Stuff and more stuff

Edible Stuff

Best energy bar evah: GreenPlus

Best fruit juice evah: Oddwall SuperFood

Best muesli evah: Dorcet

Best coffee in a can evah: Illy

Best coffee chain evah: Starbucks (sorry, haters)

Best gelato evah: Chocolat (Milan, Italy)

Books_2008

    The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, David Hajdu, Ferrar Strauss Giroux, 2008

    Miracles of Life, James G. Ballard, Fourth Estate, 2008

    The Seven Days of Peter Crumb, Jonny Glynn, Harper Perennial, 2008

    The Learners, Chip Kidd, Scribner, 2008

   The Sacred Book of the Werewolf, Viktor Pelevin, Faber and Faber, 2008

   Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, Clay Shirky, Penguin Books,   

   2008

    Sputnik Caledonia, Andrew Crumey, Picador, 2008      

    La difficile disintossicazione di Gianluca Arkanoid, Fazi, 2008

Books_2007

The Best American Comics, Chris Ware (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007

bed, Tao Lin, Melville House, 2007

The Futurist, James P. Othmer, Anchor House, 2007

Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007

Videogame/Player/Text, Barry Atkins and Tanya Krzywinska (Eds), Manchester University Press, 2007

Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine, Draww & Quarterly, 2007

The Gum Thief, by Douglas Coupland, Bloomsbury, 2007

African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou, 2007, Soft Skull Press (the novel is available in Italian as well)

Spook Country by William Gibson, Doubleday, 2007

“Children at Play: An American History” by Howard P. Chudacoff (New York University Press), 2007

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007

Fuffa (tm) di Alessandro Militi, Baldini & Castoldi, 2007, (Italian)

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, 2007, English (Amazon link)

Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder by David Weinberger, Times Books, 2007

Actarus. La vera storia di un pilota di robot di Claudio Morici, Meridiano Zero, 2007, (Italian)

Where is my Jetpac?, by Daniel H. Wilson, Richard Horne, Bloomsbury, 2007 (Amazon link)

The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900, by David Edgerton, Oxford University Press, 2007 (Amazon link)

All Over Coffee, by Paul Madonna, City Lights Publishing, 2007 (iBS Link)

Chuck Klosterman, Volume 4: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman, Scrubner, 2007.

Average American Male, by Chad Kultgen, Harpers, 2007 (iBS Link)

The Strange World of David Lynch, by Eric Wilson, Continuum Books, 2007. (iBS Link)

The Apocalypse Reader edited by Justin Taylor, Thunder Press Books, 2007 (Amazon link)

Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, by Douglas Wolk, Capo Press, 2007

Games_2008

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 2 Ubisoft, Xbox 360

Sins of a Solar Empire, Ironclad, PC

Condemned 2, Bloodshot, Sega, Xbox 360

Frontlines: Fuel of War, THQ, Xbox 360

Geometry Wars: Galaxies, Vivendi, Nintendo DS

Advance Wars: Dark Conflict, Nintendo, Nintendo DS

Games_2007

Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft, Xbox 360

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision, Xbox 360

FEAR Files Part Two, Sierra, Xbox 360, 2007

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, PS3, 2007

Blacksite: Area 51, Midway, Xbox 360, 2007

Everyday Shooter, Jonathan Mak, PS3

The Orange Box, Valve, Xbox 360

Fifa 08, EA, Xbox 360

Bioshock, 2K Games, Xbox 360

Space Giraffe, Jeff Minter, Xbox 360

John Woo presents Stranglehold, Midway, Xbox 360

Medal of Honor: Airborne, EA, Xbox 360

The Darkness, 2K Games, Xbox 360 (Amazon link)

DiRT, Codemasters, Xbox 360 (Amazon link)

Crackdown, Microsoft, Xbox 360, 2006 (Amazon link)

Virtua Tennis 3, Sega, Xbox 360, 2007 (Amazon link)

SimCity DS, EA, DS, 2007 (Amazon link)

Music

2008

Kid Kameleon's DJ Sets and Mixes

Anything from Dealership

Dive Deep, Morcheeba, 2008

         Voices and Choices, Shawn Lee Ping Pong Orchestra, 2007

          Hit the Hits, Shawn Lee Ping Pong Orchestra, 2006

         Strings and Things, Shawn Lee Ping Pong Orchestra

2007

Hunterville, Rodney Hunter, 2007

Oblivion with Bells, Underworld, 2007

In Rainbows, Radiohead, 2007

Shine, Parov Stelar, 2007

Tropidelico, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, 2007

Transit, Sofa Surfers, 2007

Sofa Surfers, Sofa Surfers, 2005

Constructions, Sofa Surfers, 2007 (originally: 2003)

Panamericana, Federico Aubele, 2007

Cinescope, Thunderball, 2006

Burial, Burial, 2007 (thanks to a tip from Simon Carless)

Hope and Sorrow, Wax Tailor, 2007 (the follow-up to the amazing Tales of the Forgotten Melodies, 2005 - saw him at Mighty in SF - amazing, gig - thanks Doug!)

Ma Fleur, Cinematic Orchestra, 2007

Oi Va Voi, Oi Va Voi, 2006 (the follow up to Laughter Before Tears, 2005)

Soundboy Rock, Groove Armada, 2007

We Are the Night, Chemical Brothers, 2007 - quite disappointing, but still

The Mix-Up, Beastie Boys, 2007 - pure genius

Momento, Bebel Gilberto, 2007

New Wave, Nouvelle Vague, 2007

The Consequences of Love OST, 2004 - outstanding

The Friend of the Family, OST, 2006

Easy Tempo 1, Easy Tempo 2, Easy Tempo 3, Easy Tempo 4, Easy Tempo 5, Easy Tempo 10.

- Suggestions and recommendations are always welcome -