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Daniel Thomas MacInnes

Pop Life Paperback – November 21, 2017

by Daniel Thomas MacInnes (Author)

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When author Daniel Thomas MacInnes dissects the pop culture universe, you better sit up and pay attention. Pop Life is a collection of essays and social commentary among four broad themes: film & television, music & hi-fi audio, video games, the political & personal. MacInnes tackles every aspect of “the pop life” with biting wit, humor and keen insight, bringing readers on an illuminating journey across the cultural landscape. Are you a fan of movie critics like Roger Ebert, Pauline Kael. Do you enjoy the social and cultural writings of Chuck Klosterman and Hunter S. Thompson? Pop Life follows continues their tradition and will prove provacative, illuminating and entertaining for all readers. Chapters and topics included in Pop Life include the following: Thoughts On Film & Television: A Charlie Brown Christmas; The Boondock Saints; Bullitt; Down on Skid Row; It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; Innocence: Gauche the Cellist; Ghost in the Shell 2; The Last Unicorn; The Marx Brothers; Million Dollar Baby; Napoleon Dynamite; Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis; Paprika; Pixar, Wall-e and Rubber Soul; Ratatouille; The Simpsons Movie; Studio Ghibli; and more. New Adventures in Hi-Fi: An Introduction to Your First Turntable; Babes in Toyland; The Beatles; Black Sabbath; Buffy Sainte-Marie; Miles Davis; DEVO; Future of Vinyl in a Digital Age; Herbie Hancock; Michael Jackson; MCS Direct Drive Turntables; Metallica; Pearl Jam; Elvis Presley; Lou Reed; Sony PS-X75 Turntable; Jack White; Frank Zappa; and more. Video Games of the Doomed: Atari 7800; Fire Shark; Frogger: Helmet Chaos; Mario Kart Wii; Metroid: Zero Mission; New Super Mario Brothers; NFL 2K1; Nintendo Wii U; Pac-Man Collection; Sega Dreamcast; Sonic Rush; Space Invaders Revolution; Super Mario Galaxy; World Series Baseball 98; and more. It’s Life and Life Only: Am I a Genius Yet; Harvester of Sorrow; Ignorance is Strength; Jeffrey Miller; Life Inside the Overlook Hotel; Max Headroom; Pope John Paul II; Space Shuttle Columbia; The Man Who Walked Between the Towers; Timmy and the Giant Space Bug; Truth is the First Casualty of War; Wisdom Teeth in the United States of Stupid; and more.

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446 pages
Language

English
Publication date

November 21, 2017
Dimensions

6 x 1.12 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

0999504118
ISBN-13

978-0999504116
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Pop Life is a collection of essays across four broad themes: film & television, music & hi-fi audio, video games, and the political & personal. Author Daniel Thomas MacInnes tackles every aspect of "the pop life" with biting wit, humor and keen insight, bringing readers on an illuminating journey across the cultural landscape. This book follows in the tradition of Roger Ebert, Pauline Kael, Chuck Klosterman and Hunter S. Thompson, and will prove insightful, illuminating and entertaining for all readers.

About the Author

Daniel Thomas MacInnes wears many hats: writer, blogger, cultural critic, visual artist, photographer. His subjects include film and television, music and hi-fi audio, classic and modern video games, politics and current events. His writing collaborations include: Horus, Prince of the Sun (Blu-Ray, DVD), Lupin the 3rd: The Complete First TV Series (DVD), Mi Vecino Miyazaki and Antes De Mi Vecino Miyazaki, as well as appearances in Time Out London and GamePro Magazine.

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