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Drive was a great movie, very messed in some spots but spectacular in others.

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Ooooooooooo Metal Gear Solid HD? Jealousssssssssss

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Books:

Seduction of the Innocent by Frederich Wertham

Finally I get to read about some of the naughtyness old Freddie was talking about

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I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on it and if it's worth finding a copy of the book.

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I got my copy on amazon but I hear it may be going out of print soon. So far I've read a little of SoI. It's pretty dry. Werthem talks about his 7-year research project into reading comics from all genres and how he links them to anti-social and criminal behavior in children.

All the references Wertham makes to comics are linked to his studies on how they adversely affect children. Everyone has been talking about SoI for years so its content doesn't surprise me. When I get further along into the book I'll let you know if its worth getting or not.

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XIII wrote:DVD:

Drive by Michael Refn

Video game :

Metal Gear Solid HD collection for PS3
Well, I played 10mn of Metal Gear Solid. I had never played it before and bought based on all the rave reviews. Well... I hated it. The gameplay, the camera.
I'm going to sell it back and get another game.

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Mr Wallstreet wrote:I got my copy on amazon but I hear it may be going out of print soon. So far I've read a little of SoI. It's pretty dry. Werthem talks about his 7-year research project into reading comics from all genres and how he links them to anti-social and criminal behavior in children.

All the references Wertham makes to comics are linked to his studies on how they adversely affect children. Everyone has been talking about SoI for years so its content doesn't surprise me. When I get further along into the book I'll let you know if its worth getting or not.
It's a rough read, interesting, but very dry.

I didn't really enjoy it. I ended up reading little bts of it here or there. I mostly used it as an interesting reference guide.
"French is like anal, exotic but oh so unnecessary."

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CD's:

Brown sugar|D'Angelo
Above|Mad Season
fIN|John Talabot

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Game:

Uncharted 2

DVD

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Rupert Wyatt
The Pusher Trilogy - Nicolas Winding Refn

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Novels
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins [hardcover, ugh]
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins [hardcover, ugh]
Serpent's Storm by Amber Benson (Tara from Buffy)
How to be Death by Amber Benson (Tara from Buffy)
The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia

Music
The Hunger Games Soundtrack

I saw The Hunger Games midnight showing and absolutely loved it. I had been avoiding getting the novels because 2 of the 3 books in the US are hardcover-only and I'm not a fan of hardcovers (too clunky, in my opinion) but seeing the movie forced my hand. And the soundtrack was really great, it had a Blue Grass feel yet used non-Blue Grass artists (The Decemberists, Arcade Fire, Taylor Swift, Maroon 5).

The 2 novels from Amber Benson are part of her Caliope-Reaper Jones series and I somehow had no clue a novel came out last year and a new one less than a month ago. Not sure when I'll read them, but at least I have them for if I want to.

Repossession Mambo is what the movie Repo Men was based on. It's written by the author of Matchstick Men, a novel I absolutely loved which means I know I'll love this writing style.

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Book

A dance with dragons by George RR Martin

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Richard D. James album|Aphex Twin
Ultra|Depeche Mode
Playing the angel|Depeche Mode
Sounds of the universe|Depeche Mode
The exclusives|DJ Kicks
The Chronic|Dr. Dre
Home again|Michael Kiwanuka
Mezzanine|Massive Attack
(What's the story) Morning Glory?|Oasis
Time flies... 1994-2009|Oasis
The Bends|Radiohead
The best of|Radiohead
The anthology 1992-2012|Underworld

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XIII wrote:Book

A dance with dragons by George RR Martin

How are these working out for you?
"French is like anal, exotic but oh so unnecessary."

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Well, Feast for Crows I thought was slow. I still enjoy the story and the characters but you get the feeling that he wants to go too much into details.
Only 2 chapters into A dance with dragons so I can't tell.

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I got an arc of alpha from Greg rucka!
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Awesome!!!

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CD's, obviously:

Be good|Gregory Porter
Portishead|Portishead
Our version of events|Emeli Sandé
Much against everyone's advice|Soulwax

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Books

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré

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Book

Alpha by Greg Rucka

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DVDs:
(500) Days of Summer
Magnificent Seven Movie Collection: All four Magnificent Seven films in one 4 disc pack

CDs:
Garbage: Not Your Kind of People
The Kills: Blood Pressures
The Kills: No Wow

Got both Kills Albums off of iTunes, so now I have the entire discography digitally because I can't find actual CDs in stores.

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