I spent this last Wednesday night the same way I spend every Wednesday night—sprawled on the couch in my boxers amidst a pile of Little Caesars pizza boxes and crushed Dr Pepper cans watching The Pagemaster. As the movie ended, I shed my customary tears for Richard Tyler and the valuable life lessons he learned […]
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The Top 5 Books To Be Seen Reading
Reading is a lot like sex. The more you do it the better you get. In some ways though, reading is better.
Finally, A New Literary Recommendation
Hello again, theoretical Unwind readers. As the semester comes to a close, I’m going to do something I haven’t done in a while–actually write about a book. As you (likely don’t) know, I’ve largely written about bad films and other miscellaneous nonsense over the past few weeks. But I’ve decided, in honor of my dwindling […]
Out of Season, but still Perfect
Next week’s Dead Week. Dun, dun, dun. In theory, Dead Week is a “just-lay-back-and-review” sort of week. In reality, it’s all ten-page papers, final projects, and last-minute pleas for extra-credit. So, how do you escape this stressful mania? Booze, drugs and mindless kid shows? Eh, that works. But, I suggest a Patch Adams approach and […]
Brevity, As Usual
Theoretical readers of the Unwind blog, I apologize for the brevity and sparseness of my posts as of late. I’m afraid this will be another, but hopefully my last of the sort. I’m sure you all understand my plight at this point in the semester. In the meantime, as I prepare to battle this stack […]
Demands for Spring
Greetings, Unwind readers (assuming you exist). Now that we’re in the last throes of the semester, when every second is critical yet all you want to do is sit around and merely exist, I’m finding myself growing increasingly listless. I’m a much better student amid the misery of winter, when there’s not much else to […]
“I’ve been a slave to vampires for 30 years.”
Right, as Ryan did a movie, I felt I should do a book. Not just any book either. But the book that tells the true story of Abraham Lincoln and his hatred toward and determination to kill all vampires (in his spare time). I speak, of course, of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith […]
Atrophy
Allow me to be a bit provocative. Normally with my posts, I tend write about the merits of various books that I’ve read, often making subliminal references to H.P. Lovecraft throughout. But this time, I want to delve into something different, notably something seemingly systemic (you’re welcome for that alliteration). My generation doesn’t read books. […]
Beauty and Loss
In the past, I’ve written a bit about my love of all things Leonard Cohen. He’s one of those artists whose work is so profound and immense that it’s hard to even scratch the surface. Most know him as a musician and a poet, but few acknowledge the accomplishments of his prose, particularly his two […]
Beauty and Decay
This week, instead of reviewing a book, I wanted to talk a little bit about one particular author: Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy has been one of my favorite novelists for a number of years and with his recent explosion of fame (thanks to his Pulitzer for The Road and the film adaptation of No Country for […]