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Saturday, November 13, 2004
The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 13.11.04
Pure Drivel by Steve Martin
# posted by Evilhippy: 13.11.04
On Edge by Adam Copeland
# posted by Evilhippy: 13.11.04
Friday, October 15, 2004
Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez
# posted by Evilhippy: 15.10.04
Thursday, September 30, 2004
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.9.04
Gasping For Airtime by Jay Mohr
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.9.04
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Cyberpunk Handbook by St. Jude, R.U. Sirius and Bart Nagel
# posted by Evilhippy: 8.9.04
My Life by Bill Clinton
# posted by Evilhippy: 8.9.04
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
The Twits by Roald Dahl
The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
# posted by Evilhippy: 7.9.04
Friday, September 03, 2004
Venus On the Half Shell by Kilgore Trout
# posted by Evilhippy: 3.9.04
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
# posted by Evilhippy: 3.9.04
Monday, August 30, 2004
The Tortuous Serpent by Donald Tyson
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.8.04
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut
# posted by Evilhippy: 26.8.04
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
# posted by Evilhippy: 15.8.04
Thursday, August 12, 2004
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
# posted by Evilhippy: 12.8.04
Naked Came the Manatee by Carl Hiaasen and others
# posted by Evilhippy: 12.8.04
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
The Secret Life of a Satanist by Blanche Barton
# posted by Evilhippy: 4.8.04
I,Q by John DeLancie and Peter David
# posted by Evilhippy: 4.8.04
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut
# posted by Evilhippy: 29.7.04
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
# posted by Evilhippy: 27.7.04
Disney and the Bible by Perucci Ferraiuolo
# posted by Evilhippy: 27.7.04
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Stranger than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
# posted by Evilhippy: 15.7.04
Live From New York by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller
# posted by Evilhippy: 15.7.04
Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen
# posted by Evilhippy: 15.7.04
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.6.04
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.6.04
Saturday, June 19, 2004
Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman
# posted by Evilhippy: 19.6.04
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
# posted by Evilhippy: 17.6.04
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
# posted by Evilhippy: 17.6.04
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.6.04
Sunday, June 06, 2004
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.6.04
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.6.04
It's True, It's True by Kurt Angle
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.6.04
After Dachau by Daniel Quinn
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.6.04
Monday, May 10, 2004
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick
# posted by Evilhippy: 10.5.04
Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
# posted by Evilhippy: 10.5.04
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins
# posted by Evilhippy: 5.5.04
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 5.5.04
The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 5.5.04
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 21.4.04
The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 21.4.04
Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
# posted by Evilhippy: 21.4.04
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins
# posted by Evilhippy: 11.4.04
The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 11.4.04
The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 11.4.04
Monday, April 05, 2004
The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 5.4.04
Wetbones by John Shirley
# posted by Evilhippy: 5.4.04
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.3.04
Swifter Than Eagles; Bill White and the Battle of Athens by Howard Cook
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.3.04
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Depraved by Harold Schecter
# posted by Evilhippy: 11.3.04
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.3.04
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Sex, Lies, and Headlocks : The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Entertainment by Shaun Assael and Mike Mooneyham
# posted by Evilhippy: 26.2.04
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore
# posted by Evilhippy: 22.2.04
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Bobby the Brain: Wrestling's Bad Boy Tells All by Bobby Heenan and Steve Anderson
In my continuing effort to read each and every one of the old school wrestling 'autobiographies' I picked up this book yesterday and finished it up today. It's a bit of a mixture of Piper's ramblings with Blassie's history.
You don't get a lot of Bobby's history outside the ring in this book, beyond a little bit of info on his family and battle with cancer. What you do get is quite a few anecdotes about guys he wrestled and managed over the years including the Bruiser, sheik and Hogan. He talks at length about his days in the AWA and the WWF and rips into the lack of organization in WCW and in particular Tony Schiavone.
This also stands as the third wrestler book [along with Hogan and Blassie] that tells the story of the Verne Gagne offering the Iron Sheik $100,000 to cripple Hogan in the ring and come back to the AWA with the WWF title.
