When I heard that Brian Eno’s 1970s pop records had been remastered and were set for a new, fancy, audiophile release, I got excited. Half-speed masters, freshly pressed at 45rpm? I wasn’t sure what any of that meant, but how could I not? After all, Here Come the Warm Jets is perhaps my favorite record of …
Category Archives: Reviews
Unboxing ‘Sex’
The 14 year-old me is thrilled to have finally found/picked up a copy of Madonna’s Sex book… The 39 year old me? Well… May God forgive me.
unboxing The New Analog
It’s been awhile since I read a book in two sittings. Even the junk fiction I’ve been gorging myself on lately usually sees me through 4 or 5 nights or more. But Damon Krukowski‘s The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World went down fast. It may not be a photobook, but it’s …
Unboxing Gloom
Gloom is Jacob Haupt‘s homage to growing up, struggling with adulthood and the myths we’ve been told about it, trying to balance the demands masculinity with the deep fragility inherent to us, while remaining jovial and positive and jokey throughout. It’s simultaneously hilarious and little bit heartbreaking, and I love it.
Unboxing ‘Highway Kind’
Highway Kind collects images from Justine Kurland’s 2007 -2014 travels around the United States in a customized Astro Van, first with with her young son, Casper, then alone. Interspersed throughout are 8 very short stories by Lynn Tillman, character sketches, mostly, that add a bit flavor. The photographs were culled from a couple of bodies of …
Unboxing ‘The Americans’
Robert Frank’s The Americans is one of those seminal photobooks that really needs no introduction, so please enjoy this unboxing…
Unboxing Photoscouting
I don’t remember where I came across PhotoCorps and PhotoScouting. PhotoCorps is a grant funded community photography workshop/training/community thing, started by Chris Glass, and based in Cincinnati, and PhotoScouting is a sort of workshop: “21 exercises to make more intentional photographs, explore neighborhoods and connect with people.” Now, even though I’m ~1000 miles away, I probably need …