The “Holy hell, that’s a lot of Emperor” edition
Emperor • Grey
Emperor • The Source of Icon E
Ben Christophers • Where the Road Bends
Ermine • Motel
Embodyment • Cruise Control
Grails • Smokey Room
Tin Hat Trio • March of the Smallest Feet
Emperor • Of Blindness and Subsequent Seers
Silverchair • Leave Me Out
Cave In • Innuendo and Out the [...]
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№23
Title: A History of the World in 6 Glasses [$]
Author: Tom Standage
Publisher: Walker & Company
Year: 2005
Pages: 320
I came to this book by way of my brother. Were I a regular reader of The Economist, for which Standage is a tech [...]
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Several weeks ago, the War in Iraq entered its fourth year—despite the official “end of major combat” that the codpiece-sporting President announced mere months after it began—and the steady sectarian violence pursuant to the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party shows no encouraging signs of abatement. It has been a [...]
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№22
Title: Love, Poverty, and War [$]
Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Nation Books
Year: 2003
Pages: 475
Anyone who’s frequented my blog to any significant degree knows that I am (mostly) a fan of Christopher Hitchens. I find him an excellent journalist, as well as a [...]
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№21
Title: Then We Came to the End [$]
Author: Joshua Ferris
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Year: 2007
Pages: 400
Modern America is infested with a sort of antipathy for corporate culture that at once yearns for its familiarity and its benefits but viciously scorns its [...]
Since there have been a slew of minor (and just a few major) software releases in the past week, I’ve decided to amalgamate them all into a single post. There are a fair number, so I’ve hidden them beneath the fold.
The “Troilus & Cressida at Navy Pier’s Shakespeare Theatre” edition
Nick Cave • The Secret Life of the Love Song
Mr. Bungle • Carry Stress in the Jaw
Múm • I Can’t Feel My Hand Anymore, It’s Alright, Sleep Still
Martin Grech • Elixir
Alamaailman Vasarat • Häntä hellii käärme
Jaga Jazzist • Another Day
Dream Theater • Run to the Hills
the [...]
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