The sublime connection between Kant and Krautrock, from Black Dog's great new book on the latter.

A Bookforum review of the San Francisco poet's long-awaited poetry collection.

Perhaps the first national magazine coverage of the vinyl toy phenomenon.

A review of Van Burnham's fascinating Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age, 1971-1984.

A brief history of the evolution and decline of one of the twentieth century’s liveliest machines.

An alchemical Deleuzian ode to a kiddie goop toy called Gak; perhaps my maddest piece.

The lucrative mythic iconography of the Lucas films.

A cultural overview of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the hottest media meme/kiddie-toy infection of the mid-1990s.

A look at "The science of Star Trek" books.