Recent Posts Tagged With 'criticism'

• Douglas Coupland is the Bee’s Knees

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 16:31 in books, reviews, baby boomers, criticism, Generation X, Bees, chuck palahniuk, douglas coupland, millennials, opinions are like assholes, generation a

  Therefore, if bees were to become extinct as they do in Generation A (which is not out of the realm of real life possibility), Douglas Coupland would cease to exist. Then who would we go to for such insightful and witty satire? Find out more about C...

• God Is Dead

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 10:52 in music, criticism, guns n' roses, Fergie, Holocaust, heroin, velvet revolver, slash, paradise city, solo album, chinese democracy, cypress hill

  Thank you, METAL SUCKS, for alerting me to one of the greatest travesties in human existence. Not since the holocaust has history been raped so hard. Appetite For Destruction is one of the greatest rock records of all time, and Slash is my favorite ...

• Stick Your Finger In Vonnegut’s Asshole

  Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 16:17 in books, reviews, writing, criticism, kurt vonnegut, breakfast of champions, vonnegut's asshole, chuck palahniuk, wormhole, anus, opinions are like assholes, ass play

  You know you want to touch it …to read my review of Look At The Birdie, his new posthumous collection of prehumous stories. Or, if you are a prude, and don’t want to travel via anal wormhole, click HERE to be taken to ChuckPalahniuk.net t...

• I Fight Rawi Hage’s “Cockroach” To The Death

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 11:04 in books, reviews, book reviews, immigrants, criticism, lebanon, led zepplin, cockroach, insects, chuck palahniuk, opinions are like assholes, immigrant song

  Time again for another anecdote laced book review over at Chuck Palahniuk dot net. Whether you love or hate immigrants, this is the book for you: A young immigrant travels to the land of ice and snow to whisper tales of gore on how he calmed the tid...

• Margaret Atwood Is My Favorite Canadian Lady Author

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 23:03 in books, reviews, Speculative Fiction, criticism, margaret atwood, dystopia, chuck palahniuk, opinions are like assholes, oryx and crake, the year of the flood

  New review up at ChuckPalahniuk.net Four years ago, my girlfriend lent me Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake on our very first date. I was hesitant to accept, not only because that locked me into seeing her again, but because other than Geek Lov...

• I Suffer From Festival Fatigue During The Revenant

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 23:31 in Film, criticism, zombies, vampires, twitch, david spade, opinions are like assholes, fantastic fest, the revenant

  I feel a relapse coming on just looking at this picture. Festival Fatigue is defined as a proportionate lack of patience in direct relation to the quality and quantity of films viewed in a short period of time. So was I a dick for flipping off the sc...

• Chaos Reigns in Austin, Texas: Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 19:25 in Film, criticism, antichrist, charlotte gainsbourg, twitch, lars von trier, genital mutilation, female circumcision, opinions are like assholes, willem defoe, fantastic fest, chaos reigns

  I’ve got a new piece up at Twitch about the Fantastic Fest reaction to Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist. Prepare to have your genitals obliterated  HERE. Check out the scene in question below. It goes without saying that if you haven’t...

• Encapsulated Fantastic Fest Reviews

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 12:45 in texas, Film, Salvage, austin, criticism, james cameron, avatar, revenge, dirty mind, strippers, korean film, vincent gallo

  No filmmaker’s feelings were harmed during the writing of these reviews… CROPSEY A nebbish filmmaker and his yenta pal delve into the garbage heap that is Staten Island in search of the mysterious child killer, Cropsey. Very effective re...

• Grok the Groin-Grabbing Gravity of James Ellroy’s “Blood’s A Rover”

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 13:13 in books, reviews, criticism, james ellroy, the cult, groin injuries, american tabloid, the cold six thousand, blood's a rover, chuckpalahniuk.net, la quartet, red goddess joan

  From my review of Blood’s A Rover. It’s been eight long years since The Cold Six Thousand bludgeoned the face of the literary landscape, and the concluding volume of the Underworld USA Trilogy is finally here. Let me preface my review by say...

• Billy Corgan Obviously Doesn’t Understand The Concept of Quality Over Quantity

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 10:09 in music, criticism, smashing pumpkins, zeitgeist, billy corgan, nosferatu, celebrity shit heads, shit sandwich, grunge is dead, teargarden by kaleidyscope

  He couldn’t give us one listenable song out of a dozen with the shit-fest that was Zeitgeist, so how the fuck does Billy Corgan expect to do it on a bloated 44 song behemoth? From the horse’s ass’ mouth: Recording began yesterday, S...

• The Kanye West Douchebag Time Machine

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 10:55 in music, television, criticism, anal sex, beyonce, mtv, time travel, kanye west, taylor swift, hennessy, douchebaggery, butt sex

  This whole Kanye/VMA thing has renewed interest in a couple of old posts of mine. Thanks for the traffic spike, D-bag. “Single Ladies” A Thinly Veiled Euphemism For Butt Sex Kanye, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and Some Other Dude Get It On With Pregnant Chi...

