2012 is just barreling along already, so it is time to share my top literary picks for 2011. The Panama Laugh by Thomas S. Roche Best zombie novel ever. Thomas S. Roche‘s sorta first novel The Panama Laugh is a really great read. The book is equal parts old school men’s adventure and modern cutting […]
Jack Boulware, the author of Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day, wrote a nice remembrance of Jennifer. It is nice to see that the SF Weekly also felt like the SF Weekly hadn’t quite given her what they should and rectified […]
On Thursday,October 6, the new-ish Mission Street Good Vibrations location hosted a party for the collaborative effort between Jamye Waxman andEmily Morse, “HotSex: Over 200 Things You Can Try Tonight!” Their hip and informative book is 240 pages of playful suggestions that offer couples respite from boring sex– light bondage, threesomes, perhaps a new position […]
Blue Blood readers may have come across Richard Kadrey first as a photographer, with his Blue Blood VIP work of Stephy Slaughter and Soma Stardust. I came across his creative work first reading his cyberpunk novel Metrophage. Aloha from Hell, the newest book in his Sandman Slim series is about to come out and I […]
The new issue of Auxiliary Magazine is out for October/November. I like that they went kinda deathrock with the current cover feature, shot by photographer Zach Rose and featuring models Anna Cadaverous and Jiffy Decay. Hope to see more of these folks. This issue also features some ballgown action and I’m always happy to see […]
The Hollywood location of Hennessey + Ingalls is a sleek bookstore, designed to make you want to pick up some extra coffee tables. They always have a tasty selection of illustration, photography, fashion, architecture, and graphic design art books. Tonight, Hennessey + Ingalls is hosting a special signing event with Marilyn Manson and Shia LaBeouf. […]
The new August/September issue of Auxiliary Magazine is out now. The cover features designs by Tyler Ondine Whitman of Heavy Red fame and is photographed by Jennifer Link. Inside there is also a feature interview where writer Vanity Kills talks with Heavy Red’s head honcho about the history of the company, the inspiration for the […]
In Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, she described one of the characters as being either gay or a particularly dangerous sort of womanizer. No special reason why Brian Molko makes me think of this aphorism. Just my taste in men I guess. Not saying this applies to his actual personal life; just making an aesthetic […]
As the year draws to a close, I am pleased to share that Backstage Passes has been a Dark Delicacies Bestseller. Dark Delicacies is perhaps the most famous horror books store in the world. For those of you in Southern California who would rather pick the book up in person, you can stop by the […]
True to my word, I went to the BOOM Holiday Party at Meltdown Comics yesterday. Luminaries in attendance included writer Kim Krizan, artist Lawrence Snelly and Dave Ehrlich from Chronicle Books. Forrest Black and I spent much of the evening chatting with them about cooking. Larry, Dave, Forrest, and I are all nouveau homemakers, so […]