Generally speaking, economics books are not meant to make for pleasant reading.
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Category: Reviews
A Colorful Career Retrospective: “A Kevin Smith Scrapbook” Reviewed
The best thing about the digital revolution is that there are almost no rules. Like independent films in the early ’90s, creators are using available technology to push boundaries and reinvent the way things are done. Thus, the rise of the e-book and the availability of self-publishing now allows a superfan to create their own digital scrapbook of their favorite writer/director/podcaster/author.
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After four decades, it’s hard to create a hip-hop project that doesn’t sound like everything else that has come before it while also maintaining the elements of what has made the music endure and grow for so long.
Sometimes, though, an album finds a new space that hasn’t been plundered yet. A World Only Gods Know, the new project from Scorcese and Alpha Davis, aims to be one those albums.
The Best Books I Read in 2017
For the past four years, I have sent out a monthly newsletter in which I summarize and review each book I read that month.
Finally Confronting “It”
To call It a box office success would be an enormous understatement. The film shattered records upon its release and has grossed over $650 million worldwide — $320 million of which came domestically — against a very modest $35 million budget.
A Wu-Tang Album in Name Only – The Deception of “The Saga Continues”
If a (supposedly) new Wu-Tang Clan album doesn’t move the needle the way it once did, it’s largely because it’s easy to be skeptical about new material coming out of Shaolin.
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Trailblazing can be a gift and a curse.
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Grisham Lite Doesn’t Taste Great – “Law and Disorder” Reviewed
There are very few guarantees in pop culture. It’s hard to know why a seemingly average song becomes a hit or why a can’t-miss film flops.
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Every Book I Read In 2016
When I graduated from business school in 2010, I finally had a bit more free time and I decided that I would dedicate much of that time to reading and writing.
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The Best Books I Read in 2016
Every month, I send out a monthly reading newsletter and every December, I send out my best of the year list. Here are my selections:
