Let me change that. Crispin Museum staff find a murder victim trussed up like a mummy in the basement. Then they find another one down there. Then an archeologist finds one in his car. "I don't remember putting that there..."
Gerritsen wrote a neat little piece one or two weeks ago regarding censorship. I had to figuratively open my big mouth and respond in a way that only readers of previous blog responses would have understood.
Creepers by Joanne Dahme. Courtney's house in rural Murmur, MA is surrounded by fields, farmland, and a cemetery. Everything is hunky-dory for Courtney until a couple strange locals inform her that her house was built on the foundation of a house that has a 300 year curse. This could be bad.
Obsession by Marshall Cook. Monona Quinn is on vacation with her husband in Northern Wisconsin at a writer's retreat. When the pompous ass of a writing teacher is killed Monona starts sleuthing.
Cook came and spoke at Lake Mills Rotary last week. Cook sets his Quinn mysteries in a fictionalized Marshall, WI. Quinn is a newspaper editor - giving her license to snoop around and ask questions - and her husband is... I don't remember what he does.
AudioBooks
19th Wife by David Ebershoff. 19 hours on 15 discs. Ann Eliza has left her husband. Not too big a deal right? It happens every day. But not in 1875 Utah; not when your husband is Brigham Young. Ann starts a crusade against polygamy that ties into the present day story of family outcast Jordan out to discover "the truth behind his [polygamist] father's death."
Off Season by Anne River Siddons. Widow travels to favorite vacation spot in Maine to adjust to loss of husband.
19 by Adele. I think this is another one of those "I'll try that out." CDs. The gal was on Conan's show recently but I did not watch her performance. Here is a description.
from the Reach by Sonny Landreth. Louisiana slide guitar virtuoso. Guest appearance with Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford and others. One of those others is Dr. John. Dr. John creeps me out.
Fiction
Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. Staff at the Crispin Museum discover a long-lost Egyptian mummy in the Museum's basement storage. Whoops! Let me change that. Crispin Museum staff find a murder victim trussed up like a mummy in the basement. Then they find another one down there. Then an archeologist finds one in his car. "I don't remember putting that there..."
Gerritsen wrote a neat little piece one or two weeks ago regarding censorship. I had to figuratively open my big mouth and respond in a way that only readers of previous blog responses would have understood.
Creepers by Joanne Dahme. Courtney's house in rural Murmur, MA is surrounded by fields, farmland, and a cemetery. Everything is hunky-dory for Courtney until a couple strange locals inform her that her house was built on the foundation of a house that has a 300 year curse. This could be bad.
Obsession by Marshall Cook. Monona Quinn is on vacation with her husband in Northern Wisconsin at a writer's retreat. When the pompous ass of a writing teacher is killed Monona starts sleuthing.
Cook came and spoke at Lake Mills Rotary last week. Cook sets his Quinn mysteries in a fictionalized Marshall, WI. Quinn is a newspaper editor - giving her license to snoop around and ask questions - and her husband is... I don't remember what he does.
AudioBooks
19th Wife by David Ebershoff. 19 hours on 15 discs. Ann Eliza has left her husband. Not too big a deal right? It happens every day. But not in 1875 Utah; not when your husband is Brigham Young. Ann starts a crusade against polygamy that ties into the present day story of family outcast Jordan out to discover "the truth behind his [polygamist] father's death."
Off Season by Anne River Siddons. Widow travels to favorite vacation spot in Maine to adjust to loss of husband.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Some Graphic (Comic Book) Novels and Other Items
Graphic (Comic Book) Novels
Star Wars Dark Times: Volume One: The Path to Nowhere by Welles Hartley. "In the wake of the Clone Wars and the destruction of the Jedi Order, the dark times have begun. The future is grim, evil is on the rise, and all paths seem to lead nowhere..."
All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder: Volume One by Frank Miller and Jim Lee. Apparently Robin has a dark and violent personal history as an orphan just like Batman.
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. I listened to Kidnapped on audio not too long ago and enjoyed the story. The illustrations in this one are not to my taste.
Elk's Run by Joshua Hale Fialkov. Elk's Ridge was founded by Vietnam War veterans to be a "place untouched by violence, crime, corruption, or greed." The children are forbidden to leave Elk's Ridge but and an escape attempt ends in tragedy and mob action.
Batman and Son by Grant Morrison. "Mysterious Talia, daughter of the archvillain Ra's al Ghul and Batman's one-time love, returns with a boy named Damien and claims the child is Batman's son. Stunned, the Dark Knight takes the child in, but the boy, raised among the brutal dictates of the League of Assassins, has his own agenda."
