Summer Reading

1. Nick Hornby - 'High Fidelity'
Why? On the hall table. Dad got it for Andrew, but he went travelling in Asia ...
Is is good? Yes. Lots of talk about music and girls and a not-totally-unlikeable narrator.
****

2. David Nicholls - 'One Day'
Why? A present from Sandra. Read it on the train to / from Cumbria.
Is is good? Friends in love. Not something that I'd jump to read but I enjoyed it for lots of reasons. A dishy female lead character, an annoying, selfish male lead, a bit of a twist and a rewarding ending. Good fun.
***

3. Ryu Murikami '69'
Why? Brousing in the library. Looking for the other Hukuri (?) Murikami.
Is is good? ANOTHER book about music, girls and growing up. A more likeable, yet still selfish narrator who organises a music festival with his friends. Also uses CAPS LOCK for emphasis which reminds me of a childhood favourite 'Molesworth' (Seale). I really liked this.
****

4. Douglas Coupland 'Generation X'
Why? Brousing in the library.
Is it good? It is seminal and I would recommend it to everyone. Storytelling is not dead! Some of these stories could be Twilight Zone or Dead Kennedeys' songs. Therefore I am a massive fan. However, there are bits that I don't like, such as the 'slang' definitions and the need to overintellectualize everything - just get on the tell the story! WOuld definitely recommend it though, in the same way that I'd recommend the Twilight Zone / Dead Kennedys ...
****

5. John Buchan 'The Thirty-Nine Steps'
Why? Library brousing. Talking about old films with my aunty; this is one of my dad's favourite films. Apparently the book is quite different so ...
Any good? Not about music or girls (no female characters at all) -- so a refreshing change! Great 1930s vocabulary and jaunty pace. Thrilling even.
***

6. Edgar Allen Poe 'Selected Tales'
Why? Library brousing from the CLASSICS SECTION.
Any good? Of course! Again, total departure from sex, drugs and roll 'n' roll, in favour for gothic houses, murder and 'phantasm'. Seriously, I've read three stories already ('Tell-Tale Heart' 'Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Black Cat') and they are all fairly similar ... wonderfully written though!
****

Your Scene Sucks #2 -- Crustpunk

By far the smelliest of all the scenesters, the Crustpunk embodies the D.I.Y. punk ethos with his nihilistic attitude and “freegan” diet. Typically an extremely unkempt individual with patches and pins barely holding together his soiled wardrobe, the Crustie goes months on end without bathing, ensuring his unemployment.

When not attending politically radical protests and Food Not Bombs events, the Crustie can be found panhandling on city streets with his banjo and emaciated dog at his side. Despite being anti-corporation, the majority of his earnings goes towards beer. The Crustpunks are also anti-authority, anti-work, anti-government, anti-religion, anti-showers, but are somehow not anti-five-day-old-burrito in the Trader Joe's dumpster.

Even though he lives a nomadic lifestyle squatting in abandoned buildings and train-hopping, the Crustie never strays too far from home. Eventually he'll need to hit up mom and dad in the suburbs for more cash, so he can stay poor.

Famous Crusts:
Leftover Crack
Allstar F*ing Hipsters

Your Scene Sucks

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she more closely resembles a warrior from mortal kombat than an actual human being. tattoos cover every inch of her body, facial piercings obscure her features, and the subdermal brass knuckle implant wards off anyone who doesn't take the body mod lifestyle seriously. small children burst into tears when she walks by, and aunt beverly has trouble recognizing her at family reunions.
yes, she might look like something out of hellraiser, but that doesn't stop her from posing nude at suicidegirls.com. thank god for the altporn audience, because no one in the "real world" would hire her- not even the local gas station.

as soon as she gets her first sg paycheck, she's rushing out to get that earth crisis facial tattoo she's always wanted.

BOW TIE

Best Hype Men #5

Neville Staple

Best Hype Men #3 and #4

Slipknot's Chris Fenn (#3 -- the one with the nose) and Shawn "Clown" Crahan (#6)

Best Hype Men #2

Erotic Volvo from Misty's Big Adventure. Amazing.