Thursday, March 1 2001
Defending Eminem: Or, Steely Dan Ain’t Nothin’ to Mess With
pissed in the punch and left us to deal with it. Disagreeable or not, it's refreshing to see a pop star fan flames and not feel immediately compelled to play the firefighter right afterwards.
Thursday, February 22 2001
And the Winner Is—Everybody!
-- This year, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will present a whopping 100 awards, of which only a handful will be presented during the live telecast. The rest will be presented off-camera before the telecast begins.
Tuesday, February 13 2001
Ten Modest Proposals
(Overheard at a recent Heritage Foundation gathering here in the nation’s capital.) With the help of the Supreme Court’s Republican wing, Florida Governor Jeb Bush…
Friday, December 22 2000
Election Statement
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling effectively prohibiting recounts in Florida of what are being called “undervotes”—a ruling that has decided the presidential…
Monday, November 6 2000
I Can Sing a Rainbow: Towards a Sensible Music
According to Coldplay, recently lofted bafflingly high in the UK charts, ‘It was all yellow’. Quite what it was and how it came to be…
Thursday, September 28 2000
Purple Haze, Swoopy Maze: EMP in Review
All the fanfare in the world won’t tell you what it’s like to visit a museum. Seattle’s Experience Music Project (EMP) had all the publicity…
Tuesday, July 4 2000
London: The Urban Plastic Utterance
CAST OF CHARACTERS Damon Albarn - cocky art-school shyster with long lashes. Lionel Bart - Maudlin balladeer and advertiser of building societies. The Beatles -…
London: The Urban Plastic Utterance
“The city is heard as music as much as it is read as a discursive writing” —Henri Lefebvre “Continuities and Discontinuities,” Writings on Cities. Listening…
Wednesday, June 7 2000
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
What is so exciting about an unmade bed? And not just one unmade bed but thousands across the globe sitting in empty rooms alongside empty…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
Conclusion In conclusion I have decided to adopt the “National Geographic” voice-over, documentary style of ending - namely: moving from tales of empowerment and the…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
Resistance to broadcast media - self-publishing - self surveillance Theorists such as Howard Rhiengold and Umberto Eco signal the danger for democracy if the Web…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
The emergence of the Net Star “We live in a society that loves a lens.” (Hawn, 1997). The emergence of what has been called “The…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
Elements of risk and safety - empowerment “The most important factor Online for women is control of their discourse and identity.” (Scott, 1998). As I…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
Identification - banality, boredom, surprise and discovery The presentation of Women’s lives as they are lived in 24 hour/7 day Webcam sites have offered powerful…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
Is it real life? There is a range of debate throughout writings on the Webcam phenomenon as to how much is staged/faked or performance and…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
The 24 hour live Webcam phenomenon - Context and Critiques There has not been a great deal of specific focus on Webcams within academic writing.…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
Statement of Purpose Theoretically I locate this study within the cross-disciplines of Cultural Studies and Cybercultural Studies. My methodology has been a direct immersion as…
the new cyborgs: Cyberculture and Women’s Webcams
Bibliography Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin. Key Concepts in Post - Colonial Studies. Routledge, 1998. Baudrillard, Jean. The Perfect Crime. Translation Chris Turner,…
Saturday, May 13 2000
Memories of the Family Vacation at Gayworld
Setting: Mi Patio, Phoenix, Arizona Mood: Happy (two bottles of Negro Modelo on the table) yet remorseful (we wish we were back in Washington, DC!)…
Friday, March 3 2000
The Distance Between Them and Me
When I woke up on the last day of November, I hardly expected to end my day looking at my face on a television screen.…