El Diablo by Brian Azzarello. "Sheriff Moses Stone has a good life in Bollas Raton: a good job, a loving wife, and a reputation that helps him keep the peace. Once a legendary bounty hunter, "Holy" Moses doesn't chase bad men across the wilderness anymore. At least, not until the outlaw El Diablo pays a harrowing visit to his town."
Civil War by Mark Millar. "In the wake of a tragedy, Capitol Hill proposes the Super Hero Registration Act, requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government. Divided, the nation's greatest champions must each decide how to react."
X-Men Gifted and Unstoppable and Dangerous by Joss Whedon.
The Number: 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 by Thomas Ott. "A prison guard finds a slip of paper with a mysterious sequence of numbers, which lead his luck to change from good to bad to worse in this chilling tale from the Swiss horror master."
Ghost Stories: Essex County Vol. 2 by Jeff Lemire. "Ghost Stories follows the lives and relationship of brothers Lou and Vince Lebeuf over the course of nearly seven decades. Eldest brother Low, now a deaf and lonely man, lives out his final days on his farm, full of guilt and regret for the decisions he made that tore his family apart."
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Silks by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. Defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason's true passion is steeplechase. "When a fellow rider is murdered, Mason's racing hobby becomes too close to his work."
8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber. Lady wonder if her Pastor husband is having an affair and stealing from neighbors.
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan examines more dead bodies.
Star Wars Dark Times: Volume One: The Path to Nowhere by Welles Hartley. "In the wake of the Clone Wars and the destruction of the Jedi Order, the dark times have begun. The future is grim, evil is on the rise, and all paths seem to lead nowhere..."
All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder: Volume One by Frank Miller and Jim Lee. Apparently Robin has a dark and violent personal history as an orphan just like Batman.
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. I listened to Kidnapped on audio not too long ago and enjoyed the story. The illustrations in this one are not to my taste.
Elk's Run by Joshua Hale Fialkov. Elk's Ridge was founded by Vietnam War veterans to be a "place untouched by violence, crime, corruption, or greed." The children are forbidden to leave Elk's Ridge but and an escape attempt ends in tragedy and mob action.
Batman and Son by Grant Morrison. "Mysterious Talia, daughter of the archvillain Ra's al Ghul and Batman's one-time love, returns with a boy named Damien and claims the child is Batman's son. Stunned, the Dark Knight takes the child in, but the boy, raised among the brutal dictates of the League of Assassins, has his own agenda."
El Diablo by Brian Azzarello. "Sheriff Moses Stone has a good life in Bollas Raton: a good job, a loving wife, and a reputation that helps him keep the peace. Once a legendary bounty hunter, "Holy" Moses doesn't chase bad men across the wilderness anymore. At least, not until the outlaw El Diablo pays a harrowing visit to his town."
Civil War by Mark Millar. "In the wake of a tragedy, Capitol Hill proposes the Super Hero Registration Act, requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government. Divided, the nation's greatest champions must each decide how to react."
X-Men Gifted and Unstoppable and Dangerous by Joss Whedon.
The Number: 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 by Thomas Ott. "A prison guard finds a slip of paper with a mysterious sequence of numbers, which lead his luck to change from good to bad to worse in this chilling tale from the Swiss horror master."
Ghost Stories: Essex County Vol. 2 by Jeff Lemire. "Ghost Stories follows the lives and relationship of brothers Lou and Vince Lebeuf over the course of nearly seven decades. Eldest brother Low, now a deaf and lonely man, lives out his final days on his farm, full of guilt and regret for the decisions he made that tore his family apart."
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Silks by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. Defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason's true passion is steeplechase. "When a fellow rider is murdered, Mason's racing hobby becomes too close to his work."
8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber. Lady wonder if her Pastor husband is having an affair and stealing from neighbors.
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan examines more dead bodies.
Friday, September 05, 2008
What to Read 8
This one is very long-winded at about eight minutes. The Woods by Harlan Coben and Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael batman Chabon.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Six Fiction, One DVD, One AudioBook
DVD
P.S. I Love You starring Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow. Major chick movie. This is such an estrogen enfused flick I cannot even figure the plot out. I pity male movie reviewers who are forced to watch this tripe.
Fiction
Sinner by Ted Dekker. "Sinner tells the story of a free lnad where people who worship as they please and say what they believe are suddenly silenced in the name of tolerance."
Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie. Roman doctor Gaius Petreius is worn out from his investigation of dead hookers in the previous novel Medicus. He takes a job with the Army to Britannia's northern borders and soon both he and his slave girl lover's lives are in danger again.
Red Knife by William Kent Krueger. An angry businessman blames a local Ojibwe gang of supplying the meth to his overdosed daughter. When a couple of the gang members are executed the the town "braces themselves for war." Cork O'Connor rushes to trya nd defuse tension. Never a fan of violence Cork knows that sometimes it is needed.
Shadow Walker by Michael Walters. Oh, yeah. This one. A mystery set in Mongolia. A Brit cop is sent to help investigate the murder of a British national on vacation in Mongolia. This had a very positive review for a unique setting and characters.
Wrath of a Mad God by Raymond Feist. Fantasy novel.
Large Print
Rough Justice by Jack Higgins. An American and Brit are in Kosovo investigating trouble The American shoots a Russian in the head when the Russkie tries to torch a mosque. Trouble ensues.
AudioBooks
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child. We ended up getting two of these so rather than return it I dcided to keep it since Child is so popular.
P.S. I Love You starring Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow. Major chick movie. This is such an estrogen enfused flick I cannot even figure the plot out. I pity male movie reviewers who are forced to watch this tripe.
Fiction
Sinner by Ted Dekker. "Sinner tells the story of a free lnad where people who worship as they please and say what they believe are suddenly silenced in the name of tolerance."
Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie. Roman doctor Gaius Petreius is worn out from his investigation of dead hookers in the previous novel Medicus. He takes a job with the Army to Britannia's northern borders and soon both he and his slave girl lover's lives are in danger again.
Red Knife by William Kent Krueger. An angry businessman blames a local Ojibwe gang of supplying the meth to his overdosed daughter. When a couple of the gang members are executed the the town "braces themselves for war." Cork O'Connor rushes to trya nd defuse tension. Never a fan of violence Cork knows that sometimes it is needed.
Shadow Walker by Michael Walters. Oh, yeah. This one. A mystery set in Mongolia. A Brit cop is sent to help investigate the murder of a British national on vacation in Mongolia. This had a very positive review for a unique setting and characters.
Wrath of a Mad God by Raymond Feist. Fantasy novel.
Large Print
Rough Justice by Jack Higgins. An American and Brit are in Kosovo investigating trouble The American shoots a Russian in the head when the Russkie tries to torch a mosque. Trouble ensues.
AudioBooks
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child. We ended up getting two of these so rather than return it I dcided to keep it since Child is so popular.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Fiction and YA With Snap Judgments
Fiction
Down River by John Hart. Snap Judgment from cover: Someone from an antebellum house in the South drowns in the river. Jacket flap: Hard luck kid Adam a tough childhood and was acquitted of murder. Exiled for years he returns and clashes with his family and the rest of the town. When some murders start guess who gets blamed.
Escape From Amsterdam by Barrie Sherwood. Snap Judgment from cover: Hip Japanese girl in Europe has exciting and violent adventures and boyfriend dies. Jacket flap: Idle student Aozora has debts to a loan shark but just inherited some dough. He has to travel to southern Japan to find his sister Mai - enslaved by the Yakuza - at the Amsterdam amusement park to get the money.
Without a Backwood Glance by Kate Veitch. Snap Judgment from cover: Mother dies while out swimming with daughter. Daughter wracked with guilt for years until a childhood friend helps her heal. Jacket flap: Christmas Eve 1967 and the four McDonald children await their mother's return. She never returns and forty years later a chance encounter brings one of the kids face to face with the mom. while their died slides deeper into dementia.
Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Snap Judgment from cover: Boy grows up on a farm with his dog and has family dramas. Jacket flap: Edgar grows up on a farm in Northern Wisconsin. Turmoil arrives with his Uncle Claude. When Edgar's father dies Edgar tries to prove Claude is to blame. Edgar flees for the woods with three dogs. [Hamlet?]
The Abduction by Mark Gimenez. Snap Judgment from cover: Woman goes missing in the woods. Was she kidnapped? Is she alive? Jacket flap: Internet billionaire John is only half watching his 10 year old daughter Gracie's soccer game. Gracie is kidnapped by a fake uncle and the family posts a $25 million reward. He disappearance is related to a government conspiracy and her estranged, drunken grandfather.
Young Adult
I usually do not list Young Adult but the pile is here next to me.
Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt.
Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante.
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr.
Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson.
Airhead by Meg Cabot.
