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Wednesday, November 25 2009

Are We All Mythtaken About Star Wars?

By Monte Williams

Fans are mistaken about Return of the Jedi and Luke Skywalker (dismissing the Ewoks, and Skywalker is deemed a wuss). Might they also be wrong about the prequel trilogy? And how.

(more Lowbrow Literati)

Tuesday, November 24 2009

Spinach and Broccoli Music: An Interview with Composer and Drummer John Hollenbeck

By Will Layman

John Hollenbeck recombines the familiar in compositions that are startlingly new. His new Eternal Interlude is among the best jazz of 2009. Here, he explains his quirky, fresh methods.

(more Jazz Today)

Squanto: The Ultimate Guide

By Chris Justice

Even anglers like myself yearn for guides with fishing IQs as rich as Squanto's, a Patuxet Native American who taught the Pilgrims how to fish.

(more The Tackle Box)

Monday, November 23 2009

The Death and Rebirth of Black Glossies

By Mark Reynolds

Much as Ebony and Vibe crackled with the sense of discovery in their heydays, Arise feels like the magazine that’s got its finger on the pulse of today’s black pop.

(more Negritude 2.0)

Friday, November 20 2009

We All Know the Way to Sesame Street

By Michael Brett

In the 2008 presidential election, America crossed the Henson Point -- the point where we are a post-Baby Boomer society. The Rockist calls for a champagne toast.

(more The Rockist)

What We Talk About When We Talk About Supergirl’s Shorts

By Shaun Huston

Supergirl's summer costume change -- which included concealing shorts under her skirt as she flew about, kicking butt -- reveals a lot about our changing superheroes.

(more Worlds in Panels)

Thursday, November 19 2009

Strange Muse: Jack London and Ernest Gallo

By Rodger Jacobs

One bad novel, gallons of cheap red wine, and spring-fed creeks of sweat.

(more Deconstruction Zone)

Wednesday, November 18 2009

Dimensional Walls Getting Thinner: The Collective Minds of Krallice

By Adrien Begrand

What started out a back-to-basics project has turned into one of the coolest, most forward-thinking American metal bands of this decade.

(more Blood and Thunder)

Tuesday, November 17 2009

Hip-Hop & the Contrast Principle

By Quentin B. Huff

Hip-hop, as a culture and a musical genre, moves at lightning speed. Keeping up requires an awareness of our expectations and a willingness to revisit our assumptions.

(more Busted Headphones)

Monday, November 16 2009

What’s More Dangerous on the Web—Hackers or Hacks?

By Liz Colville

Content producers have the power to be whomever they want, but if they let themselves be dictated too much by factors like Google, page views, and ad revenue, they end up simply joining a droning, mundane chorus of mediocrity.

(more Backslash)

A Cat’s Triumph and the Midlife Crisis of a Dog

By Michael Antman

The popularity of the “pet memoir” can be traced to a lot of factors, ranging from honest sentiment to rank anthropomorphism. But our pets, and our books about them, reflect spirit of our age, as well.

(more Read Only Memory)

Friday, November 13 2009

An Education: Carey Mulligan Comes of Age

By Matt Mazur

Danish director Lone Scherfig spares audiences the trite clichés of a young woman's coming of age, directs a magnificent cast of actors, and defends her film against allegations of inappropriate sexuality.

(more Suffragette City)

Does Late Night TV Still Matter? Part 3

By Michael Brett

In the third part of his never-ending odyssey of late-night talkers, the Rockist endures Kimmel and bits.

(more The Rockist)

Thursday, November 12 2009

The Prisoner: ‘Fall Out’

By Kit MacFarlane

The Prisoner's unapologetic payoff of surrealism and absurdism heads into that artistic realm where meaning is defined more by resonance than by immediately identifiable relevance.

(more Retro Remote)