Features |
Columns |
Blogs |
News |
Music |
Film |
TV |
DVDs |
Books |
Comics |
Multimedia |
Events |
Front
about contributors submissions book series advertising contests Media Center PopMatters Picks
about contributors submissions book series advertising contests Media Center PopMatters Picks
|
|
Photo from the Russian film, Bumer
Living on the MarginsSouth Meridian[5 November 2007] by Marcelo BallvéThe protagonists of tomorrow are people who are off-line, somehow off the grid, unsophisticated or simply unimpressed by the general spectacle of information-overload and conspicuous consumption.
South Meridian
Learning from Latin America’s Media PiratesMarcelo Ballvé03.Dec.07 Today’s illicit “DVD factory” in a corner of Paraguay might tomorrow become a node in a democratic, grassroots distribution network for Latin American media. 
On Being SavageMarcelo Ballvé28.Sep.07 In today's world, in which most native people live not in forests or on islands but in cities, savagery has become a state of mind more than anything else. Perhaps a little 'savagery' would be good for modern civilization. 
Playing from the HipMarcelo Ballvé27.Aug.07 Jorge Ben always sounds like he's playing from the hip, not from the head, not really from the heart either.
|
Dread Reckoning: Horrors in the Closet: Horrifying Heteronormative Scapegoating
By Marco Lanzagorta [22.Aug.08] Channel Crossings: Me, Myself & BBCi: Who’s Watching Whom
By Raphaël Costambeys-Kempczynski [19.Aug.08] Deconstruction Zone: The Panting Maniac: Chasing Lolita on a Grim 50-Year Anniversary
By Rodger Jacobs [15.Aug.08] Queer, Isn't It?: Queer, Isn’t It?: Dragging the Old Nag to the Racetrack, Again
By Michael Abernethy [12.Aug.08] |
MORE COLUMNS 
These are fascinating thoughts. I found this an engrossing read which brought to mind a short story by the guy who wrote “Blow Up”, was it Cortozar/Cortazar? Having said that, I would definitely invite the author to become my Facebook friend....
Comment by D.M. Edwards — November 5, 2007 @ 12:25 pm