Awesome list! I'd add a few although not all of these are psychobilly necessarily; just bands that probably overlap with a psychobilly audience:

Fragile Things is excellent! Lots of great stories and poetry there. Gaiman is one of my favorite writers.

Right now I'm about halfway through Jim Walsh's excellent oral history, "The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting." I loved the 'Mats before, but this book overflows with anecdotes and firsthand knowledge of their youthful exuberance, excess, and squabbles. Basically it just makes me love this band even more.

I read Nausea when I was 19—so, the perfect time to read it. I did consider it fairly life-changing because I grew up in a pretty sheltered, religious environment and this book was the first philosophy-based novel I'd read that didn't rely on theology for morals and purpose. I don't know if it would mean the same to…

High Fives on the Joe Lansdale mention. I just picked up Bad Chili for $3 at the used bookstore. He is such a fun writer. And I got both John Dies & This Book Is Full of Spiders from the library on audiobook so I will see how that goes but they seem intriguing.

That is awesome! The Stories anthology is one of the best things I've read in the last couple years. Not every story works but the ones that do really blow me away. It also led me to discover Jeffrey Deaver and Joe Lansdale, authors I was previously unfamiliar with and now enjoy greatly.

I love fantasy and thought The Magicians would be a good fit but I could not get past the narrator's whiny, entitled shtick. I made it to the end but I couldn't make myself pick up the sequel… the book had its moments and I liked the overall concept but the execution fell flat for me.

Handmaid's Tale is great and also freaks me out because it's not difficult to see how that particular dystopia could occur. I definitely recommend Oryx and Crake as well—much different in tone and language, but so eloquently imagined and devastating.

What am I *not* reading this month? I have a horrible habit of reading about 10 books at once and taking forever to finish them. But I just finished Jonathan Franzen's Farther Away (collection of essays) for a book club and that was decent. About 2/3 through Lolita (I can't believe I never read it before—so good!), a…

I liked it—good beer choices, sort of a small venue which means a good view no matter where you sit. There's a balcony, a perimeter with benches and seats, and then the main area was filled with tables and chairs in front of the stage. (I'm not sure if they leave those when there's a concert or if they get rid of them…

I liked it—good beer choices, sort of a small venue which means a good view no matter where you sit. There's a balcony, a perimeter with benches and seats, and then the main area was filled with tables and chairs in front of the stage. (I'm not sure if they leave those when there's a concert or if they get rid of them…

Pop Culture Weekend:
Saturday - Caught up on old episodes of 30 Rock, Big Bang Theory, and Jeopardy
Sunday - Went to Filmspotting 2012 Wrap Up show at Mayne Stage in Chicago (apparently a few AV Club writers were in the audience as well); watched The Sessions which was really excellent and needs to be seen by more…

Pop Culture Weekend:
Saturday - Caught up on old episodes of 30 Rock, Big Bang Theory, and Jeopardy
Sunday - Went to Filmspotting 2012 Wrap Up show at Mayne Stage in Chicago (apparently a few AV Club writers were in the audience as well); watched The Sessions which was really excellent and needs to be seen by more…