Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far
January is here, and with it comes that gnawing guilt. The resolution to read more and broaden yourself was lost to endless nights watching The Wire on your laptop. It's not too late though. Lengthening sun and some time off work mean an afternoon or two can be dedicated to a book somewhere.
It needn't be a rushed effort to conquer Crime and Punishment.
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Long awaited, and well worth that wait, Nobody told me there'd be days like these is the debut short story collection from Sydney-based New Zealander, Amanda Maxwell. Steeped in coming-of-age debris, these tales chart a deft course through landscapes that are interior and exterior, foreign and local, man-made and natural.
Infinite Jest
Okay, this is the big one. Bret Easton Ellis calls it 'the doorstop'. When my friend Dan was reading it on the tram, he called it 'the chick magnet'. Infinite Jest is your 1079-page destiny, so get started and you'll finish it before 2009 draws to its heady conclusion.
So, what's it about? Errr. Look, I'm not going to.
Watchmen
Watchmen is a Graphic Novel noir-detective tale/super-hero fable/political thriller/romance with social commentary, brutal psychological realism and deconstructionism. Heck, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons genre mash better than any 8 bit, lo-fi, DIY, post-punk, screamo, hardcore, garage electro folk band anywhere.
What’s Your Poo Telling You?
No longer must we torture our bowels. No longer must we hide away in shame and secrecy. No longer must we wake every morning, look at ourselves in the mirror and try to blatantly deny the one thing that unites us all as humans - you do it, I do it, we all do it: p_ _, actually, I’m not even going to blank it out – poo, poo, poo…
This brown coloured hardcover unleashes the cathartic joys of pooing and all it’s marvellous diversity.
Under The Radar Program
If you’re going to check out anything to do with under the radar, then you can bet your bottom dollar there is only one place to start: the official program of course!
Find out your who’s-what’s-it’s all nicely packaged in the A5 notebook sized program. There’s also a bunch of interesting facts, did you know that under the radar sprouted from the success of the inaugural Brisbane Festival Theatre Fringe 06? Yep, there’s a history lesson for us all.
Worried Noodles
Bean bag, bean bag. Whatcha doin’ sittin’ on that bean bag?
Reading Shrigley’s Worried Noodles!
Tree stump, tree stump. Whatcha doin’ dancin’ round that tree stump?
Dancin’ to the tunes of Shrigley’s Worried Noodles!
Lamp post, lamp post. Whatcha doin’ danglin’ from that lamp post?
Dangling my copy of Shrigley’s Worried Noodles above you.
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