Entertainment/Culture
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Hopeless Savages Greatest Hits Volume 1 TP (review)
Title:Hopeless Savages Greatest Hits Volume 1 TP Author:Jen Van Meter (Author), Various (Author) Paperback: 360 pages Publisher: Oni Press (October 19, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1934964484 ISBN-13: 978-1934964484 This is a hilarious graphic novel of stories about a mythical punk rock family; one of the kids has a gift for business, one invents words, and […]
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November 19th, 2012 by alephnaught
How Music Works (review)
Title: How Music Works Author: David Byrne Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: McSweeney’s; First Edition edition (September 12, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1936365537 ISBN-13: 978-1936365531 I purchased the iBooks version, which included a lot of extra material such as photos and lecture material (which was cool) and a bunch of music at the end (which I […]
![Giant Robot Biennale and Heavenese](https://www.alephnaught.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/innuendo/timthumb.php?src=https://www.alephnaught.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/GiantRobotBiennale.jpg&h=195&w=540&zc=1&q=100)
October 28th, 2012 by alephnaught
Giant Robot Biennale and Heavenese
Yesterday we went to Little Tokyo to check out the Giant Robot Biennale at Japanese American National Museum; the show was very cool, lots of highly customized figures from artists that show and sell with Giant Robot. We also ran into a Japanese musical troop called Heavenese – they play music combining Japanese and gospel […]
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October 7th, 2012 by alephnaught
The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Title:The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try – I’m glad I did, overall. The […]
![Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land (review)](https://www.alephnaught.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/innuendo/timthumb.php?src=https://www.alephnaught.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/yiddishkeitF.jpg&h=195&w=540&zc=1&q=100)
September 11th, 2012 by alephnaught
Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land (review)
Title: Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land [Hardcover] Author: Paul Buhle, Harvey Pekar, Neal Gabler, David Lasky, Barry Deutsch, Peter Kuper, Spain Rodriguez, Sharon Rudahl Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Abrams ComicArts; Bilingual edition (September 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0810997495 ISBN-13: 978-0810997493 This is a very cool book – most of it is a […]
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September 9th, 2012 by alephnaught
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (review)
Title: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business [Hardcover] Author: Charles Duhigg Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (February 28, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1400069289 ISBN-13: 978-1400069286 If you’re into leadership or self-help or helping others, this book should be on your bookshelf (or your iPad). […]
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February 4th, 2012 by alephnaught
New monster figure! (pics)
We were shopping in Little Tokyo at Anime Jungle and we saw this figure – Aviva freaked out, loved it, so we got it. I don’t know what it is – can anyone identify this monster for me?
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October 27th, 2011 by alephnaught
The Tim Burton show at LACMA
We went to LACMA to see the Tim Burton show before it left; the show was interesting, but packed – we had to wait 1 1/2 hours to go in, and even then it was hard to get close to objects. There were two rooms dedicated to film props and drawings, and then a few […]
August 22nd, 2010 by alephnaught
Heavy Metal in Baghdad: The Story of Acrassicauda
Title: Heavy Metal in Baghdad: The Story of Acrassicauda Author: Andy Capper, Vice Media, Gabi Sifre Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: MTV; Original edition (November 17, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1416595406 ISBN-13: 978-1416595403 I heard about this book from the video of the same name – MTV sent a crew to Baghdad to record the heavy […]
December 3rd, 2012 by alephnaught