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….
