Popular Voices, Cultural Matters 2009-07-09T19:12:37Z Copyright (c) 2009, PopMatters.com ExpressionEngine tag:popmatters.com,2009:07:09 tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/marginal-utility/9.107962 2009-07-09T19:10:35Z 2009-07-09T19:10:35Z Rob Horning tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107956 2009-07-09T17:20:50Z 2009-07-09T17:20:50Z Joe Tacopino tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/graphically-speaking/40.107411 2009-07-09T17:00:42Z 2009-07-09T17:00:42Z Zane Austin Grant Some people move a lot, jumping from city to city, addicted to the newness and the ability to abandon their pasts. Through this process, they begin to refine their autobiographic introductions.... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.107951 2009-07-09T15:33:53Z 2009-07-09T15:33:53Z Courtney Young tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107950 2009-07-09T15:29:29Z 2009-07-09T15:29:29Z Joe Tacopino Toro Y Moi is the moniker of young South Carolinian Chaz Bundick. And as "Blessa" shows, he certainly has listening to a lot of Panda Bear and Flying Lotus. Look for two full-lengths in... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107934 2009-07-09T13:19:11Z 2009-07-09T13:19:11Z PopMatters Staff SONG LIST 01 Tongue "N" Cheek 02 Bonkers (with Armand Van Helden) 03 Holiday (with... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/moving-pixels/35.107935 2009-07-09T13:08:37Z 2009-07-09T13:08:37Z L.B. Jeffries tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107926 2009-07-09T12:55:55Z 2009-07-09T12:55:55Z Cynthia Fuchs In brief, stark moments, Duncan Jones' movie makes plain how awful it is to be so solitary, how utterly impossible it is to consider this existence a "living." ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107930 2009-07-09T12:03:40Z 2009-07-09T12:03:40Z PopMatters Staff SONG LIST 01. The Blog 02. Give It Up 03. True Stories 04. Dance! 05. Molly 06. Do It Your Way 07. In the Red 08.... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/short-ends-and-leader/17.107885 2009-07-09T10:45:42Z 2009-07-09T10:45:42Z Bill Gibron It's lasted over six years. It's become the buzz in the background of our daily lives. It's the rote response to any "support our troops" suggestion. And even with a recent 'withdrawal', there still... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.107914 2009-07-09T06:41:22Z 2009-07-09T06:41:22Z Diepiriye Kuku tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107807 2009-07-09T06:00:58Z 2009-07-09T06:00:58Z Matt Mazur Clement’s near-perfect film and Wajda’s hugely influential title cannot salvage the validity of the collection as a whole. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107178 2009-07-09T06:00:20Z 2009-07-09T06:00:20Z Zachary Houle tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107454 2009-07-09T06:00:09Z 2009-07-09T06:00:09Z Rory O'Connor Watching the Sadies live is like bearing witness to a tornado, a sort of freak of nature that pays no mind to its surroundings in forging a path. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107858 2009-07-09T06:00:06Z 2009-07-09T06:00:06Z Ian Chant tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107585 2009-07-09T06:00:06Z 2009-07-09T06:00:06Z Diepiriye Kuku The ultimate list of icons to pay performance tribute to THE icon. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107391 2009-07-09T06:00:05Z 2009-07-09T06:00:05Z Timothy Gabriele Bibio reinvents himself as a number of different people -- Neil Young, J Dilla, Ariel Pink, bands named after animals -- but retains a thematic proximity to the idea of the persistence of memory. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107828 2009-07-09T06:00:05Z 2009-07-09T06:00:05Z Timothy Gabriele Unlike John Lennon’s clumsy attempts to appear working class or Mick Jagger’s incessant chauvinist posturing, Michael Jackson had no strong desire to be “authentic” or “real”. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.102340 2009-07-09T06:00:04Z 2009-07-09T06:00:04Z Adrien Begrand If this is indeed Voivod's final album, you couldn't ask for a finer way to cap off a sterling career. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107580 2009-07-09T06:00:04Z 2009-07-09T06:00:04Z Kevin M. Brettauer Oddly enough, the Jackson debacle reminds me of another recent death, that of Ronald Reagan just over five years ago. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107012 2009-07-09T06:00:03Z 2009-07-09T06:00:03Z Justin Cober-Lake tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107577 2009-07-09T06:00:03Z 2009-07-09T06:00:03Z Kiernan Curran Michael Jackson is a perennial stranger, an eccentric character with an upbringing which dwarfs any Philip Larkin-esque conception of the fucked up. