Heeb, the Germany issue
Even though the Jews control all of the media in the US, it still takes a lot of balls to publish a magazine called Heeb and basically straight take the... read more...
Lovely Daze Issue 6: Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose
If you are especially well versed at the internets then you’ll probably know about this diamond already. If you are not, learn this. Charwei Tsai... read more...
In Conversation: Encounters With 39 Great Writers
The problem with the modern media age is that no matter how cool you think you are, there’s always some irritating young oik biting at your heels... read more...
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
I try to exercise literary discipline (reading the Daily Telegraph over a soy latte does not count!) during stolen moments whilst waiting for tardy friends... read more...
'Boom Town 2050', Richard Weller
A friend was recently offered a research gig with UWA’s Professor of Landscape Architecture Richard Weller. When asked about the parameters of said... read more...
Les Cahiers Purple
‘Niche’ magazines generally refer to topic-specific titles about cars, interiors, fashion, pets, helicopters, or pets flying helicopters in... read more...
How a Moth Becomes a Boat
Havana is a slum, no matter what people say. If you think it’s all dancing and beautiful food, Jesus Christ, you’ve been misinformed. It’s... read more...
LULA Magazine
LULA is the kind of girl you’d have a crush on. Or be intimidated by. Or want to be best friends with. Or all three. She’s a babe (of course),... read more...
POP Magazine
I religiously buy and read POP magazine. I first came across it when browsing through the Transit News Stand in Hong Kong and have been addicted ever... read more...
'Inherent Vice', Thomas Pynchon
Inherent Vice is Pynchon’s return to the pysch-noir genre he laid the bones for in his classic novel, The Crying Of Lot 49. The tale is every bit... read more...
Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin' - The Authorised Story of Public Enemy
I’ll be honest. I got about a quarter of the way through this and very seriously considered looking for crib notes on the web. It’s not so... read more...
'Downtown Owl', Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman somehow grew up one pop-savvy-motherfucker in early-’80s North Dakota, the place setting for his first novel, Downtown Owl. The... read more...
David Byrne, 'The Bicycle Diaries'
In 2008 I walked alongside David Byrne as he rode his bike, and interviewed him for a feature in Wooooo Magazine. As we moved down the street I noted that... read more...
The Small Chair (The McSweeney's iPhone App)
McSweeney’s, those bleeding heart suppliers of hope to disenfranchised hardcover-speciality-dust-jacket-book-lovers of the world, have come up with... read more...
Dice, Bryn and Rob, 'Beef Knuckles'
Some zines make me want to tear my glasses off and spit straight-up fury into the face of their maker. "It’s HORRIBLE!" I want to cry,... read more...
David Cross, 'I Drink For a Reason'
You may know David Cross as wannabe actor/licensed analyst and therapist – or ‘Analrapist’ – Tobias Fünke from Arrested Development.... read more...
Vitalogy: An Encyclopaedia of Health and Home, Adapted for the Home, the Layman, the Family
It kills me that Pearl Jam will still be around when grunge comes back in. I died my hair green in year 8 to go see them just so I could stand three rows... read more...
Ordinary Magazine
What David Lynch showed us with Blue Velvet was how beneath the ordinary, everyday life… there’s some creepy shit going on. What we try and... read more...
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
This book puts other books to shame like your imaginary Uncle throws meat on the BBQ, effortlessly and with the kind of sizzling sound that suits its title.Many... read more...
Shoplifting from American Apparel, Tao Lin
Tao Lin is a genius disguised as your shy thirteen-year-old brother on Xanax. He read the first few pages from his new book all deadpan-like, then got... read more...
Marcus Hofko and Simon Oosterdijk, 'Pie Paper'
Pie Paper is excellent for a number of reasons: 1. It is put together with the humble objective of keeping its creators mentally and creatively fit. They’re... read more...
The Greatest Show On Earth
The comprehensive appendix in Richard Dawkins latest book The Greatest Show on Earth chronicles the re-emergence of pre-enlightenment religious fundamentalism.... read more...
581c-Volume 1
Though taken almost exclusively in pitch black conditions, Fäldt’s photos have a brightness to them that seem at odds with all that inkiness.... read more...
Harvest Magazine
When I’m not out fighting crime, I work at a bookstore. Every now and then this guy comes in and just sits there reading poetry. For hours. Yeah,... read more...