Two essays appeared last week, each addressing changes in the media landscape, each presenting a pragmatic kind of optimism present. And yet one sustains its mood and manages to infect the reader with its optimism; the other, unfortunately, is marred by a strange shift into meanspiritedness that First: Robert Christgau on the end of Blender. … 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 31, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: media
in which media is discussed, sometimes contentiously
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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