THE ANNUAL NO-FI "MAGAZINE"
LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
This DVD is a serious contender for the best movie of 2007 and is a great way to drop into the true L.A. Underground scene featuring 40 different bands performing at Il Corral all in one night. The video and sound are perfect and this DVD features Creekbird, Anavan, Captain Ahab, Explogasm, Gowns, Health, Faux For Real, Halloween Swim Team, the last ever performance of Wives, and so much more. PLUS there is a bonus show included with even more bands and a great commentary track. If you don't buy this DVD you don't really like music and you probably don't even like yourself.
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Remember those old girlie magazines from the 50's and 60's that not only had pictures of curvy ladies, but also had drink recipes, suggestions for bachelor living, movie reviews, and more? Of course you don't. You probably weren't alive back then and let's face it, if you were, you especially probably don't remember. Bachelor Pad Magazine is a spawn of the long running Bachelor Pad wedsite run by the amazingly nice Java and is a very well put together homage to those magazines of way back when, but with modern day gals, recipes, and suggestions - all with a retro vibe. The layout is perfect. The writing is wonderful. A subscription to this mag is the perfect gift for your bast pals, guys or girls.
detritus for his inspiration. Right wing politicos get kicked in the nuts, Michael Jackson gets sent to Borneo, and corporate icons fall into decline. This collection of art, comics, and doodles takes your head to a wonderland that tips a little towards the grimy side. Beautifully presented in "an unusual wide format" in both color and black & white, these 240 pages will please anyone on your "likes art" or "???" list. Pick up a copy online at www.narrowbooks.com or locally at Book Soup , Secret Headquarters, or Skylight Books all in Los Angeles. 
The only item over 100 dollars I'm allowing in this guide. A wide selection of cool 1940's - yet futuristic style USB computer mics are available from Blue Mic. My personal favorite is the Snowball which is somewhat appropriate for this guide. Can I afford it myself? Not at the moment. But if these mics work as well as they look, then I think it's definitely work those money. If they don't, I'll be very upset that I included them in this guide. But do you really think that this company would take the time to make so many cool looking mics and not give you perfect sound as well? Get this for your podcaster and musician friends.
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Lisa Petrucci's Kick-Ass Cuties Vinyl Figures
only do I like the Naked Lunch dish set by Popink Cullinary Art, but ALL of the plates designed by them are great. I can also highly recommend the Cannibal Kingdom (featuring cute 50's design style animals preparing to feast on their own kind), Food For Thought, and Paper Doll plate sets. But go see for yourself. There is definitely something for every one of your designer-minded friends. (Each set contains four dishes.)
Finally the Halo Trilogy is at an end (or so they say, but I really don't believe it). I know that sometimes you might find yourself competing with video games for your boyfriend or girlfriend's attention, but if they don't have this game then why not show them that you love them by helping them to "finish the fight". And a great bonus to this game is that you can actually sorta-kinda design your own levels with the Forge level editor. Isn't that insanely cool? What? You have no idea what I'm talking about? Go to hell then....after buying this game...for the XBOX360...if yours is still working (since over 30% of them are defective.) Oh, and don't buy the "limited Edition" of the game that comes in the tin box. That version most likely will come with scratched and warped disc due to defects in the packaging process. Also the DVD it comes with is a bit of a disappointment. Still a great game though.
