Recent ColumnsFriday, June 26 2009
Five Days in March: Uncle Tupelo’s Quiet RevolutionWilco’s Jeff Tweedy may have left country behind, but in 1992, he helped redefine the sound of alt-country. (more Pickin' Down the Line) Thursday, June 25 2009
Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation and Advancing an Independent Black CinemaIn recent history, the myriad commercial and social reactions to so-called Blaxploitation films made feasible the rise of a robust, intelligent, and independent black cinema in the US. (more Pop Past) Wednesday, June 24 2009
Snagged by Bishop—Hook, Line & SinkerLike the lakes we fish in, there are great treasures lurking in those depths, and great depth lurking in those treasures. (more The Tackle Box) Tuesday, June 23 2009
Augusten Burroughs: The View Through a Saltine CrackerAs a memoirist, Burroughs is highly skilled at the art of aestheticized self-pity. (more Read Only Memory) Monday, June 22 2009
For Summer Dancing in the StreetsSix spectacular world beat albums that will have you dancing through those sweet summer nights. (more Global Beat Fusion) Friday, June 19 2009
Ingmar Bergman: No Man is an IslandBergman’s need to honor, discover and examine his intrinsic connection to women is quite simple: all men are influenced by women. (more Suffragette City) Thursday, June 18 2009
‘Have Gun - Will Travel’: Return to Fort BenjaminWith attempted justifications of military torture on our minds, Retro Remote heads back to the '50s TV Western to find a surprisingly tough moral stance on the U.S. military's destruction of human dignity and dehumanisation of 'enemy combatants'. (more Retro Remote) Wednesday, June 17 2009
Out of Tune and ‘Amplified’As George Orwell said, “Nearly every book is capable of arousing passionate feeling, even if it is only a passionate dislike.” (more Deconstruction Zone) Tuesday, June 16 2009
Goatwhore: Crazed EnduranceOne listen to Sammy Duet's masterful riffing is enough to send the most fussy metal aficionado into paroxysms of headbanging ecstasy. (more Blood and Thunder) Monday, June 15 2009
Surfing Alone: Is Digital Technology Destroying Relationships?On the Internet, we must continually ask ourselves what we are doing, to borrow Twitter's slogan, which sounds at turns like a taunt, a greeting, and an admonishment from God. (more Backslash) Friday, June 12 2009
On the Sixth Day God Created Man…chesterBoasting a plethora of bands whose creative imaginations have invariably left legacies of influence, pound-for-pound Manchester is the world’s greatest rock city. (more Alternative Rock Cultures) Thursday, June 11 2009
Great Vibrations: An Interview with Gary BurtonOur jazz critic talks to Gary Burton about his reunion with Pat Metheny, about starting a "gentle" jazz-rock group, and that no one seems to know what a "vibraphone" really is. (more Jazz Today) Wednesday, June 10 2009
The Best of the Basket Cases: Round 2Ben bursts open the bubble mailers and announces this round of … winners (honoring the best and brightest of the many unsolicited CDs sent to him). (more Mixtape Confessions) Tuesday, June 9 2009
Prince’s Paisley PalsMinneapolis, Minnesota was the center of Prince's musical kingdom, but there were a lot of musicians associated with his purple music. Here's a short list, with a few ground rules. (more Busted Headphones) Monday, June 8 2009
Blood Meridian: The Last of the TrueCormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian has been called unfilmable, but that doesn't stop Ben Nichols from getting ahead of the game and crafting a worthy soundtrack. (more Field Studies)
Footnotes in the Great Book of GummiStill cute, funny and entertaining, Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears holds up remarkably well on every level. (more Lowbrow Literati) Friday, June 5 2009
Stonewall: 40 Years HenceAmerica's first gay Vice-President lived for 15 years with America's first gay President – and more from this Gay Pride Month's Public Service Announcement. (more Queer, Isn't It?) Thursday, June 4 2009
To Lefty to Willie to Phossy with LoveEven in railing against the influence of another, the musician must admit that influence and its inescapability. Like Br’er Rabbit and the tar baby, every blow struck just brings the two closer together. (more Pickin' Down the Line) Wednesday, June 3 2009
Clone Wars: Jim Rome’s World Within a WorldMost sports radio is the intellectual equivalent of listening to static -- it's as illuminating as it is predictable. (more From the Cheap Seats) Tuesday, June 2 2009
Is the ‘New York Times’ Tracking Porn Sales Now?That “comics” persists in connoting “pulp” and “graphic novels” implies something “literary” is purely a matter of convention, and is not because those are the inherent meanings or implications of the terms. (more Worlds in Panels) |
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