This is a pretty good book if you like Bobby, and does a good job of telling the story in the voice of the Brain. Not exactly dense reading, but good for an afternoon.
# posted by Evilhippy: 18.2.04
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Gonzo Marketing by Christopher Locke
# posted by Evilhippy: 17.2.04
Friday, February 13, 2004
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
# posted by Evilhippy: 13.2.04
Thursday, February 12, 2004
Hollywood Hulk Hogan by Hulk Hogan and Michael Jan Friedman
I picked this one up as an Audio Book from the remainder table at Hastings yesterday, and let me tell you, brother, it exceeds every expectation that I had and moves into levels of pure unadulterated egomania--excuse me--Hulkamania, that I could never have imagined.
The audio book is an abridgment, but I doubt that I really missed that much from the actual 'book.' What I got instead was a dose of the Hulkster reading words that were only partially the Hulkster's, in a halting, I'm reading a book report that my mom wrote for me, kindof voice.
But that's good, because that lets me know that the Hulkster can actually read. (ba-dum-dum, thank you folks, I'm here all week).
This one starts the same as all of the WWE ghost-written memoirs, with a big match in the guys career and then flashes back over his life and times. The Hulkster recounts his childhood as a tormented fat-kid and lightly touches on the different eras of his wrestling career, all the while making sure that he is the center of the story and the engine driving sports entertainment.
There are some erroneous assertions here, such as Hogan saying that the Rock is the first wrestler to star in a film other than him (Piper did it as well), and he gives the impression that he was acting in the best interests of the wrestling industry in his last stint in WCW. He talks about how Vince Russo tried to downplay the older, established wrestlers in WCW in the Millionaire's club and wanted to push new guys (I would argue that some of the 'new' guys that Hogan was talking about, such as Booker T, Benoit, Chris Jericho, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, and others, were just as established there as Hogan, some had been wrestling with WCW longer). He complains that Russo had him lose three weeks straight to Billy Kidman and that he was only able to eke out a win at a PPV, but then Russo wrote Kidman out of storylines the week after and as a result weakened Hogan's character.
I think that it probably is true that Russo had it in for Hogan, but one thing that he doesn't seem to get, even after all these years in the business, is that it doesn't matter if you win or lose in the ring. You can lose nearly every big match in your career (much like Mick Foley or Sandman) and still remain a name, and have the fans care about you. It doesn't even really matter who you lose to, but rather how the match plays out and the quality of the work involved. Look at all the big guys that Spike Dudley beat in his Giant-Killer schtick from ECW, none of them lost heat because of it. If he had been game for it Hogan wouldn't have lost heat from losing to Kidman. The fact that Hogan himself didn't believe that it was possible for Kidman to beat him was the biggest detrimental factor to the program. If he doesn't believe it and make it work, it won't work.
Just because the guy is smaller or younger, or newer doesn't mean that he shouldn't be able to go over an established star. Benoit isn't a big guy, nor is Tazz, but we, as fans, wouldn't lose respect for someone like Hogan if they were beaten by them.
Oh, the book itself is so-so. It's alot like Piper's book, it makes sure to try to convince you that the world of wrestling would not exist if it were not for the titular character. I think that Hogan was a primary reason that wrestling boomed in the 80s and 90s, but I think that it was a combined effort of many factors. Hogan was a part, so was Piper, so was Flair, so was Jimmy Snuka, so was Vinne Mac. No one of them could have made everything work, but the combination of all of them (and Andre the Giant) made things work.
All in all I'd suggest you read the Freddie Blassie book instead.
