New York‘s Vulture blog has posted a recap of memorable lines from Toronto Film Festival entries. One in particular stood out: “You demonic concubine.â€� —The teenage reincarnation of Trotsky (Jay Baruchel), addressing the head of the school board in The Trotsky; screenplay by writer-director Jacob Tierney Right about now might be the time to mention … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Me @ Volume 1- Afternoon Bites: Book art, Dusted and Fluxblog turn ten, Joyland on Greenpoint, and more
- There Is a Documentary About Linotype. We Think This Is Awesome.
- Afternoon Bites: Carl Wilson’s 2011, Emma Straub makes a mix, Justin Davidson on Philip Glass, and more
- Hillary Jordan’s “When She Woke”: A Discussion
- Afternoon Bites: Steve Erickson talks politics, Mikhail Bulgakov gets unreal, Pam Houston on mentoring, and more
September 17, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
“One of these days, Mrs. Trotsky…”
Categories: Film, Politics
July 2, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
The Thursday Agitation: Steven Gillis
Categories: Books, Politics, The Thursday AgitationSince its founding in 2006, the Michigan-based press Dzanc Books has released a number of worthwhile reads, including Roy Kesey’s All Over and Kyle Minor’s In the Devil’s Territory. In the years since then, they’ve also acted as distributor for a number of other presses and journals (including Monkeybicycle and OV Books) and, more recently, … Continue reading
May 21, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
The Thursday Agitation: Matt Bell
Categories: Books, Politics, The Thursday AgitationMatt Bell’s recent chapbooks How the Broken Lead the Blind and The Collectors occupy a surreal corner of American fiction, ranging from historical meditations to unsettling invocations of myths, folktales, and horror. My introduction to his work came via the short story “Hold On To Your Vacuum,” which appeared in the sixth issue of Keyhole. … Continue reading
March 26, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: criticism, Politics
notes on culture and politics
Categories: Books, Culture, PoliticsTags:: criticism, Politics
Earlier this week, the Washington Monthly ran a Charles Homans piece on the brief life of Culture11, a site that began its existence as a right-of-center answer to Slate and morphed into something altogether different. (Ta-Nehisi Coates has a good take on why this matters, regardless of where you fall, politically speaking.) The piece as … Continue reading
February 24, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Idiocracy, media, publishing, Wall-E
notes on beloved films + shambolic futures
Categories: Books, Film, Live, People, Politics, Rocket Fuel, SXSW2008, Thursday, UncategorizedTags:: Idiocracy, media, publishing, Wall-E
Saw Idiocracy last week. I find myself thinking it would make a fine double bill with WALL-E: each depicts a future in which aspects of modern culture have spun out of control, leading to mammoth piles of garbage, an unholy fusion of big business with government, and an agriculturally barren landscape. One’s a cult classic, … Continue reading
November 26, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Javier MarÃas, Thomas McCarthy, Tintin
pre-thanksgiving reading: 2
Categories: Books, Comics, PoliticsTags:: Javier MarÃas, Thomas McCarthy, Tintin
Over at TNR: Javier MarÃas on politicians seeming fictional. And isn’t the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, with his vociferous curses against the United States, the small, fat, childish king who makes appearances in the Tintin and Capitan Trueno adventures? (It’s easy to imagine Chavez dressed in a pointed crown and christening robe and baring … Continue reading
November 6, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: post-election
post-election: 52+48
Categories: PoliticsTags:: post-election
From 52 to 48 With Love is, I have to say, pretty damn sweet. More information here. [via Waxy]
November 6, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
post-election: north brooklyn election night arrests
Categories: NYC, PoliticsI’ve been meaning to post something here about the post-election arrests, which included a friend of mine, in northern Brooklyn since yesterday, but haven’t really been sure of what to say. Gothamist’s coverage has been solid, and their update on it today is well worth a read. (Also worth reading on the subject: New York … Continue reading
November 4, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Election 2008
election day redux
Categories: PoliticsTags:: Election 2008
I’m with Alex on this one.
November 4, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Election 2008, voting
voting: greenpoint, brooklyn; november 4, 2008
Categories: NYC, PoliticsTags:: Election 2008, voting
I’ve voted in four Presidential elections now. The first of those — 1996 — occurred when I was in college, and I cast my vote via absentee ballot. I’ve voted in the three since then in the same polling place in Greenpoint, which is where I arrived today at a little before 8 am. Normally, … Continue reading
October 21, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: election 08, street art
political mysticism, take 14
Categories: PoliticsTags:: election 08, street art
Plastered around various regions of New York (generally frequented by folks in their twenties and thirties) this week have been posters featuring a stylized illustration of a demonic-looking Sarah Palin. The posters are certainly striking, and they’ve triggered some debate from various corners of the political world. That said, once I looked closer and noticed … Continue reading
August 15, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Deerhoof, DIY, Lucero, Rancid
links for friday: diy edition
Categories: Music, PoliticsTags:: Deerhoof, DIY, Lucero, Rancid
One: In which the Paper Thin Walls editorial staff records a Deerhoof song. The publicist responses are somewhat amazing. Two: In which Spencer Ackerman discusses Rancid, and analyzes why bands don’t typically cover songs from their members’ previous bands. (I’d like to hold up Lucero as a counter-example of this, as I saw them do … Continue reading
Okay, I need to ask: by the logic of this campaign ad, does liking Honest Tea make me a celebrity? If so, awesome. Also, I don’t know if a company that’s 40% owned by Coca-Cola can really be called “hard-to-find”. Just sayin’, guys.
July 28, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: bill bishop, criticism, internet smacktalk, Politics, reihan salam, ross douthat, tpm cafe
talking polarization blues
Categories: criticism, Internet, PoliticsTags:: bill bishop, criticism, internet smacktalk, Politics, reihan salam, ross douthat, tpm cafe
Lately, I’ve been delving more and more into the TPMCafe Book Club — I’m pleased to see that they’re veering more and more into both books on politics from across the ideological spectrum, but also throwing in the occasional novel (specifically, Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland). I have, though, noticed some hostility from the comments section when … Continue reading