Last month, I referenced Steve Almond’s take on self-publishing. More recently, he’s written an essay that, more or less, argues that criticism (mainly music, though he applies it to other disciplines as well) is “a pointless exercise”. This is not something with which I agree, and Glenn Kenny (with additional thoughts from Robert Christgau in … Continue reading
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Me @ Volume 1- Coming Soon to a Lower East Side Near You*
- Afternoon Bites: Chris Andrews on translation, Hot Lit Mags, James Sturm on Jack Kirby, and more
- Notes on Quentin Rowan, Yeti, and Bits of Spy Novels
- Reviewed: “Sister Stop Breathing” by Chiara Barzini
- Afternoon Bites: William S. Burroughs in pop culture, “Angelmaker” gets a trailer , 90s hardcore and Skrillex, and more
March 25, 2010, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: criticism, Steve Almond
Steve Almond (Redux)
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March 27, 2009, Author: , 1 Comment
Tags:: criticism, festivals, Music, SXSW
notes on music festivals and urban renewal
Categories: Culture, MusicTags:: criticism, festivals, Music, SXSW
As promised, some further thoughts on Reihan Salam’s “The Hipster Depression”. The first thing that struck me about the piece was that, despite its initial reference to Ian Svenonius’s “Rock, Real Estate, and Alan Greenspan”, Salam’s piece also works as an irreverent companion to Richard Florida’s recent Atlantic cover story on the recession’s effects on … Continue reading
March 26, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: criticism, Politics
notes on culture and politics
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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
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
July 26, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: christopher nolan, christopher orr, criticism, david edelstein, films, keith uhlich, Reviews, the dark knight
moviegoing, critical responses, and responses to criticism
Categories: criticism, Culture, FilmTags:: christopher nolan, christopher orr, criticism, david edelstein, films, keith uhlich, Reviews, the dark knight
So I went to see The Dark Knight yesterday after work. Did I like it? That I did, though at times it seemed like a strange fusion of The Wire and The Long Halloween — but that’s not necessarily a bad thing in my book. It Batman Begins factored in an homage to the character’s … Continue reading