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I think I’ve mentioned the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club before. $50 for 12 CD EPs delivered in 6 shipments, one every other month. Each disk featuring a different Wizard Rock band. Proceeds are being donated to the literacy charity First Book.
Well, the June shipment arrived a little while ago [...]

So, it looks like a leaked copy of the final Harry Potter book may have surfaced on the internet on Monday. It’s apparently a RAR file consisting of a series of pictures of each page in the book.
Those fans, who may have thought that avoiding spoilers only meant staying off line this weekend while [...]

Just came across this review of the Beck anime over at anime news network. While the review is of the anime, it could cover the manga pretty well.
Also, a little addittion to my review about an editorial trick in the book that I really appreciated.
One of the big issues with slice of life style [...]

So I’ve got a new manga title to follow. The series is called Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.
To give you an idea of what I think of this series, I picked up volume 1 on Saturday from a local Borders (best source for manga around here). I usually buy series two volumes at a [...]

Last week I was in Borders and picked up a copy of Bertrand Russell’s The History of Western Philosophy. For those unfamiliar with the book, it is possibly the most widely read introduction to western philosophy in print. I started reading the book yesterday and came across the below quote in an early [...]

So yeah, this is probably all over the place. Its still cool though.

So, after the last post I spent the next couple of days listening to Grace Potter’s debut album, Nothing But The Water. Great album!
I was just poking around Youtube on this hot lazy Sunday and came across a bunch of cool Grace Potter videos, so I thought I’d share.
First up, a pair of videos [...]

While I was reading over that last post before hitting the submit button I started listening to this show from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. The second song is just starting…
I’m liking this a lot. Good bluesy/gospel/southern rock feel to it. They’re a four piece band with Grace singing and playing hammond [...]

If you read the various lists offering advice on how to have a successful blog there’s one comment that seems to pop up a lot. Pick a subject to write about and stick with it. It makes sense. If you’re writing a blog about toys, ranting about politics is probably not smart. [...]