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Special SectionsFriday, July 10 2009
Pixelated Brains and New Media: Part ThreePixelated Brains continues... Today: We’re online exhibitionists, declares the “The Public Display of the Private Individual”; actually, we’re voyeurs, says The Peep Diaries; really, we’re narcissists, says “We Are United in our Digital Isolation”; worse, declares “Google and the End or Wisdom”, our critical thinking skills are declining. Thursday, July 9 2009
The Love You Save: A Tribute to Michael JacksonPopMatters concludes its tribute to the odd, turbulent rule of the King of Pop. Today: The MJ Top Ten Tribute | The Fawn in the Burning Forest: Our Beloved Monster | The Teflon King: Ronald Reagan and the Death of Michael Jackson | Artomising MJ | 'Thriller': The First in Meta Horror | Michael Jackson Forever. Monday, June 29 2009
The Edge of Change: The Most Memorable Albums of 1999PopMatters turns 10 this year and to celebrate we are looking back at the popular music that defined the year of our birth. [Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5] Tuesday, June 16 2009
Pixelated Brains and New Media: Part TwoPixelated Brains continues... Today: “The Power of Story in the Digital Age” argues that the ancient art of storytelling emerges from the random bytes of factoids. “Screaming in Digital” asserts that we are permanently altering the DNA of communication. Friday, June 5 2009
Let’s Go Crazy: Celebrating 25 Years of Purple RainSome 25 years after it was released, PopMatters proudly celebrates Purple Rain in its entirety, looking at the album and film from every angle. Thursday, April 30 2009
Summer of Same: The 2009 PopMatters Summer Movie PreviewIt will be a Summer of Same: same old franchises seeing multi-million dollar updates; same old actors in rote roles; directors digging deep into their cinematic bags of tricks, hoping they can find meaning out of one more mainstream paycheck. [May | June | July | August] Wednesday, April 1 2009
Wham!‘s “Make It Big” Turns 25An April Fool's Day special: When Wham! named its second record Make It Big, is was a statement of purpose and a prophecy. Wham! reshaped our understanding of what a pop song could achieve and produced an album that became the definitive musical statement of a generation. Friday, March 27 2009
Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair. Day Five: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999) Monday, February 23 2009
100 Essential Female Film PerformancesPopMatters concludes our 100 Best Female Film Performances feature with extremely insightful, generous anecdotes from Liv Ullmann about three of the performances on this list, one of her personal choices, and a once-in-a-lifetime addendum by the glorious Bergman super trouper Bibi Andersson herself. Friday, January 30 2009
Calling Out Around the World: Motown Turns 50PopMatters concludes our week-long celebration of Motown at 50 with Diane Leach's essay on living in the Detroit of the '80s in What It Was Like and a couple more album gems with Needles in the Haystack. Thursday, January 22 2009
Slipped Discs 2008From AmpLive to Xiu Xiu, PopMatters presents our two-part selection of Slipped Discs, 80 great albums that didn’t quite make our year-end list in 2008, but which our writers thought belonged there. [Part 1 | Part 2] Friday, January 16 2009
PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008PopMatters concludes our week-long special highlighting the best TV, film and DVD of the past year with the 30 Best Films of 2008 and Best Complexities in 2008. Friday, January 9 2009
Best Music Scribing Awards 2008The sloppy arrogance and search for ideas in the music scribing world. Gross presents the seventh annual edition of his picks for the year's best music writing sans PopMatters. Wednesday, January 7 2009
PopMatters Picks: Best (and Worst) in Show 2008During the past 12 months, PopMatters writers have been turned away from shows due to torrential rain, stood next to flaming cymbals, and stepped out of their comfort zones all in the name of objective reporting. Here are the best and worst musical events of 2008. Friday, December 19 2008
PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008PopMatters presents our best music of 2008, highlighted by the Best 60 Albums of 2008 and the Best 50 Singles of 2008, plus our picks across many musical genres. We're now on publishing break until the new year. Happy holidays. Wednesday, November 26 2008
Separate But Very Equal: The (Other) Important Albums of 1968Day Two: The last quintet of choices show how the blues reclaimed its basis for a dozen hard rock hymns, argued for the importance of following one's singer/songwriter muse, and proved that not every significant sound coming out of the UK was Beatle-based. Friday, November 21 2008
Birthday: The Beatles’ White Album 40th AnniversarySide Four: The potential breakthrough and the impending breakup, the final side celebrates the Beatles' artistic experimentation -- and the creative contradictions that signaled their eventual end. Friday, October 31 2008
Night of the Living Dead 40th AnniversaryOn the last day of our week long celebration of Night of the Living Dead’s 40th anniversary, PopMatters offers six essays that delve on the subjective appreciation of Romero’s landmark film. In strong contrast to the previous installments of this collection, these articles offer a more personal perspective of the everlasting influence of Night of the Living Dead. Wednesday, October 15 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDsWhat if you were asked to narrow your notions of good and great down to one… single… item? A sole symbol of who you are. PopMatters staffers pick one indispensable DVD, and the 30 responses echo something very private and personal about the writers answering. Friday, September 12 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie PreviewPopMatters highlights 80 fall films all this week. Up today, December: Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose. |
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