Here Ben Mitchell provides a selection of monthly cultural recommendations for your consumption.

Bear in mind these are purely indulgent purchases. I doubt very much that any of the pop culture crap I like will broaden your minds. They're all pretty nifty though.

JUNE 2007

'The Shield'
The Complete Third Season

'The Sopranos: The Book'
Brett Martin

'Anonymous'
Tomahawk

MAY 2007

'Fancy'
Les Claypool

'Chuck Amuck: The Life & Times of an Animated Cartoonist'
Chuck Jones

'American Doll Posse'
Tori Amos

APRIL 2007

'Twin Peaks'
The Second Season

'The Air Is On Fire'
David Lynch

'Neon Bible'
Arcade Fire

MARCH 2007

'Down In The Valley'
David Jacobsen

'The Book Of Dave'
Will Self

'The Foley Room'
Amon Tobin

FEBRUARY 2007

'The Wire'
The Complete Third Season

'You Suck: A Love Story'
Christopher Moore

'Abandoned Language'
Dälek

JANUARY 2007

'An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder'
Kevin Smith

'Fun With Pedophiles'
Doug Stanhope

'Book Of Angels - Volume 6: Moloch'
Uri Caine

DECEMBER 2006

'Peep Show'
Series One, Two & Three

'QI: The Book of General Ignorance'
John Lloyd & John Mitchinson

'Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards'
Tom Waits

NOVEMBER 2006

'Entourage'
The Complete First Season

'The God Delusion'
Richard Dawkins

'Astronome'
John Zorn

OCTOBER 2006

'Deadbeat Hero'
Doug Stanhope

'Abarat: Days Of Magic, Nights Of War'
Clive Barker

'Four On The Floor'
Juliette & The Licks

SEPTEMBER 2006

'Waking The Dead'
Series 3

'The World Of Karl Pilkington'
Karl Pilkington

'Straight Outta Lynwood'
"Weird Al" Yankovic

AUGUST 2006

'Junebug'
Phil Morrison

'House Of Meetings'
Martin Amis

'Victory For The Comic Muse'
The Divine Comedy

JULY 2006

'The Ren & Stimpy Show'
The Lost Episodes

'The Girls'
Lori Lansens

'The Garden'
Zero 7

JUNE 2006

'Jesus Is Magic'
Sarah Silverman

'Reinventing Music Video'
Matt Hanson

'Peeping Tom'
Mike Patton/Various

MAY 2006

'You Fat Bastards/Who Cares A Lot?'
Faith No More

'The Goomba Diet'
Steven R. Schirripa & Charles Fleming

'Of Whales & Woe'
Les Claypool

APRIL 2006

'Characters In Motion'
Pictoplasma

'Entertaining With The Sopranos'
Allen Rucker & Michele Scicolone

'St. Elsewhere'
Gnarls Barkley

MARCH 2006

'The Truman Show'
Special Collector's Edition

'Screen Burn'
Charlie Brooker

'Tired Of Hanging Around'
The Zutons

FEBRUARY 2006

'Fade To Red'
Tori Amos

'Happily Ever After'
Charles Addams

'Book Of Angels - Volume 3: Malphas'
John Zorn, Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier

JANUARY 2006

'Mr. Show'
The Complete Collection

'Innocent When You Dream'
Tom Waits

'The Campfire Headphase'
Boards Of Canada

DECEMBER 2005

'The Essential Bergman Collection'
Persona/Autumn Sonata/Wild Strawberries/The Seventh Seal

'Nothing's Sacred'
Andy Riley

'The Aristocrats'
Various

NOVEMBER 2005

'Beavis & Butt-Head'
The Mike Judge Collection: Volume One

'The Truth With Jokes'
Al Franken

'Crime & Dissonance'
Ennio Morricone

OCTOBER 2005

'Shameless'
Season Two & Xmas Special

'Visions of Heaven & Hell'
Clive Barker

'Filmworks Anthology: 20 Years of Soundtrack Music'
John Zorn

SEPTEMBER 2005

'Onedotzero'
Select DVD 4

'The Complete Calvin & Hobbes'
Bill Watterson

'Lullabies To Paralyze' Tour Edition
Queens Of The Stone Age

AUGUST 2005

'The Comic Strip Presents'
The Complete Collection

'Yes Man'
Danny Wallace

'John Zorn's 50th Birthday Celebration: Volume 11'
Bar Kokhba Sextet

JULY 2005

'The Ren & Stimpy Show'
Seasons Three & A Half-ish

'Dr. Mukti & Other Tales Of Woe'
Will Self

'Outlaw'
Alabama 3

JUNE 2005

'The Sopranos'
The Complete Fifth Season

'Haunted'
Chuck Palahniuk

'In Your Honour'
Foo Fighters

MAY 2005

'Chappelle's Show'
Season Two Uncensored

'Past Mortem'
Ben Elton

'Blinking Lights & Other Revelations'
Eels

APRIL 2005

'Trailer Park Boys'
The Complete Fourth Season

'Silent Bob Speaks'
The Collected Writings of Kevin Smith

'Bleed Like Me'
Garbage

MARCH 2005

'Arrested Development'
Season One

'Bill Hicks: Agent Of Evolution'
Kevin Booth & Michael Bertin

'The Singles'
Basement Jaxx

FEBRUARY 2005

'South Park'
The Complete Fifth Season

'Lynch On Lynch (Revised Edition)'
David Lynch & Chris Rodley

'The Beekeeper'
Tori Amos

JANUARY 2005

'Heathers'
Special Edition

'Otis Lee Crenshaw: I Blame Society'
Rich Hall

'Joint Special Operations Task Force'
General Patton Vs. The X-Ecutioners