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Podcast is Back! + EARLY BIRD INNER BUZZ!
Hello, Indianapolis! We’re back with the latest edition of Naptown Buzz: “Your source for all things Indy”!
Today we have one BIG announcement. We’re excited to announce that the studio remodel is now complete and the Naptown Buzz Podcast is back! It’s been a long hiatus, but we’re ready to roll!
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I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
Ask five witnesses what they just saw and you may get three different stories. When you ask more than 30 people what happened in the music video industry between 1981 and 1992, and you get a complete history of MTV.
I Want My MTV takes you behind the scenes of a television station that revolutionized how we listened to music. Artists became superstars overnight, generations were introduced to music genres they may never have been exposed to, and bags of sugar were poured out on living room floors across the nation. (Okay, I know I am not the only one that got in trouble for making their own Def Leppard video).
Somehow, MTV worked, but its future was not always so certain. Craig Marks takes us through more than a decade of the golden age of MTV, an age that reflected the life and times of a generation, but also defined it. An easy and fascinating read, anyone interested in how MTV went from an idea to a cultural icon will enjoy this book.
Four out of five stars.
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Those Pesky Garden Gnomes by Rio Grande Games
Title: Those Pesky Garden Gnomes
Authors: JonMichael Rasmus, John Sams, and Sean Weitner
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Type: Card Games
Number of players: 3-5
Age of players: 13+
Length: 30 minutes
Suggested Retail: $29.95
Game Description:
This is a trick-taking cards game with a twist – or two!
The game uses standard trick-taking rules and is played over several hands. In every hand, each player has his own goal for the hand – and these change randomly with each new hand. Thus, a player knows only his goal and not those of the other players. A player’s score for a hand is based on how close he comes to achieving his goal. The points a player scores are added to his game score. To win, a player has to have the lowest game score at the end of the game.
Review:
This is not an easy game to understand. It took 45 minutes to get set-up and to read the instructions several times (due to complicated wording) in-order to understand the concept.
This game is based on four suits of cards similar to a regular deck of cards; the only difference is that some are worth positive and negative points, which gets tied to a goal card that each player draws at the beginning of each round. Due to the fact scoring of this game is overly complicated even though the basic structure is similar to Euchre, it takes longer to score each round than it takes to play it. Also the game is won when a player hits 30 points or more and then the person with the lowest points wins. Overall the game is fun to play, it just takes a while to understand and to score.
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Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work
Hidden America isn’t your average “read before bed time story.” No one is falling in love, saving a damsel in distress, or solving a crime. In this book, we follow a different protagonist–the author. On a journey to share the stories of those often overlooked, Jeanne Marie Laskas takes us along on her mission to bridge the gap between perception and reality of those that make the world go ’round. You will never flip another light switch the same way again.
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Leonard Maltin’s 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era
In this 1,664 page reference book Leonard Maltin includes more than 17,000 capsule movie reviews as well as a listing of popular actors and actresses and the films they have appeared in.
To test the depth of the movies covered in Leonard Maltin’s 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era, I requested that our Twitter followers and Facebook fans send the title of any theater released movie prior to 2007. Sure enough, all movie titles submitted were indeed found in the book.
However, if you’re looking for indie films, or direct to video releases, there is a chance that you will not find them listed here.
For example, the worst movie I have ever seen, the independent film Zombie Nation, was not in the movie guide. But to be honest, I wouldn’t waste the space and the ink to include a capsule review of that film either.
Bottom line, Leonard Maltin’s 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era would be a perfect book for any movie lover wanting a quick reference movie guide at their fingertips.
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The Vampire Combat Manual: A Guide to Fighting the Bloodthirsty Undead
In The Vampire Combat Manual: A Guide to Fighting the Bloodthirsty Undead, Roger Ma’s followup to The Zombie Combat Manual: A Guide to Fighting the Living Dead, he prepares readers for the inevitable event of a vampire attack.
Ma starts with dispelling the myths surrounding vampires, such as them being shapeshifters, and then gets into the anatomy of a vampire.
Next up we get into vampire combat tips including conditioning, weapons, strategies and techniques.
Without giving away too much of the book, I will tell you two things I’m sure you’re wondering about.
First, yes, wooden stakes are an excellent weapon in vampire combat, but they require an extremely high skill level to use effectively. Ma includes a list of the best wood types (hardwoods) to use when creating wooden stakes.
Secondly, garlic is indeed another great weapon to use against vampires, and Ma includes a recipe for garlic mace (warning: it takes 60 days to make) for those times you don’t have garlic cloves on you.
Be sure to grab a copy of The Vampire Combat Manual for your loved ones. You never know when you may have to fight a vampire and it’s best to be prepared.
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Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
Having never worked in retail and hearing the stories friends & family members come home with, I have contemplated taking a part-time job in retail sales merely for stories of my own. Jen Campbell’s Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores is a perfect example of why that thought has crossed my mind.
In Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores, Campbell recounts some of the strangest things she’s heard while working at bookstores such as:
Bookseller: OK, so with postage that brings your total to $13.05. One second and I’ll get the card machine.
Customer: No. No, absolutely not. I demand that you charge me $12.99. I will not pay for anything that starts with thirteen. You’re trying to give me bad luck. Now, change it, or I will find a bookstore that doesn’t want me to fall down a hole and die. Ok?
Campbell has also included submissions from others in the book community, such as:
Customer: This Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter book has to be the most historically accurate fiction book I’ve read.
~ Carrie Austin
Island Bookstore, Kitty Hawk, NC
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores is a quick read and sure to offer some laughs as well as make you shake your head a few times.
You can follow Jen Campbell’s blog at jen-campbell.blogspot.com.
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Coloring for Grown-Ups: The Adult Activity Book
Who says that once you’re a grownup you can’t sit down and enjoy a coloring book? Delving into an untapped market, adult activity books, Ryan Hunter and Taige Jensen are bringing us Coloring for Grown-Ups: The Adult Activity Book via Plume on October 30, 2012.
So what exactly does an adult activity book entail? Well, for starters, let’s say that it isn’t something you want to get mixed in with the children’s coloring books. I made the mistake of leaving this on my desk in my office and my five year old spotted it right away. Luckily dad was able to grab it before he could see anything of concern, such as a man sitting on the toilet with his cell phone, and averted the questions that would surely follow.
Once you’re assured that there are no kids around (or your parents), you’ll be able to dive into activities such as “Hipster or Homeless?”, “Design The Perfect Prescription Drug!” and “Life Partner Laboratory”. There are also word searches, mazes & connect the dots activities to keep you busy for hours in this 64 page activity book.
If you’re looking for a different type of gift to give this holiday season, or a great adult gag gift for any occasion, Coloring for Grown-Ups might be up your alley.
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