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Featuring Blondie, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Doors, ELO, The Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac, Stereolab, Barry White, and More.
Dec 24, 2018
By Mark Redfern and Frank Valish
Welcome to part 12 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, which centers on music box sets and reissues, some on CD and some on vinyl. It’s the second part of our reissues guide, check out part one here for suggestions for more reissues from The Band, David Bowie, Prince, Pet Shop Boys, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, and more. This one features Blondie, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Doors, ELO, The Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac, Stereolab, Barry White, and more. More
Classics and Recent Films from Criterion, Shout! Factory, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Lionsgate, Universal, and More
Dec 22, 2018
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to part 11 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, which centers on DVDs and Blu-rays. It’s the second part of our DVD and Blu-ray guide, check out part one here for suggestions for TV shows, family films, and other movies. Below we highlight some classics, as well as some recent films. More
Releases from DC, Fantagraphics, Dark Horse, Quirk, First Second, Drawn & Quarterly, Image, Top Shelf, Downtown Bookworks, Scholastic, and Disney
Dec 21, 2018
By Mark Redfern and Zach Hollwedel
Welcome to part 10 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, which centers on graphic novels and other books, including some for children. The list includes a Caped Crusader, two graphic novels on jazz, some out-there sci-fi tales, a bunch of talking ducks, a Christmas-obsessed skeleton, a time travelling teenager, a middle school vampire hunter, a barefooted off-duty cop, and more. More
Featuring The Band, David Bowie, Prince, Pet Shop Boys, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, The Cranberries, The Beta Band, and More
Dec 20, 2018
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to part 9 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, which centers on music box sets and reissues, some on CD and some on vinyl. We’re splitting this section into two parts, as we were sent quite a few releases to include in it. More
Gifts for Coffee, Wine, Beer, and Cocktail-lovers
Dec 18, 2018
By Austin Trunick and Mark Redfern
Gifts for Coffee, Wine, Beer, and Cocktail-lovers. More
TV Shows, Family Films, Classics, and More
Dec 18, 2018
By Mark Redfern and Austin Trunick
Welcome to part 7 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, which centers of DVDs and Blu-rays. We’re splitting this section into two parts, as we were sent quite a few releases to include in it. This installment includes family friendly films, as well as TV shows and some movies (including some classics and some more recent films). More
T-shirts, Christmas Sweaters, Hoodies, Mugs, Vinyl Storage, and More
Dec 13, 2018
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to part 6 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, in which we highlight apparel (mainly T-shirts) and a smaller selection of household items. There are several companies that specialize in geek-friendly T-shirts and we’ve picked some of our favorites from them. More
Kid-Friendly Board Games and Technology
Dec 10, 2018
By Mark Redfern and Austin Trunick
Welcome to part 5 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, in which we highlight toys and other gifts for kids and their parents, including books, DVDs, board games, technology, and more. We were sent so many cool things to write about that we had to split the post into two parts, our website couldn’t handle one post as long as our Toy Gift Guide. So here’s part 2, which features kid-friendly board games and technology. More
Kid-Friendly Toys, Books, and DVDs/Blu-rays
Dec 10, 2018
By Mark Redfern and Austin Trunick
Welcome to part 5 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, in which we highlight toys and other gifts for kids and their parents, including books, DVDs, board games, technology, and more. We were sent so many cool things to write about that we had to split the post into two parts, our website couldn’t handle one post as long as our Toy Gift Guide. So here’s part 1, which features kid-friendly toys, books, and DVDs/Blu-rays. More
Statues, Vinyl Figures, and More from DC, Marvel, Kidrobot, Adult Swim, and Fun.com
Dec 03, 2018
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to part 4 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, in which we highlight collectibles. Political comedian and TV host Bill Maher, of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, recently got in hot water for writing on his blog right after the passing of legendary comic book writer Stan Lee about how Lee’s creations and comic books in general had helped dumb down America and pave the way for a reality TV star to be elected President. More
Speakers, Earphones, a Robot Vacuum, a Smart Scale, a Harry Potter Coding Wand, and a Dancing Groot
Nov 27, 2018
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to part 3 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, in which we highlight some of our favorite tech products from the year. Technology’s march into the future continues unabated and unless we all get wiped out by some natural disaster or pandemic, or the artificial intelligence systems we create go all Terminator on us and launch all our nuclear missiles, we need to get used to a more plugged-in future. More
We’ve Got Your Tables Covered
Nov 22, 2018
By Austin Trunick
We’ve Got Your Tables Covered. More
Gifts for Fans of All Video Gaming Eras
Nov 20, 2018
By Austin Trunick
Gifts for Fans of All Video Gaming Eras. More