Articles tagged "chuck klosterman"

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Does Video Game Criticism Need a Lester Bangs?

by L.B. Jeffries

[1.Dec.08] :. Part of the reason Lester Bangs was a great rock critic was because he reflected the virtues and vices of his medium. Yet as a critic Bangs provided a lot of personal standards that could be easily applied to multiple mediums.

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Books Feature

“All I Ever Wanted Was to Control My Own Life”: An Interview with Chuck Klosterman

by Evan Sawdey

[22.Sep.08] :. Cultural critic Chuck Klosterman talks with PopMatters about his new book, Downtown Owl, his regrets about an old one, and that he might next get into making documentary films.

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Books Review

Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman

by Evan Sawdey

[15.Sep.08] :. The notion of Klosterman filling a whole novel with his personality seemed daunting to some: after all, his essay-oriented style was the perfect fit for a generation of ADD-addled teenagers.

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20 Questions Feature

Chuck Klosterman

by PopMatters Staff

[8.Sep.08] :. Prolific pop culture critic Chuck Klosterman knows as well as PopMatters that, well, pop matters. He discusses with PopMatters 20 Questions some of the things in this world that influence, sway, and affect.

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TV Feature

DHARMA’s Bent Reality: The Video Game Sensibility of Lost

by Elwyn Palmerton

[4.Aug.08] :. Perhaps the most complete and fascinating assimilation of video game-type content into a different medium at a deep and thorough level occurs within the narrative world of the popular television show Lost.

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Books Review

The Boy Who Cried Freebird by Mitch Myers

by Jodie Janella Keith

[23.Apr.07] :. Despite reading like a book set on random, Myers is a fantastic writer with a great ear for rhythm.

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