Review of ‘Animal’s People’ by Indra Sinha

from Shelf Awareness Book Review: Animal’s People Animal’s People by Indra Sinha (S&S, $25, March 2008) Animal’s People should have won the Booker Prize.  It towers over the other shortlisted novels, entertainment on a grand scale, hugely...

Whenever Queenan Writes It Rings

from the New York Times ESSAY There Will Be a Quiz By JOE QUEENAN Freelance writers are always looking for ways to scare up a few extra bucks, so recently I tried my hand at writing some of those “Questions for Discussion” that appear at the back of many paperbacks. I...

MTV to Show More Fur

from Variety MTV grooms ‘Fur TV’ Warp Films moves to tube with warped puppets By DOMINIC SCHREIBER MTV has picked up “Fur TV,” an adult comedy series about a group of foulmouthed, sex-mad puppets, made by Warp Films, the U.K. shingle behind...

Charlie Still Surfs

found at the LimeSpot Even Charles Manson Digs Creative Commons By zab  Think nobody interesting uses Creative Commons? CC is a special license that allows anyone to download, share and mix other people’s music as long as they give proper credit. Recently, Nine...

American Retro by Dave Gorman

from the Guardian UK Audio slideshow: American retro  Frustrated with the faceless, corporate America on offer to the casual tourist, Dave Gorman decided to travel from coast to coast without giving any money to The Man. Read all about Dave’s adventure in this...