Down River by John Hart. Snap Judgment from cover: Someone from an antebellum house in the South drowns in the river. Jacket flap: Hard luck kid Adam a tough childhood and was acquitted of murder. Exiled for years he returns and clashes with his family and the rest of the town. When some murders start guess who gets blamed.
Escape From Amsterdam by Barrie Sherwood. Snap Judgment from cover: Hip Japanese girl in Europe has exciting and violent adventures and boyfriend dies. Jacket flap: Idle student Aozora has debts to a loan shark but just inherited some dough. He has to travel to southern Japan to find his sister Mai - enslaved by the Yakuza - at the Amsterdam amusement park to get the money.
Without a Backwood Glance by Kate Veitch. Snap Judgment from cover: Mother dies while out swimming with daughter. Daughter wracked with guilt for years until a childhood friend helps her heal. Jacket flap: Christmas Eve 1967 and the four McDonald children await their mother's return. She never returns and forty years later a chance encounter brings one of the kids face to face with the mom. while their died slides deeper into dementia.
Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Snap Judgment from cover: Boy grows up on a farm with his dog and has family dramas. Jacket flap: Edgar grows up on a farm in Northern Wisconsin. Turmoil arrives with his Uncle Claude. When Edgar's father dies Edgar tries to prove Claude is to blame. Edgar flees for the woods with three dogs. [Hamlet?]
The Abduction by Mark Gimenez. Snap Judgment from cover: Woman goes missing in the woods. Was she kidnapped? Is she alive? Jacket flap: Internet billionaire John is only half watching his 10 year old daughter Gracie's soccer game. Gracie is kidnapped by a fake uncle and the family posts a $25 million reward. He disappearance is related to a government conspiracy and her estranged, drunken grandfather.
Young Adult
I usually do not list Young Adult but the pile is here next to me.
Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt.
Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante.
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr.
Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson.
Airhead by Meg Cabot.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
New Stuff, 25 August 2008
New Stuff
I plan to post video content once a month. Opening a package is quicker to prepare and produce than selecting and reviewing a book.
I plan to post video content once a month. Opening a package is quicker to prepare and produce than selecting and reviewing a book.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Same as the Next-to-Last Post
Fiction
Final Justice by Fern Michaels. The Sisiterhood looks for a Presidential pardon but a competing candidate must be defeated. After all, "their cherished freedom - and th efuture of the country - are at stake."
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs. During a house renovation a plumber finds a ceremonial shrine with a skull. Temperance Brennan is called to help.
Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks. Part of the Genesis of Shannara series. A future North America is "blighted by chemical warfare, pollution, and plague" with no government or law. "Allies of good unite to fight the rampaging evil" of scoundrels and demons.
Large Print
Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown.
Final Justice by Fern Michaels. The Sisiterhood looks for a Presidential pardon but a competing candidate must be defeated. After all, "their cherished freedom - and th efuture of the country - are at stake."
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs. During a house renovation a plumber finds a ceremonial shrine with a skull. Temperance Brennan is called to help.
Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks. Part of the Genesis of Shannara series. A future North America is "blighted by chemical warfare, pollution, and plague" with no government or law. "Allies of good unite to fight the rampaging evil" of scoundrels and demons.
Large Print
Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
More CD and DVD
DVD
Shine a Light with the Rolling Stones. Band clips, behind the scenes, concert footage.
Doomsday starring Bob Hoskins and a bunch of chicks. An "elite fighting unit" goes into a "post-apocalyptic zone" to find a cure to an epidemic. Sounds like Escape From New York. That's alright, I grew up on trashy post-apocalypse movies on television and like most all of them. Especially when they have goofy costumes, elaborate mohawks, overdone make-up.
Nim's Island starring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin. Girl and dad live alone on a desert island. When dad disappears girl emails favorite author for help. Huh? Well that makes no sense to me but this is a kids' movie.
Dexter: the second season starring Michael C. Hall and James Remar. Season two of the Showtime television series. I bet James Remar was in a post-apocalypse movie sometime in his career.
Music CDs
Wait for Me by The Pigeon Detectives. Here is another one of those, "Why did I get this?" albums. I think I may have read a promo release, or heard it on 6 Music.
Oh. I've heard the tune I Found Out before. It's a catchy little ditty.
Wait, I may have heard this on Little Steven's show.
Handy Manny with Los Lobos. Songs from the animated kids' series that Boy #1 loves to watch.
Number One Songs by Merle Haggard. This will get good check-outs. Ten songs.
