Tag Archives: Popular Culture
Escape Velocity
by Mark Dery“A lively compendium of dispatches from the far reaches of today’s computer savvy avant-garde . . . this book is your ideal guide to…
Elvis Presley Boulevard
by Mark WinegardenerElvis Presley Boulevard chronicles the trip we’ve all taken — or wanted to take — into the country that confounds its admirers and delights…
Death by Leisure
by Chris Ayres“With dry British wit, [Ayres] skewers American greed, L.A. life, and his own endless romantic foibles . . . Somehow, Ayres knew the fall…
The Comedians
by Kliph NesteroffAn expansive and endlessly entertaining history of stand-up comedy, spanning more than a century from vaudeville through radio, television, the counterculture, and the comedy…
The Book of Absinthe
by Phil Baker“Baker’s witty, eminently readable, erudite history of absinthe is a must for the cocktail aficionado.” –Wine & Spirits
The Answer Is Never
by Jocko Weyland‘sharp and winning. . . . [Weyland] is at his best when he writes about what skating gave him as a kid–what it’s like…
American Nomads
by Richard Grant“Grant succumbs to indigenous American wanderlust, exploring the land mostly left of the Mississippi in a journey of discovery for himself and other agoraphobics….
America
by Andy WarholA reissue of one of Andy Warhol’s most important and intriguing books, originally published in 1985 but long out of print: A collection of Warhol’s…
