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David Bruckner

Features

The Signal and the Violence of American Identity Politics

By Timothy Gabriele

The oppressor in The Signal is an underlying, parental figure in absentia. It is industrial civilization as pathology, inextricably and somehow willfully divorced from reality. [12 November 2008]

Reviews

The Signal

By Cynthia Fuchs

Divided into three sections, the movie lays out an intimate, insidious relationship between TV and its consumers. [21 February 2008]

Blogs

Short Ends and Leader: Mess Hysteria: The Happening vs. The Signal

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Features
:. The Story of a Soul Survivor: ‘Private Dancer’ at 25
:. The Gospel According to Butch: Part 3—The Artist

Columns
Lowbrow Literati: Are We All Mythtaken About Star Wars?
Jazz Today: Spinach and Broccoli Music: An Interview with Composer and Drummer John Hollenbeck

Blogs
Short Ends and Leader: Travel this ‘Road’ at Your Own Risk
Mixed Media: Me and Orson Welles dir. Richard Linklater (trailer)
Consuming Consumables: Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Re:Print: Iran and the Remaking of the World
Marginal Utility: Refuting the paradox of choice
Sound Affects: Green Day - All About ‘Dookie’: “Burnout”
Channel Surfing: ‘Project Runway’: Looking Fashion Forward
Moving Pixels: Tech Bubbles in World of Warcraft

Music
:. The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
:. John Mayer: Battle Studies
:. Duran Duran: Rio Special Limited Edition / Live at Hammersmith ‘82!
:. Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
:. Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
:. Heavy Trash: Midnight Soul Serenade
:. Otto: Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos

Events
:. Galactic + Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle: 6 November 2009 - Austin, TX

Film
:. The Road
:. Ninja Assassin

DVDs
:. The L Word: The Final Season
:. Frailty
:. The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)

Books
:. Writing in the Dark, by David Grossman
:. Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne

Multimedia
:. Where the Wild Things Are

News
:. ‘Angels and Demons’ leads list of latest Blu-ray releases
:. INTERVIEW:‘Guitar Hero’ founder excited about future
:. Wii Fitness shares store with dumbbells, treadmills

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