Kidz Bop 14.
Shine a Light with the Rolling Stones. Band clips, behind the scenes, concert footage.
Doomsday starring Bob Hoskins and a bunch of chicks. An "elite fighting unit" goes into a "post-apocalyptic zone" to find a cure to an epidemic. Sounds like Escape From New York. That's alright, I grew up on trashy post-apocalypse movies on television and like most all of them. Especially when they have goofy costumes, elaborate mohawks, overdone make-up.
Nim's Island starring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin. Girl and dad live alone on a desert island. When dad disappears girl emails favorite author for help. Huh? Well that makes no sense to me but this is a kids' movie.
Dexter: the second season starring Michael C. Hall and James Remar. Season two of the Showtime television series. I bet James Remar was in a post-apocalypse movie sometime in his career.
Music CDs
Wait for Me by The Pigeon Detectives. Here is another one of those, "Why did I get this?" albums. I think I may have read a promo release, or heard it on 6 Music.
Oh. I've heard the tune I Found Out before. It's a catchy little ditty.
Wait, I may have heard this on Little Steven's show.
Handy Manny with Los Lobos. Songs from the animated kids' series that Boy #1 loves to watch.
Number One Songs by Merle Haggard. This will get good check-outs. Ten songs.
Kidz Bop 14.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Beer Drinking Snakes in Tanks
NonFiction
Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles by Robert Jackson. Photos and details on tanks from WW1 onwards. The M6 Heavy Tank could go 22 miles per hour but "came to nothing because the Americans concentrated their considerable production facilities on medium tanks." The M26 Pershing Heavy Tank did get made but only "saw action" in the Pacific Theater.
Snakes: a concise guide to nature's perfect predators by Daniel Gilpin. Perfect? If snakes were so perfect they would hunt day and night and not have to sit in the sun to stay warm. They'd also be able to run.
Detox: the process of cleansing and restoration by Parragon Publishing. A mixture of recipes and therapies with nice colour photos of fruit, vegetables and upscale white women.
Beers of the World: over 350 classic beers, lagers, ales, and porters by David Kenning. We have some other beer books already but I could not resist. Organized by country with each beer entry containing photo, historical information, and tasting notes. HEY! Swan Draught! I used to drink Swan when I attended Murdoch for a semester. Swan brewed an Export that was good and I used to get their stought as well. Oh, and Emu! I forgot about that one until I read the wikipedia article.
Bitter Ocean: the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 by David Fairbank White. Between '39 and '45 36,000 Allied sailors and navy airmen and 36,000 merchant seaman died on the seas in convoys delivering all the materials (food, clothes, guns, ammunition) needed to wage the war in Europe and Africa. 80% of German submarines crewman were lost.
Ham Radio License Manual: all you need to become an amateur radio operator by Ward Silver. Donation from the TriCounty Amateur Radio Club.
Large Print
Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann. A novel that, according to the cover, is a romance during a wildfire.
Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles by Robert Jackson. Photos and details on tanks from WW1 onwards. The M6 Heavy Tank could go 22 miles per hour but "came to nothing because the Americans concentrated their considerable production facilities on medium tanks." The M26 Pershing Heavy Tank did get made but only "saw action" in the Pacific Theater.
Snakes: a concise guide to nature's perfect predators by Daniel Gilpin. Perfect? If snakes were so perfect they would hunt day and night and not have to sit in the sun to stay warm. They'd also be able to run.
Detox: the process of cleansing and restoration by Parragon Publishing. A mixture of recipes and therapies with nice colour photos of fruit, vegetables and upscale white women.
Beers of the World: over 350 classic beers, lagers, ales, and porters by David Kenning. We have some other beer books already but I could not resist. Organized by country with each beer entry containing photo, historical information, and tasting notes. HEY! Swan Draught! I used to drink Swan when I attended Murdoch for a semester. Swan brewed an Export that was good and I used to get their stought as well. Oh, and Emu! I forgot about that one until I read the wikipedia article.
Bitter Ocean: the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 by David Fairbank White. Between '39 and '45 36,000 Allied sailors and navy airmen and 36,000 merchant seaman died on the seas in convoys delivering all the materials (food, clothes, guns, ammunition) needed to wage the war in Europe and Africa. 80% of German submarines crewman were lost.
Ham Radio License Manual: all you need to become an amateur radio operator by Ward Silver. Donation from the TriCounty Amateur Radio Club.
Large Print
Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann. A novel that, according to the cover, is a romance during a wildfire.
