Yes. If you have money, hell yes.

Sending a cold can of Schlitz your way.

Hey everyone, just wanted to say thanks for all the thoughtful comments. A.V. readers are the best.

I didn't give it a write-up above, but check out the new Multiple Truths, if you haven't already. Best punk/HC release this month: thick, dark, melodic, and with an amazing frontwoman.

Oh, hey: If anyone was actually crazy enough to buy a copy of Taft 2012, and is even crazier enough to want it signed, hit me up. I'll send you a poster and a button, too. WHILE SUPPLIES LAST: jasonmheller@gmail.com

Noel Murray and Oliver Sava received a well-deserved Eisner Award nomination last year for their comics-related journalism here at The A.V. Club:

Just so you know: I would never pressure anyone to read my book. As long as they buy it, I'm happy.

Hey, thanks all. If any of you plan on attending Worldcon in San Antonio this August (where the Hugo Awards ceremony will be held), let me know. I'll be there all weekend, swilling mead and hanging out in GRRM's beard.

It is indeed a new intro.

I started out reading his short stories (to be specific, the collections Chronopolis and Vermilion Sands) before I dove into his novels, so I have a special fondness for them. Speaking of which: If you've ever wondered about Ballard's empty-swimming-pool motif (e.g. "The Voices of Time"), it's explained in Miracles of…

There are a couple factors that (I'm guessing) led to the publishing delay in the U.S. 1) Ballard has never sold that well in the States, and it wouldn't surprise me if the publisher wanted to hold out and see how the thing sold in the U.K (and in the U.S. as an import) before committing to it, and 2) the new series…

Nope, no Concrete Island either. I was also hoping he had something to say about The Unlimited Dream Company, which I have a real soft spot for. I knew that was a long shot, though. In many ways it's his most twisted book, even more so than The Atrocity Exhibition, and he never seemed particularly keen on…

A photographer named Alexandra Crockett is putting together something called The Metaldudes Cats Book. It is — as the title vaguely hints at — a book of photos of metal dudes sitting with their cats. Apparently members of Isis, Xasthur, Atriarch, Black Goat, Book Of Black Earth, Harassor, Lord Time, Skeletonwitch,…

Coincidentally, I just included Sham 69 in an A.V. Club Inventory that will be running soon… Love 'em.

Thanks much for the feedback, and I definitely agree with you. That said, I think we do this already. Look back at a few of our columns from just the past few months. Cloud Rat, Vales, Countdown To Armageddon, Kowloon Walled City, Lotus Fucker, Temple, Menace Ruine… These aren't the kinds of bands you here about all…

Ha! If only.

I haven't been able to get into the new Holy Grail, either. I love wankery and cheese, in the right doses and with a certain spirit behind it. But this one just didn't click with me.

Absolutely stoked for this. Been waiting a long time…

As a former resident of the great(ly disgusting) state of Florida, I prefer the description "swamp-assed."

Yeah, I didn't pitch it. Too many other new releases popped up that I wanted to try to cover instead. And I'm not sure about covering it in Loud… Technically fits, I guess, but doesn't seem right. Poor Coheed! Poor, poor Coheed.