This Is Your Brain on Music
Music Lover? Check. A little bit nerdy? Check. Ever wondered how music and memory work together? Wondered why all teenagers since 1997 enjoy the song Scatman and anything by Venga Boys? Have you wondered why people either love or hate Weezer? THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC helps answer these questions.
Under The Bridge, Rebecca Godfrey
This book is so good. It's the true story of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old girl from British Columbia who was beaten and drowned under a bridge by her schoolmates in 1997. Brilliantly written and fastidiously researched, UNDER THE BRIDGE will leave you wondering why you haven't killed yourself yet because the world is so horrible.
Hitman: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors
Tired of your sloppy contractors forgetting to chop the fingertips off their targets and leaving careless DNA evidence at the homes of your enemies? Sick of spending thousands every time you need a new silencer? Then it's time to stop outsourcing revenge.
Your dreams of living by your reflexes, doing whatever is necessary without regard to moral or legal restrictions are but a few steps away thanks to HITMAN: A TECHNICAL MANUAL FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS (1983).
You Can't Always Get What You Want
"The Rolling Stones free concert is finally going to happen tomorrow at the Altamont Speedway... Apparently it's one of the most difficult things in the world to give a free concert." You can hear the smarmy radio guy being smarmy about this San Francisco show in the trailer to the Maysles brothers' Gimme Shelter.
Translocality, Baden Pailthorpe
A little while ago, my friends had their back walls painted by a bunch of local artists. Impressed by it all, I was like "who did that one?" and they said "Baden," like duh, everyone knows that.
Since that time, local Sydney artist Baden Pailthorpe has continued to hone his vision.
Like I give a frock
Hey, I meant to ask you; you know Michi, don't you? I saw you with her at that party - she was the one in the Marc Jacobs pumps. Yeah, the ones with one broken heel. That's her! Come to think of it, I saw you in Journal with her just last week. You, I recall, were wearing a skort (of all things), which would have been alright had you been sitting on one of the low tables and not an extremely high stool, hanging your butt over the edge.
The Hungry Girls' Cookbooks
In these times of hungry soil and secular delirium we hail the kitchen as sanctuary. Conveniently, we found a petite publishing trio fascinated by the romance of cookery.
Well-versed in the art of eating and well into their second edition, THE HUNGRY GIRLS' COOKBOOKS reunite us with fresh flavours and kitchen craftsmanship.
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