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All Things Reconsidered Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Music Features Pop Past

Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album

By Avery Gregurich / 20 March 2023

Tom Waits’ Closing Time serves as the “Swim at Your Own Risk” sign hanging above his musical swimming pool. There’s a whole world waiting beneath that water.

All Things Reconsidered Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Music Features Pop Past

Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album

By Avery Gregurich / 20 March 2023
Books Featured: Top of Home Page Features Television

Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?

By ​Shaun Anthony McMichael / 20 March 2023
Featured: Top of Home Page Features Lists Music Music Features Sound Affects

10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2

By AJ Ramirez / 20 March 2023
All Things Reconsidered Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Music Features Pop Past

Headlong Into the Dirty ’70s with the Rolling Stones’ ‘Goats Head Soup’

By Bob Batchelor / 17 March 2023
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Hitchcock Toys with Filmgoers in ‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’

By Paul Risker / 17 March 2023
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The 10 Best Peter Buck Collaborations in Song

By Adam Mason / 16 March 2023
Culture Featured: Top of Home Page Features Internet Music

People Like This? Metallica’s Crossover Contribution to Reaction Videos

By James A. Cosby / 16 March 2023

Music Reviews

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Liturgy’s ‘93696’ Delivers Ecstasy, Physicality, and Intellectual Endeavor

By Nick Soulsby / 20 March 2023

Already noted for their determination to challenge themselves and their listeners, Liturgy’s 93696 shows them refusing to settle for less when more is possible.

‘Stoned Cold Country’ Proves You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Music

‘Stoned Cold Country’ Proves You Can’t Always Get What You Want

By Michael Elliott / 20 March 2023
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Epic Double LP ‘V’ Just Wants to Vibe
Music

Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Epic Double LP ‘V’ Just Wants to Vibe

By Evan Sawdey / 17 March 2023
Scheuber’s ‘Autarcique’ Is Full of Dark Synthwave Delights
Music

Scheuber’s ‘Autarcique’ Is Full of Dark Synthwave Delights

By Rhea Rollmann / 17 March 2023
Aly & AJ Relay Stunning Scenes on ‘With Love From’
Music

Aly & AJ Relay Stunning Scenes on ‘With Love From’

By Rachel R. Carroll / 16 March 2023
Nuovo Testamento’s ‘Love Lines’ Is an ’80s New Wave Italo Extravaganza
Music

Nuovo Testamento’s ‘Love Lines’ Is an ’80s New Wave Italo Extravaganza

By Rhea Rollmann / 16 March 2023
U2 Have Never Sounded More Defeated Than on ‘Songs of Surrender’
Music

U2 Have Never Sounded More Defeated Than on ‘Songs of Surrender’

By John Garratt / 15 March 2023

Music Features

All Things Reconsidered Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Music Features Pop Past

Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album

By Avery Gregurich / 20 March 2023

Tom Waits’ Closing Time serves as the “Swim at Your Own Risk” sign hanging above his musical swimming pool. There’s a whole world waiting beneath that water.

10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2
Featured: Top of Home Page

10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2

By AJ Ramirez / 20 March 2023
Headlong Into the Dirty ’70s with the Rolling Stones’ ‘Goats Head Soup’
All Things Reconsidered

Headlong Into the Dirty ’70s with the Rolling Stones’ ‘Goats Head Soup’

By Bob Batchelor / 17 March 2023
The 10 Best Peter Buck Collaborations in Song
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The 10 Best Peter Buck Collaborations in Song

By Adam Mason / 16 March 2023
Filling Hearts With Diamonds: An Interview with Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy
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Filling Hearts With Diamonds: An Interview with Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy

By Nick Soulsby / 15 March 2023
Céline Dion’s ‘Falling Into You’ Was a Triumph of 1990s High Camp Pop Art
All Things Reconsidered

Céline Dion’s ‘Falling Into You’ Was a Triumph of 1990s High Camp Pop Art

By ​Peter Piatkowski / 14 March 2023
Reconsidering Pearl Jam’s ‘Yield’ 25 Years On
All Things Reconsidered

Reconsidering Pearl Jam’s ‘Yield’ 25 Years On

By Greg M. Schwartz / 13 March 2023

Film

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Hitchcock Toys with Filmgoers in ‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’

By Paul Risker / 17 March 2023

Filmmaker Mark Cousins’ My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock uses provoking ideas to encourage expanding our understanding of the works of this 20th-century giant of cinema.

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Goes Down Shooting
Film

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Goes Down Shooting

By Chris Barsanti / 17 March 2023
Psychological Drama God’s Creatures Renders the Maternal Toxic
Film

Psychological Drama God’s Creatures Renders the Maternal Toxic

By Paul Risker / 16 March 2023
The 95th Academy Awards: Is Hollywood Still Only Flirting with Change?
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The 95th Academy Awards: Is Hollywood Still Only Flirting with Change?

By Paul Risker / 15 March 2023
In Thriller ‘The Night of the 12th’ Justice Is Absent
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In Thriller ‘The Night of the 12th’ Justice Is Absent

By Paul Risker / 14 March 2023

Pop Past Film

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A Queer Reading of François Truffaut’s Masterpiece, ‘Jules and Jim’

By John Oursler / 19 February 2014
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The Film Lovers’ Dilemma with François Truffaut’s ‘Jules and Jim’

By Robert Moore / 25 April 2010
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Complicated Intersections in François Truffaut’s ‘Jules and Jim’

By Cynthia Fuchs / 31 May 2005

Books

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Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?

