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Megan MilksPopMatters Events EditorAbout Megan MilksMegan Milks is currently working on a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has had critical work published on Venuszine.com, Lost Magazine, Grapevineculture.com, and Sparknotes; her fiction has been published or is forthcoming in DIAGRAM, Pocket Myths, Forge, and Wreckage of Reason, an anthology of experimental women writers. Like once a year, if that, she publishes a magazine called Mildred Pierce, which more people should know about. Best concert ever: Prince in DC, 2005 -- or Aqui (RIP) in Charlottesville -- or maybe the Gossip, before they got 'big.' Worst concert ever: That one time when Radiohead were supposed to play an outdoor show but got rained out so bad the Port-o-Potties collapsed and were carried by flood into the parking lot. APOCALYPSE! Features MusicComing Soon: Tori Amos, A Collection of Collections[30.Nov.06] :. Tori Amos is a fascinating person and she will always be, among other things, the classically trained pianist who rebelled against her preacher father; sought inspiration from witch doctors and their drugs; made zany, unmediated statements in interviews; and proved that pianos are as liberating as guitars. Reviews EventsXiu Xiu[1.May.08] :. Yes, a Xiu Xiu performance is intense. However, this intensity does not much involve an audience. It’s an intensity directed inward, with frontperson Jamie Stewart offering little to no interaction with the crowd -- indeed, very little eye contact at all.  EventsSex Workers Art Show[3.Apr.08] :. Since its inception, the Sex Workers Art Show has advanced the conversation about sex work by opening the lines of communication and throwing a number of wrenches into the idiot side of American sex culture.  BooksThe Artist's Joke by Jennifer Higgie[16.Jan.08] :. What is surprising is that so little of 20th-century art criticism has focused on humor in art.  EventsDiamanda Galas[3.Dec.07] :. It'd be easy to parody Diamanda Galas, but a spoof would necessarily omit what's so stunning about her music: in all their ugly, abrasive glory, her songs redefine what music can and should be.  EventsSpoon[19.Nov.07] :. I’d never thought of Spoon as bourgie, but, suddenly, it seems obvious. After all, they play tight, melodic rock that’s just a little bit uppercrust. These guys are, dare I say it, adults... Books Wang in Love and Bondage by Xiaobo WangEvents SparklehorseBooks Salmonella Men on Planet Porno by Yasutaka TsutsuiBooks Women Who Write by Stefan BollmannBooks Rid of Me by Kate SchatzPopMatters Pick ComicsAya by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie[9.Jul.07] :. The book serves as a reminder of a period of greatness for a country that is now struggling to regain its footing. Books Courting Equality by Patricia A. Gozemba and Karen KahnEvents 120 DaysEvents Holy FuckBooks The Call of the Weird by Louis TherouxEvents Nick Lachey [2006 Rewind]Books Supermodel by David BreskinBooks The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett ThomasBooks A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina LewyckaBooks Arte Povera by Carolyn Christov-BakargievDVDs Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The Road to God Knows Where/Live at the Paradiso [DVD]Books Devil's Midnight by Yuri KapralovBooks Speak Now by Kaylie JonesBooks Breath and Bones by Susann CokalBlog postsNotes from the RoadYo Majesty + Does It Offend You, Yeah? (2008-05-13)[22.May.08] :. In a cavernous building in Logan Square aptly named the Mansion, Does It Offend You, Yeah? and Yo Majesty teamed up for a riveting show memorable on two counts: the massive noise of DIOYY, which... Consuming ConsumablesLISTEN - Tori Amos: A Piano: The Collection[26.Nov.06] :. Tori Amos: A Piano: The Collection [Rhino - $74.98 - 5 CDs] For the Tori freak in everyone's family, Rhino has just released A Piano: The Collection, a five-CD, 86-track box set that... |
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