Thursday, November 3 2011
Barbarians Against Barbarians: Henry Kissinger’s ‘On China’
The diplomat believes he’s a skillful player, he believes he’s in control; but the game is much bigger than he is, and defines what he can and cannot do.
‘Maxwell Street Blues’ Is a Toe-Tapping Time Capsule
Viewing Maxwell Street Blues paradoxically stirs simultaneous emotions of melancholy and elation. Much like what happens when singing the blues.
Friday, October 21 2011
‘The Origins of Political Order’ Is Delightfully Bipartisan and Sure to Raise Eyebrows
The esteemed political scientist's latest book provides a thought-provoking look at the political history of past civilizations, and is sure to offer plenty of fodder for conversations about the present.
Thursday, August 18 2011
Tori Amos’ Latest Video Continues Her Tradition of Cheese
Tori Amos' latest video continues her long running awkward relationship with the visual medium.
Wednesday, July 27 2011
‘The President is a Sick Man’: Delightfully Underhanded Stories of Deception and Manipulation
Matthew Algeo's engaging book takes an obscure piece of history and crafts it into an engrossing narrative.
Tuesday, June 28 2011
Politics of Control Revisited: What Has Changed?
That the U.S. Supreme Court has sided in favor of the game industry does little if anything for gaming as a subculture.
Sunday, June 12 2011
‘The Quotable Hitchens’ Gives Us the Best of Hitchens, Arranged in a Convenient Dictionary Format
Love him or hate him, Christopher Hitchens nearly always has something interesting to say. The Quotable Hitchens presents some of his pithiest remarks, arranged alphabetically by topic.
Scarlet Season: The Taxidermist (Capsule Reviews) [30.May.11]
Amon Tobin: ISAM (Reviews) [26.May.11]
‘The World As It Is’ Creates Its Own Mythology (Reviews) [19.May.11]
‘Portal 2’ and the Politics of Stupidity (Moving Pixels) [27.Apr.11]
‘Revolutionary Deists’: Fanatics for a Reason (Reviews) [26.Apr.11]
The Government Shutdown: Only on Television (Channel Surfing) [25.Apr.11]
Everyone Is Terrible: The Politics of Orzammar in ‘Dragon Age’ (Moving Pixels) [29.Mar.11]
The Ol’ Rebel Heart of ‘The Communist Manifesto’ Beats On (Reviews) [28.Mar.11]
The Trio of Oz: The Trio of Oz (Capsule Reviews) [4.Feb.11]
Jimmy Edgar: XXX (Capsule Reviews) [27.Jan.11]
Cheyenne Marie Mize: Before Lately (Capsule Reviews) [26.Jan.11]
Christina Martin: I Can Too (Capsule Reviews) [25.Jan.11]
‘The Death of the Liberal Class’: Things Are Worse Than You Think (Reviews) [14.Jan.11]
‘Michael Jackson’s Vision’ Into the Future (Reviews) [10.Jan.11]
The Top Ten Pop Culture Podcasts (Mixed Media) [11.Nov.10]
Ultimate Fakebook Release Free Full-Length Album (Mixed Media) [3.Aug.10]
‘Jass’ Gives You the Feel for Early American History (Re:Print) [19.Jul.10]
Paranoid Android: Is Music the Opiate of the iPod-Owning Masses? (Columns) [13.May.10]
An Impressive Group of Artists Attempt to Explain our Essential Bond With the Beat (Reviews) [9.May.10]
‘To Have & To Hold’ Celebrates the Love of All Things Vinyl… As in Records (Mixed Media) [6.May.10]
Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch (Reviews) [19.Apr.10]
Egads! Comics! In the Library! (Columns) [7.Apr.10]
Power and Contestation: India since 1989 by Nivedita Menon and Aditya Nigam (Reviews) [19.Feb.10]
We All Know the Way to Sesame Street (Columns) [20.Nov.09]
Cracked Media: The Sound of Malfunction by Caleb Kelly (Reviews) [18.Nov.09]
Laura Nyro: Mother’s Spiritual (Reviews) [13.Nov.09]
Bell Horses: The Loves Last Time (Reviews) [11.Nov.09]
The Death of Conservatism by Sam Tanenhaus (Reviews) [6.Nov.09]
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro (Reviews) [15.Oct.09]
Why? - Eskimo Snow (new album / tour dates / video) (Mixed Media) [22.Sep.09]
Sin Fang Bous Announces North American Tour (tour dates / video / MP3) (Mixed Media) [16.Sep.09]
Juliette Lewis Talks and Sings on Ferguson (tour dates / video) (Mixed Media) [14.Sep.09]
Soundscape of the Body Politic: The Songs of Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Inherent Vice’ (Mixed Media) [10.Sep.09]
Micachu & the Shapes - “Turn Me Well” (video) (Mixed Media) [10.Sep.09]
The (Indie) Music Industry Is All Right (Columns) [31.Aug.09]
Happy! Candy! Fun! Shonen Knife’s Rock Euphoria Returns (video) (Mixed Media) [28.Aug.09]
Queering Madonna & stardom: As contradictory as Uncle Tom, except in reverse (Sound Affects) [9.Apr.09]
John Zorn by John Brackett (Reviews) [28.Jan.09]
Deft documentary shows two sides of Lee Atwater (PopWire) [2.Oct.08]
The Political Machine 2008 (Reviews) [30.Jul.08]
Invincible: Shapeshifters (Reviews) [16.Jul.08]
Do political endorsements matter? (PopWire) [11.Jan.08]
Texas bloggers reap the fruit of new political clout (PopWire) [29.Nov.07]
Admiring Oliver Sacks (Sources Say) [19.Oct.07]
A Hypothetical Problem (Sources Say) [17.Sep.07]
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The Boys From Dolores: Fidel Castros Classmates from Revolution to Exile by Patrick Symmes (Capsule Reviews) [31.Jul.07]
The United States and Central America: Geopolitical Realities and Regional Fragility by Mark Rosenbe (Reviews) [30.Jul.07]
No he didn’t! Antonio Villaraigosa’s bimbo eruption (Sources Say) [5.Jul.07]
New York dominates political field (PopWire) [25.Jun.07]