# posted by Evilhippy: 12.2.04
Saturday, February 07, 2004
Listen You Pencil Neck Geeks by Classie Freddie Blassie and Keith Elliot Greenberg
# posted by Evilhippy: 7.2.04
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner
# posted by Evilhippy: 3.2.04
Playing the Future: What We Can Learn From Digital Kids by Douglas Rushkoff
# posted by Evilhippy: 3.2.04
Monday, January 26, 2004
The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner
# posted by Evilhippy: 26.1.04
E.T. Book of the Green Planet by William Kotzwinkle
# posted by Evilhippy: 26.1.04
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Fear by L. Ron Hubbard
# posted by Evilhippy: 24.1.04
Thursday, January 22, 2004
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 22.1.04
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
The Story of B by Daniel Quinn
# posted by Evilhippy: 20.1.04
Friday, January 16, 2004
The Lucifer Principle by Howard Bloom
# posted by Evilhippy: 16.1.04
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
# posted by Evilhippy: 14.1.04
Friday, January 09, 2004
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo Translated by William Scott Wilson
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.1.04
Beyond Civilization by Daniel Quinn
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.1.04
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.1.04
Sunday, January 04, 2004
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
# posted by Evilhippy: 4.1.04
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Providence by Daniel Quinn
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.12.03
Sunday, December 28, 2003
Matrix Warrior: Being the One by Jake Horsley
# posted by Evilhippy: 28.12.03
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling by John Taylor Gatto
# posted by Evilhippy: 23.12.03
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
A Place So Foreign, and 8 More by Cory Doctorow
# posted by Evilhippy: 16.12.03
Thursday, December 11, 2003
Wrestlecrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling by R.D. Reynolds and Randy Baer
# posted by Evilhippy: 11.12.03
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
How to be Good by Nick Hornby
# posted by Evilhippy: 10.12.03
50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know by Russ Kick
# posted by Evilhippy: 10.12.03
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
# posted by Evilhippy: 2.12.03
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer
# posted by Evilhippy: 25.11.03
Monday, November 17, 2003
All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned From the Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman and James Gunn
# posted by Evilhippy: 17.11.03
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
# posted by Evilhippy: 11.11.03
Thursday, October 30, 2003
World Championship Wrestling The Amazing Guide
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.10.03
Make Your Own Damn Movie by LLoyd Kaufman
# posted by Evilhippy: 30.10.03
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Oh, The Things I Know! by Al Franken
# posted by Evilhippy: 26.10.03
Saturday, October 11, 2003
Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore
# posted by Evilhippy: 11.10.03
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
# posted by Evilhippy: 8.10.03
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes by Jerry Lawler with Doug Asheville
# posted by Evilhippy: 1.10.03
Sunday, September 28, 2003
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
# posted by Evilhippy: 28.9.03
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
# posted by Evilhippy: 21.9.03
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Invisible Mosters by Chuck Palahniuk
# posted by Evilhippy: 17.9.03
Sunday, September 14, 2003
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension by Earl Mac Rauch
# posted by Evilhippy: 14.9.03
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Breaking Open The Head by Daniel Pinchbeck
The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.9.03
Monday, September 01, 2003
Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
# posted by Evilhippy: 1.9.03
Lies and the Lying Liers That Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken and TeamFranken
# posted by Evilhippy: 1.9.03
Monday, August 25, 2003
Them by Jon Ronson
# posted by Evilhippy: 25.8.03
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Adventures In a TV Nation by Michael Moore and Kathleen Glynn
# posted by Evilhippy: 20.8.03
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Turn On, Tune In, Drop out by Timothy Leary
The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.8.03
Monday, August 04, 2003
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
# posted by Evilhippy: 4.8.03
Monday, July 21, 2003
Kiss and Make Up by Gene Simmons
# posted by Evilhippy: 21.7.03
Thursday, July 10, 2003
Tietam Brown by Mick Foley
# posted by Evilhippy: 10.7.03
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Sex Money Kiss by Gene Simmons
# posted by Evilhippy: 8.7.03
Saturday, July 05, 2003
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J.K.Rowling
# posted by Evilhippy: 5.7.03
Saturday, June 28, 2003
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