Monday, August 18, 2008
CD and DVD
CD
Viva LaVida: or, Death and all his friends by Coldplay. I'm not sure what's going on here. These guys are still popular according to sales lists. I think Stephanie the Library Assistant is a fan of theirs.
Real Animal by Alejandro Escovedo. Little Steven was playing Escovedo's latest tune on his radio show and the tune was quite catchy so I ordered this. Two other Escovedo albums are in the SHARE catalog.
Escovedo started out as a punk in San Francisco and has played in several genres since then.
Digi Snacks by RZA as Bobby Digital. My brother sent me a Wu-Tang Clan CD a few years ago. i don't know why it was chosen. I listened to it but do not remember much about it. The disc is sitting around somewhere, I should dig it out and listen again. From what I know the guys like old kung-fu movies, comic books, and Bill Murray.
The Slip by Nine Inch Nails. CD packaged with a live DVD by Trent Reznor. I don't know if this guy likes comic books. If he does the books probably have vampires or goth story lines.
Fire Songs by The Watson Twins. A few months ago I was checking in some CDs by one of our regular customers whose tastes sometimes coincide with mine. I listened to one of his returns by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins. I really liked that disc so when I saw the release announcement for this I ordered it.
DVD
Hellboy starring [people from Hell]. Demon is raised from infancy by the U.S. Army and works for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense invesitagting and defending against paranormal events.
Shutter starring [people I never heard of]. Horror movie. Couple moves to Japan and image of girl starts showing up in their pictures.
NonFic DVD
Defensive Drills, Offesnive Drills, Hitting Mechanics from A Game Sports. Baseball drills for teaching young players.
Those I left Behind by Lisandro Perez-Ray. Documentary on families split between the U.S. and Cuba and unable to visit one another.
Beyond the Sea: a history of the Mariel boatlift by Lisandro Perez-Ray. 130,000 Cubans were sent over by Castro. Among the convicts and junkies were many who procliamed themselves gay, or drug addicts, or prostitutes to get to the U.S.
In Search of the Sentinel by Albert Paley. "one-hour documentary that follows the vision of the artist, from idea through fabrication and installation of the largest public sculpture on a university campus in the United States."
The Not So Big House: home by design by Sarah Susanka. Core design principles brought to life that emphasize quality over quantity.
Viva LaVida: or, Death and all his friends by Coldplay. I'm not sure what's going on here. These guys are still popular according to sales lists. I think Stephanie the Library Assistant is a fan of theirs.
Real Animal by Alejandro Escovedo. Little Steven was playing Escovedo's latest tune on his radio show and the tune was quite catchy so I ordered this. Two other Escovedo albums are in the SHARE catalog.
Escovedo started out as a punk in San Francisco and has played in several genres since then.
Digi Snacks by RZA as Bobby Digital. My brother sent me a Wu-Tang Clan CD a few years ago. i don't know why it was chosen. I listened to it but do not remember much about it. The disc is sitting around somewhere, I should dig it out and listen again. From what I know the guys like old kung-fu movies, comic books, and Bill Murray.
The Slip by Nine Inch Nails. CD packaged with a live DVD by Trent Reznor. I don't know if this guy likes comic books. If he does the books probably have vampires or goth story lines.
Fire Songs by The Watson Twins. A few months ago I was checking in some CDs by one of our regular customers whose tastes sometimes coincide with mine. I listened to one of his returns by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins. I really liked that disc so when I saw the release announcement for this I ordered it.
DVD
Hellboy starring [people from Hell]. Demon is raised from infancy by the U.S. Army and works for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense invesitagting and defending against paranormal events.
Shutter starring [people I never heard of]. Horror movie. Couple moves to Japan and image of girl starts showing up in their pictures.
NonFic DVD
Defensive Drills, Offesnive Drills, Hitting Mechanics from A Game Sports. Baseball drills for teaching young players.
Those I left Behind by Lisandro Perez-Ray. Documentary on families split between the U.S. and Cuba and unable to visit one another.
Beyond the Sea: a history of the Mariel boatlift by Lisandro Perez-Ray. 130,000 Cubans were sent over by Castro. Among the convicts and junkies were many who procliamed themselves gay, or drug addicts, or prostitutes to get to the U.S.
In Search of the Sentinel by Albert Paley. "one-hour documentary that follows the vision of the artist, from idea through fabrication and installation of the largest public sculpture on a university campus in the United States."
The Not So Big House: home by design by Sarah Susanka. Core design principles brought to life that emphasize quality over quantity.
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