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Friday, October 30 2009

Agonies of an ‘Antichrist’: Lars von Trier in the Forest of Unreason

By Stephen Rylance

Despite the efforts of some to dismiss it as a prank, Antichrist is a serious film and its disturbing extremes speak of broad and deeply felt moral, social, and ultimately, political anxieties.

Monday, October 26 2009

Bored New World: How the Zach Braff Prototype Is Slowly Killing American Music

By Chris Milam

Natalie Portman popped headphones onto Zach Braff's head and said, "This song will change your life." The resulting sound was not only that of carefully composed dullness, but of a million wealthy white kids investing in dull acoustic music to soundtrack their own romantic melodrama.

Friday, July 17 2009

An Unlikely Candidate for Influence: ‘Naked Lunch’ at 50 Years Young

By Dave Teeuwen

William S. Burroughs changed the way writers would think of honesty in literature, achieving the mark of true greatness in 20th century literature by releasing the last banned book in the United States.

Wednesday, June 17 2009

Dinosaur, Sr. or, Growing Old with (Prog) Rock and Roll

By Rob Kirkpatrick

As part of his own personal “See ‘em While They’re Still Standing” 2008-2009 Tour -- tracking how his old music heroes are aging -- one PopMatters writer checks in on Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood.

Tuesday, June 2 2009

Songwriting and Social Activism: An Interview With Nellie McKay

By Steve Horowitz

"If you keep your opinions and knowledge to yourself, it doesn’t change anything." McKay talks to PopMatters about her current projects, social activism, and philosophy of life in general.

Monday, April 20 2009

Full Circle: Béla Fleck, Paul Simon & America’s Return to the World Community

By Jeffrey Pinzino

Béla Fleck didn't ask to be the Avatar of the New American Culture (avatars never do). He happened to be in the right place at the right time with a banjo and a digital recorder. The remaining dots are ours to connect, and we've begun to connect them.

Monday, April 6 2009

Recession Sounds: Revisiting Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska

By Andrew Zitcer

President Obama faces an economic crisis, rising unemployment, and widespread anxiety about the country's future. In light of these troubling events, perhaps it is time for him (and us) to revisit Nebraska.

Friday, February 27 2009

Beautiful Agony: The New Naked

By Justin Dimos

Erotica website Beautiful Agony continues to revolutionize how both men and women approach sex and intimacy by revealing individual facial expressions of real, vulnerable human beings orgasming.

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