• Encapsulated Music Reviews: The Recent and the Decent

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 09:37 in metal, music, reviews, criticism, Radiohead, mariachi, the mars volta, pedro the lion, protest the hero, baroness, the bronx, opinions are like assholes

  Let me preface this by saying, DAMN YOU WORDPRESS AND YOUR SHITTY FORMATTING ISSUES!!! Radiohead – Harry Patch (In Memory Of)/These Are My Twisted Words This is strictly B-side material, as far as Radiohead goes, so I’m glad these songs...

• Stitches by David Small

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 16:41 in books, reviews, comics, Cancer, graphic novels, stitches, criticism, memoirs, chuck palahniuk, the cult, opinions are like assholes, david small

  It’s that time again. I’ve got a new book review up at ChuckPalahniuk.net. David Small’s graphic memoir of childhood horrors, Stitches. If you think you had it bad, you better check this one out before you complain. STITCHES REVIEW ...

• Review Roundup Rodeo

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 11:56 in art, books, reviews, Film, criticism, vampires, joe r. lansdale, chuck palahniuk, god is not great, thomas pynchon, bronson, vincent cassel

  Lazy post alert! Here is a handy roundup of all my recent review activity scattered around the interweb. BOOK REVIEWS @ ChuckPalahniuk.net Leather Maiden by Joe R. Lansdale Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist The Compleat Motherfucker by J...

• Joe R. Lansdale’s Leather Maiden

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 14:48 in books, reviews, criticism, twin peaks, joe r. lansdale, chuck palahniuk, opinions are like assholes, his girl friday, a writer's cult, leather maiden

  New book review up @ ChuckPalahniuk.net. Cult author Joe R. Lansdale’s Leather Maiden. A small town tale of infidelity, blackmail, and skinning people alive. For fans of Twin Peaks and His Girl Friday. LEATHER MAIDEN REVIEW ...

• “Let The Right One In” Review

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 12:12 in sweden, books, Film, criticism, vampires, morrissey, chuck palahniuk, opinions are like assholes, tomas alfredson, john ajvide lindqvist, let the right one slip in

  Freshly birthed and mewling over @ the Cult. Morrissey is the proud papa. Help mop up the afterbirth. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN ...

• The Compleat Motherfucker

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 11:31 in books, criticism, Etymology, chuck palahniuk, the cult, feral house, adam parfrey, opinions are like assholes, fartology, jim dawson, the compleat motherfucker

  My review of the history of the mother of all dirty words up now @ The Motherfuckin’ Cult. ...

• Thomas Pynchon Loved This Book!

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 13:42 in books, entertainment, television, criticism, opi, the simpson's, chuck palahniuk, the cult, the 60's, thomas pynchon, dirty hippies, opinions are like assholes

  Time to get all postmodern on dat azz. I’ve got a new review of Pynchon’s hippie genre goolash, Inherent Vice, over @ The Cult. Read it and weep. For the sixties. Inherent Vice. I’d like to think Pynchon would enjoy this blog, if he...

• For Fans of Zombie Rape

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 15:44 in Film, sexuality, rape, criticism, zombies, dark sky films, twitch, necrophilia, opinions are like assholes, deadgirl, gadi harel, jenny spain

  My review of the film Deadgirl is now live @ Twitch. It is a touching coming of age tale about two kids who find a naked chick tied up in the basement of an abandoned mental institution. Hm… now that I think about it, maybe it’s a coming ...

• Send In The Muthafuckin’ Clowns

  Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 13:40 in books, criticism, clowns, chuck palahniuk, the cult, australian literature, robert louis stevenson, coulrophobia, opinions are like assholes, will elliot, pilo family circus

  Dr. Jekyll here, with another post of the literary variety. I’ve got a new book review up at The Cult. It is an appropriately schizophrenic tale of murderous clowns entitled- THE PILO FAMILY CIRCUS Check it out. ...

• Attack Attack! Attack My Senses With Ridiculousness

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 10:58 in music, sexuality, criticism, gay and lesbian, Etymology, mr. bungle, totally gay, guardian uk, buddyhead, metal sucks, homocore, attack attack!

  BREAKING NEWS!!! – ATTACK ATTACK! GET NEW KEYBOARD PLAYER!!! My apologies to homosexuals everywhere, but this shit is TOTALLY GAY!!! Not gay as in the glorious act of love between two hot pieces of cock, and certainly not gay as in fabulous (n...

• Public Enemy #1

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 11:18 in Film, society, criticism, twitch, public enemy, orgies, vincent cassel, brian yuzna, opinions are like assholes, mesrine

  Things are getting increasingly more schizophrenic around here. My usual cavalcade of shits and tits has been infiltrated by my more serious side, resulting in a bi-polar mess of the literary and the profane. I tried to keep my disparate writing styl...

• A Film by Film Response to The Stallion’s Top Ten of 2008

  Posted on Thursday February 12th, 2009 at 11:51 in Film, Batman, criticism, che, darren aronofsky, steven soderbergh, christian bale, ballast, mickey rourke, charlie kaufman, ratt, milton berle

  You can check out his post HERE. He writes sporadically, but it is worth checking out when he does. We might be the only people who read each other’s respective blogs. 2008 wasn’t necessarily a good year for film, either. Most of the cur...