By ​Shaun Anthony McMichael / 20 March 2023

The characters’ prospects in the upcoming TV adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s The Power are dubious, considering it’s an idea-driven dystopian novel that fries them with an over-abundance of imagery and biblical allusion.

‘The Crane Husband’ Carries Its Origin Folktale to the Midwest
Books

‘The Crane Husband’ Carries Its Origin Folktale to the Midwest

By Eleni Vlahiotis / 20 March 2023
Jonathan Carroll’s Multiverse in ‘Mr. Breakfast’ Leaves Readers Hungry and Grumpy
Books

Jonathan Carroll’s Multiverse in ‘Mr. Breakfast’ Leaves Readers Hungry and Grumpy

By Rachel R. Carroll / 15 March 2023
Cultural Self-Aggrandizement Has Us ‘Playing Oppression’
Academia

Cultural Self-Aggrandizement Has Us ‘Playing Oppression’

By Luis Aguasvivas / 13 March 2023
‘Addicted to Noise’: Eyes Were the First Feminist Rock & Roll Band
Books

‘Addicted to Noise’: Eyes Were the First Feminist Rock & Roll Band

By Michael Goldberg / 6 March 2023

Pop Past Books

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Debut Novel ‘Older Brother’ Straddles France, Syria, and Sibling Suspicions

By Rayyan Al-Shawaf / 22 October 2019
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Pieces of Stories Create the Total Mosaic That Is ‘Fractured Lands’

By Andrea Tallarita / 9 August 2017
Books Featured: Top of Home Page Pop Past Books Reviews

‘Tablet & Pen’ Offers Glimpses of the Middle East from the Inside

By David L. Ulin / 10 January 2011

Television

Books Featured: Top of Home Page Features Television

Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?

By ​Shaun Anthony McMichael / 20 March 2023

The characters’ prospects in the upcoming TV adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s The Power are dubious, considering it’s an idea-driven dystopian novel that fries them with an over-abundance of imagery and biblical allusion.

Burning Down the Patriarchy with Valerie Armstrong’s ‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’
Culture

Burning Down the Patriarchy with Valerie Armstrong’s ‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’

By Clint Enns / 7 March 2023
‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Has Us Asking: Is Justice Possible? 
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‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Has Us Asking: Is Justice Possible? 

By Ana Yorke / 6 March 2023
Will ‘That ’90s Show’ Include These 25 Nostalgia-Inducing Songs?
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Will ‘That ’90s Show’ Include These 25 Nostalgia-Inducing Songs?

By J. Simpson / 6 February 2023
Post-Apocalyptic ‘The Last of Us’ Begs the Question – Do We Ever Learn? 
Culture

Post-Apocalyptic ‘The Last of Us’ Begs the Question – Do We Ever Learn? 

By Ana Yorke / 31 January 2023

Pop Past TV

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‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ Broke the Rules of Typical American Sitcoms

By Jeremiah Massengale / 15 January 2013
Culture Pop Past TV Television

Love, American Style and Sex, Conservative Style

By Bill Gibron / 3 March 2008
Features Pop Past TV Television

Male Bashing on TV

By Michael Abernethy / 9 January 2003

Interviews

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Filling Hearts With Diamonds: An Interview with Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy

By Nick Soulsby / 15 March 2023
Featured: Top of Home Page Features Interviews Music Music Features

Chart Buster: An Interview with Oscar-Nominated Composer Ray Parker, Jr.

By Christian John Wikane / 3 March 2023
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Puerto Rico’s iLe Transforms From Rappers’ Kid Sister to Bolero Warrior

By Marty Lipp / 2 March 2023

Lists

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10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2

By AJ Ramirez / 20 March 2023

If you don’t finish this article with a newfound love of U2, at the very least, maybe you’ll leave with a newly-earned respect for the lads.

The 10 Best Peter Buck Collaborations in Song
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The 10 Best Peter Buck Collaborations in Song

By Adam Mason / 16 March 2023
15 of the Best Jangle Pop Songs Ever
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15 of the Best Jangle Pop Songs Ever

By Marc Edelstein / 10 March 2023
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2023
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2023

By Spyros Stasis, Antonio Poscic / 9 March 2023
Re-Considering the First Five Muslimgauze Releases in Memory of Bryn Jones
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Re-Considering the First Five Muslimgauze Releases in Memory of Bryn Jones

By J. Simpson / 8 March 2023

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Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album
All Things Reconsidered

Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album

By Avery Gregurich / 20 March 2023
Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?
Books

Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?

By ​Shaun Anthony McMichael / 20 March 2023
10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2
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10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2

By AJ Ramirez / 20 March 2023
Headlong Into the Dirty ’70s with the Rolling Stones’ ‘Goats Head Soup’
All Things Reconsidered

Headlong Into the Dirty ’70s with the Rolling Stones’ ‘Goats Head Soup’

By Bob Batchelor / 17 March 2023
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