# posted by Evilhippy: 28.6.03
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
UFO's JFK and Elvis by Richard Belzer
# posted by Evilhippy: 25.6.03
Friday, June 20, 2003
Vic and Blood by Harlan Ellison
# posted by Evilhippy: 20.6.03
Sunday, June 15, 2003
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
# posted by Evilhippy: 15.6.03
Saturday, June 14, 2003
The Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer
# posted by Evilhippy: 14.6.03
Friday, June 06, 2003
Downsize This by Michael Moore
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.6.03
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
# posted by Evilhippy: 28.5.03
Sunday, May 25, 2003
So Long and Thanks For All the Fish by Douglas Adams
# posted by Evilhippy: 25.5.03
Saturday, May 24, 2003
An Underground Education by Richard Zacks
# posted by Evilhippy: 24.5.03
Monday, May 12, 2003
Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams
# posted by Evilhippy: 12.5.03
Friday, May 09, 2003
Team Rodent by Carl Hiaasen
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.5.03
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
# posted by Evilhippy: 7.5.03
Monday, May 05, 2003
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
# posted by Evilhippy: 5.5.03
Thursday, May 01, 2003
Coercion by Douglas Rushkoff
# posted by Evilhippy: 1.5.03
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
The Beach by Alex Garland
# posted by Evilhippy: 23.4.03
Sunday, April 20, 2003
In The Pit With Piper: Roddy Gets Rowdy by Rowdy Roddy Piper and Robert Picarello
# posted by Evilhippy: 20.4.03
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Deranged by Harold Schechter
# posted by Evilhippy: 15.4.03
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme by Richard Brodie
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.4.03
Wednesday, April 02, 2003
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
# posted by Evilhippy: 2.4.03
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Nothing in This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are by Bob Frissell
# posted by Evilhippy: 20.3.03
Friday, March 14, 2003
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
# posted by Evilhippy: 14.3.03
Thursday, February 27, 2003
Clumsy: A Novel by Jeffrey Brown
# posted by Evilhippy: 27.2.03
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Disinformation: the Interviews by Richard Metzger
# posted by Evilhippy: 25.2.03
Friday, February 21, 2003
Satanism: The Seduction of America's Youth by Bob Larson
# posted by Evilhippy: 21.2.03
Sunday, February 02, 2003
Fourteen Things Witches Hope Parents Never Find Out by David Benoit
# posted by Evilhippy: 2.2.03
Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson
# posted by Evilhippy: 22.1.03
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
# posted by Evilhippy: 14.1.03
Sunday, January 12, 2003
Eric by Terry Pratchett
# posted by Evilhippy: 12.1.03
Wednesday, January 08, 2003
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
# posted by Evilhippy: 8.1.03
Wednesday, December 25, 2002
Cosmic Trigger, vol 2: Down To Earth by Robert Anton Wilson
# posted by Evilhippy: 25.12.02
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
# posted by Evilhippy: 10.12.02
Monday, December 09, 2002
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.12.02
Friday, December 06, 2002
Not For Sale at Any Price: How We Can Save America For Our Children by Crazy Ross Perot
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.12.02
Wednesday, December 04, 2002
The Politics of PsychoPharmacology by Timothy Leary
Mormon America by Richard and Joan Ostling
# posted by Evilhippy: 4.12.02
Tuesday, December 03, 2002
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
# posted by Evilhippy: 3.12.02
Monday, December 02, 2002
God, Guns and Rock and Roll by Terrible Ted Nugent
# posted by Evilhippy: 2.12.02
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
# posted by Evilhippy: 26.11.02
Friday, November 22, 2002
The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby
# posted by Evilhippy: 22.11.02
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
Apocalypse Culture ed. by Adam Parfrey
# posted by Evilhippy: 19.11.02
Saturday, November 09, 2002
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
# posted by Evilhippy: 9.11.02
Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
# posted by Evilhippy: 6.11.02
Monday, November 04, 2002
The Illuminati Papers by Robert Anton Wilson
# posted by Evilhippy: 4.11.02
Saturday, November 02, 2002
Abarat By Clive Barker
# posted by Evilhippy: 2.11.02
Tuesday, October 29, 2002
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt
# posted by Evilhippy: 29.10.02
Saturday, October 26, 2002
Road To Perdition by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
# posted by Evilhippy: 26.10.02
Friday, October 25, 2002
Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
# posted by Evilhippy: 25.10.02
Friday, October 18, 2002
The WastelandsThe Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
# posted by Evilhippy: 18.10.02
Tuesday, October 08, 2002
If Chin's Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor, by Bruce Campbell
The Gunslinger, by Stephen King
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The Drawing of the Three, by Stephen King
# posted by Evilhippy: 8.10.02