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107523 2009-07-09T06:00:02Z 2009-07-09T06:00:02Z Teresa Jusino "Thriller" was the first 'meta' horror film, paving the way for much of the genre films we enjoy today. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107829 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Daniel Rivera Former face of The Distillers exudes a blending of confidence and vulnerablity on this flawed debut. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107016 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Timothy Gabriele tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107384 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Lana Cooper Blackout! 2 gives their patient fans a solid disc of party anthems ten years later. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/column/19.92518 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Shaun Huston We needn’t substitute our daily fears with the supernatural to understand what it means to adopt different identities for different purposes and to feel both tied to and apart from others, but in Barbara’s case, it helps. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107878 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Michael Caylo-Baradi Sometimes it’s not easy to locate the child prodigy and genius musician in those transformations, as though what constitutes a stellar career is only prelude and financial support for his body’s desired transformations. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107337 2009-07-09T05:59:47Z 2009-07-09T05:59:47Z Kieran Curran tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.92653 2009-07-09T05:59:25Z 2009-07-09T05:59:25Z Sean Murphy Mingus Ah Um sounds like the 20th Century: it is a self-portrait of a man who helped define the direction of post-bop jazz, commenting on the country that created him. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107294 2009-07-09T05:59:25Z 2009-07-09T05:59:25Z Michael Kabran tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107849 2009-07-09T05:58:19Z 2009-07-09T05:58:19Z Bruce Dancis tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.95181 2009-07-09T05:58:15Z 2009-07-09T05:58:15Z Justin Cober-Lake Kind of Brown resists stylistic novelty, it does provide a highly entertaining way to revisit that old Blue Note sound while taking in something fresh. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107124 2009-07-09T05:57:43Z 2009-07-09T05:57:43Z Joe Tacopino tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.95116 2009-07-09T05:56:09Z 2009-07-09T05:56:09Z Estella Hung tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107909 2009-07-08T21:31:29Z 2009-07-08T21:31:29Z PopMatters Staff Mayer Hawthorne A Strange Arrangement (Stones Throw) Releasing: 6 October 2009 (US) SONG LIST 01. We Made 02. A Strange Arrangement 03. Just Ain't Gonna Work Out 04.... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107866 2009-07-08T11:43:47Z 2009-07-08T11:43:47Z Cynthia Fuchs Burma VJ articulates a circular, daunting, and inevitable logic: visibility = life. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.107870 2009-07-08T11:09:29Z 2009-07-08T11:09:29Z G E Light Sorry but I couldn't find a video of Little Milton doing his signature tune (don't worry he takes his well-deserved bow later anyway). So you go to a blues festival for the music and 'cuz you're some... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/graphically-speaking/40.107358 2009-07-08T10:30:16Z 2009-07-08T10:30:16Z Zane Austin Grant More than gore for gore's sake, the best zombie stories are about a force in society becoming normalized into a mob mentality. Night of the Living Dead was about an African American man in... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.94727 2009-07-08T06:00:49Z 2009-07-08T06:00:49Z Sarah Moore I hate to say it, but it seemed like he was just going through the motions. But for many people, that’s just fine. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/column/19.107763 2009-07-08T06:00:34Z 2009-07-08T06:00:34Z Tobias Peterson How has Chris Andersen managed his public relations coup? The short answer is: he's white. But a longer explanation reveals that he's black, too. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107212 2009-07-08T06:00:30Z 2009-07-08T06:00:30Z Josh Indar tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107806 2009-07-08T06:00:14Z 2009-07-08T06:00:14Z Thomas Britt Long-delayed season 7 includes a fiery blend of political crises, family dramas and exhilarating action sequences. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107586 2009-07-08T06:00:08Z 2009-07-08T06:00:08Z Bill Gibron Michael Jackson: a man who was made to do everything - except star in films. The Wiz more than proved this. