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reviews on blogcritics - june 2008

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve decided that one way I can keep this blog from being just a “look at my latest review/article on Blogcritics” blog would be to do monthly summaries rather than individual posts right after each article is published. Here’s the first installment.
Ladytron - Velocifero
The second track is the album’s lead single, “Ghost,” and it’s easy [...]

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Tags: dvd review · music review

shhh, kitty! (#12 & #13)

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

In which I reference reviews of a memoir by a librarian and a book of cat excuses.

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Tags: 50 book challenge · book review

electronic projects for musicians

May 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

My review of The Apples in Stereo album Electronic Projects for Musicians has been published on Blogcritics. I really like the band, and I was entertained by the album, but I found that when I went to write about it, there wasn’t much that stood out to me as “ohmygosh you have to hear this!” [...]

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scion’s blood

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The second book in the Chronicles of Firma trilogy leaves this reader eager for the final chapter.

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Tags: 50 book challenge · book review

how the university works

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

My review of Marc Bousquet’s book How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation has been published on Blogcritics. It took me a few months of reading a little at a time to get through it, and I will admit to skimming quite a bit. I also had to put it down several [...]

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Tags: 50 book challenge · book review