Book Review: Experiencing Nirvana

In popular culture, Experiencing Nirvana could probably mean a few things. As a book title, perhaps our minds will first think of a transcendent state in Buddhism that bypasses a sense of self and brings peace of mind, away from suffering; away from life or […]

The Internet Police

Book Review: The Internet Police

The Internet Police by Nate Anderson – W.W. Norton & Co. (ISBN#0393062988) Nate Anderson’s The Internet Police is a giddily good read. A sort of urgent, right-now comprehensive history of various governments’ attempts to entrap the online universe in a giant, pliant mason jar, Anderson’s timing […]

Full Service

Book Review: Full Service

Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood & the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars by Scotty Bowers & Lionel Friedberg – Grove-Atlantic Publishers (ISBN#082120076) “Scotty doesn’t lie,” says Gore Vidal, one of my all-time favorite writers, on the book cover blurb. “I have known Scotty Bowers for […]

Autobiography - Morrissey

Book Review: Autobiography – Morrissey

Autobiography by Morrissey (G.P. Putnam & Sons – ISBN-10: 03999171541) Beyond blowing a raspberry, it’s no easy task to respond well to Morrissey’s Autobiography. I’m predisposed to like Morrissey because I’m a huge fan of the Smiths and that wonderful voice of his, which so many […]