Consumption: March 2005

On the Web

• Writing, Briefly: Excellent writing tips from Paul Graham.
• Typecasting: The Use (and Misuse) of Period Typography in Movies.
• Frusion Breakfast Brawl: Addictive Punch Out-style Flash game.
• “The Most Expensive Album Never Made”: Detailed history of Guns ’N’ Roses’ doomed Chinese Democracy.
• Pimp My Safari: New online hub for Safari browser customization from Jon Hicks.
• Guess the Dictator and/or Television Sit-Com Character: This online game of 20 (or more) questions is actually quite difficult to stump.

In the Stereo

• Kiss: Destroyer
• I Am Spoonbender: Teletwin
• Cornelius: Fantasma
• Rapeman: Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
• Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet
• The Fucking Am: Gold
• 3 Inches of Blood: Advance and Vanquish

On the Silver Screen

• Rock School
• Reeker
• Palindromes

In Print

• Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Art of Modern Rock by Paul Grushkin and Dennis King