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Review: Cruddy – Lynda Barry
Cruddy Lynda Barry Simon & Schuster Street: 10.10.00 If you think your life is bad––and, judging by statistics, it probably is––then you have to read this book, cause it’ll make you run outside, kiss the soil and thank God you’re not Cruddy’s Roberta Rohbeson, or “Clyde,” as her father, who wished she had been born
Review: Pilates Perfect: The Complete Guide to Pilates Exercise at...
Pilates Perfect: The Complete Guide to Pilates Exercise at Home Diane Daniels Hatherleigh Press Street: 08.21.03 You never thought you would see a review for an exercise book in SLUG, did you? Especially one on an exercise craze sweeping the nation: Pilates. But Diane Daniels’ book on Pilates is right on target. I don’t exercise
Review: Thinking in Type: The Practical Philosophy of Typography –...
Thinking in Type: The Practical Philosophy of Typography Alex W. White Allworth Press Street: 01.01.05 Thinking in Type is lauded by Ed Benguiat, a typographic designer, as being “a practical, exciting reference book,” so you can imagine my disappointment when I came to find out that such a highly praised book on something I know
Review: Just Before Now: Sketchbook Drawings – Trent Call
Just Before Now: Sketchbook Drawings Trent Call A Swinj Art Production Street: 2005 Just Before Now “is filled with selected drawings from six different sketchbooks during the time of March oh three to April oh four” (back liner note). It starts with a To Do List containing 12 items with three crossed off, one of
Review: Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding
Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding Independant Truck Company High Speed Productions Street: 09.01.04 I’ve never been a fan of Independent Trucks. In fact, the only things I like about Indys are hot chicks that wear their gear and the fanny pack that I’ve had since the eighth grade. I do however, have
Review: Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane’s...
Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane’s Addiction Brendan Mullen Da Capo Press Street: 03.14.06 When I was in middle school, Jane’s addiction was my life. “Three Days” was my anthem, and Perry Farrell was my God. In Whores, Brendan Mullen has compiled over 300 pages of quotes from just about everybody who