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107498 2009-07-08T06:00:05Z 2009-07-08T06:00:05Z Mike Schiller It sounds a lot like Play again, sure, but ten years older, wiser, and more exhausted in the best possible way. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107581 2009-07-08T06:00:04Z 2009-07-08T06:00:04Z David Masciotra Despite my limited enthusiasm for Jackson’s music, I became increasingly shaken by the announcement of his untimely and unfortunate death, and the reality that an odd man whose reputation was tarnished by a series of accusations, was no longer in the living world. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107582 2009-07-08T06:00:03Z 2009-07-08T06:00:03Z Harry Burson With Jackson's death, we must also say goodbye to the era when an individual pop star had the power to saturate and unite. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107576 2009-07-08T06:00:02Z 2009-07-08T06:00:02Z Diane Leach My God, could that man dance. Michael Jackson moved like the love child of Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107684 2009-07-08T06:00:01Z 2009-07-08T06:00:01Z Colin McGuire We lost so much more than another legend June 25. We lost the final man to give us a glimpse into how the world of pop music should be. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.94666 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Michael Metivier Overall, as delightful as Helm’s 2007 comeback was, Electric Dirt feels like even more cause for celebration. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107225 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Ian Mathers tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.102347 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Matthew Fiander If desire was a bone poking through the skin on their last album, here it is a coating of slick sweat over the body, making for a sweetly tiring listen, as these songs pull you into their world and make you work their dusty land. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.106989 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Andrew Gilstrap Debris doesn't back off. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107449 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Ron Hart NYC's intrepid trio revert back to the adventurousness of their first three years on Blue Note with the second installment of their acclaimed Radiolarians series. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107817 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Randy Ma Very rarely will you find a game that is as rewarding and at the same time as thankless as Knights in the Nightmare. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107152 2009-07-08T05:59:33Z 2009-07-08T05:59:33Z shathley Q This comic offers a profound meditation on the far-reaching effects the confluence of a literary revolution, engineering miracle and scientific doctrine would have on popular culture. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/column/19.107770 2009-07-08T05:59:28Z 2009-07-08T05:59:28Z Mikita Brottman Nothing like a new iPhone to make one feel self-conscious about one’s ears. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107796 2009-07-08T05:59:14Z 2009-07-08T05:59:14Z Ben Travers Steve Martin’s 2nd stab at resurrecting a classic features broader humor and international star power -- but is it funny? ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107692 2009-07-08T05:59:12Z 2009-07-08T05:59:12Z Andrew Martin tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107219 2009-07-08T05:59:02Z 2009-07-08T05:59:02Z Mary Ann Gwinn tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.95129 2009-07-08T05:58:21Z 2009-07-08T05:58:21Z Alan Brown tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107315 2009-07-08T05:57:46Z 2009-07-08T05:57:46Z Erin Lyndal Martin Morning Music makes for a polite awakening. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.102237 2009-07-08T05:56:26Z 2009-07-08T05:56:26Z Ron Hart tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/marginal-utility/9.107861 2009-07-08T01:38:38Z 2009-07-08T01:38:38Z Rob Horning tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.107702 2009-07-08T01:28:15Z 2009-07-08T01:28:15Z Lara Killian tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107859 2009-07-07T20:44:00Z 2009-07-07T20:44:00Z PopMatters Staff tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107836 2009-07-07T20:30:19Z 2009-07-07T20:30:19Z PopMatters Staff Brendan Benson My Old, Familiar Friend (ATO) Releasing: 18 August 2009 (US) / 24 August 2009 (UK) SONG LIST 01. A Whole Lot Better 02. Eyes on the Horizon 03. Garbage Day 04.... ]]>