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Gateways to Geekery: Steampunk
'Coined partly in reaction to the future-obsessed cyberpunk craze of the ’80s and ’90s, steampunk looks backward rather than forward, imagining what the Victorian and/or Edwardian Era might have looked like if Gateways To Geekerytechnological advances such as computers and robots had popped up many decades too soon.'
P.G. Wodehouse | Books | A.V. Club
'Logistics and aesthetics stand in the way of anyone wishing to dive into P.G. Wodehouse’s canon. His work sprawls over 90 books published over 75 years, most of which are constantly sneaking in and out of print, many of which have different British and American publication titles.'
Gateways to Geekery: Detroit Techno
'It’s a strange irony that techno is regarded as an American music in pretty much every country except America...The second thing to know is that techno was born in Detroit, a city whose modernist aspirations and haunting post-industrial decrepitude lent a lot of atmosphere to the enterprise.'
I love you, Scumbag X: 12 things Woody Allen just doesn’t get | Film | A.V. Club
'For a brilliant writer and perceptive chronicler of the human psyche, there’s a whole lot that Woody Allen, or at least the Woody Allen we know from his movies, just doesn’t seem to understand.'
Rainn Wilson | Film | A.V. Club
'The A.V. Club recently spoke with Wilson about film projects that never made it to the finish line, having children quote his Juno dialogue back to him in malls, The Rocker, and the complicated psychology of Dwight Schrute.'
My Year of Flops: Pixelated Case File #139: Super Mario Bros.
'Mario is the alpha and the omega. He is the light and the way. He’s like Jesus, only even more awesomer.'
The A.V. Club
A sister site of The Onion, albeit not a joke site. Lots of reviews and roundups for all kinds of entertainment, plus some funny columns like My Year of Flops, The Hater, and Taste Test.
Bill Lawrence | TV | A.V. Club
'...it was only natural that The A.V. Club would call him before the final two episodes screen tonight to talk about the end of Scrubs' run—the season and possibly series finale airs tonight—the heartache of shifting networks, and bromances.'
“Welcome to the altered state of Druggachusettes!”: 25 notably trippy kids’ shows | TV | A.V. Club
Various bizarre children's TV programming that looks like it's aimed at stoners.
Commentary Tracks of the Damned: The Cat In The Hat
Sometimes terrible movies yield hilarious commentary...especially when Alec Baldwin is involved.
P-Funk | Music | A.V. Club
'Why it’s daunting: One man. Two bands, not counting various spin-offs and related acts. A golden age that saw the release of more than 20 albums, some of them instantly inviting, others forbiddingly edgy.'
Wallace Shawn | Film | A.V. Club
'Wallace Shawn has a curiously bifurcated career as an incendiary playwright whose work often digs into dark, troubling subject matter, and as a popular, hard-working character actor/voice artist who specializes in playing milquetoast bumblers and sniveli
I just want a bit part in your life: 24 musicians who aced acting roles | Film | A.V. Club
Alice | Film | A.V. Club
'With extraordinary resourcefulness, Svankmajer crafts a homemade Alice out of household items, cheating only in the sense that this particular household seems to be owned by a Norman Bates-like taxidermist or a mad scientist who stores his experiments in
Anna Faris | Film | A.V. Club
'How can an actress star in all four Scary Movie movies and still emerge a critical darling? Such is the magic of Anna Faris, a bubbly, infectious comedian whose willingness to go far, far out on a limb to get a laugh has made her the best part of a lot o
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