TOP THREE SLUDGE: NUMBER 1: “The National Anthem” by Radiohead
Unlike their poppier counterparts, Radiohead sang about anomie and ennui. Continue reading TOP THREE SLUDGE: NUMBER 1: “The National Anthem” by Radiohead
Category: pop culture
TOP THREE SLUDGE: NUMBER 2: “Reptile” by Nine Inch Nails
Primal and sludgy, the song harnesses together images of insects and disease, angels and machines. Continue reading TOP THREE SLUDGE: NUMBER 2: “Reptile” by Nine Inch Nails
TOP THREE SLUDGE: NUMBER 3: “X.Y.U.” by The Smashing Pumpkins
“X.Y.U.” is a bracing seven minutes of primordial sludge. Continue reading TOP THREE SLUDGE: NUMBER 3: “X.Y.U.” by The Smashing Pumpkins
Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie
Barbie is a quest narrative. Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie
Photography Fridays: L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975 – 1988, by Moshe Brakha
“Paris had Brassaï. And Berlin had Newton. But Moshe had L.A., babe.” Continue reading Photography Fridays: L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975 – 1988, by Moshe Brakha
Espresso Shots: Roses are Red, Violets are stealing loose change from my pockets while I sleep, by David S. Atkinson
Pop culture, politics, science fiction, and everyday surrealism combine into tiny literary confections. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Roses are Red, Violets are stealing loose change from my pockets while I sleep, by David S. Atkinson
Commonplace Book: Coriolanus and the mob
“With every minute you change a mind,
And call him noble that was now your hate,
Him vile that was your garland.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: Coriolanus and the mob
TOP THREE: Finnegans Wake vs Pop Culture: NUMBER ONE: Don King on Late Night with Conan O’Brien
“Does not the sheer splendubious celebretacity of this most merrilous time warm the Gaelic cockles of your potato eating heart?” Continue reading TOP THREE: Finnegans Wake vs Pop Culture: NUMBER ONE: Don King on Late Night with Conan O’Brien
TOP THREE: Finnegans Wake vs Pop Culture: NUMBER TWO: On Language, by Fry and Laurie
“EXtrinsicly! EXtrinsicly! EXtrinsicly!” Continue reading TOP THREE: Finnegans Wake vs Pop Culture: NUMBER TWO: On Language, by Fry and Laurie
TOP THREE: Finnegans Wake vs Pop Culture: NUMBER THREE: George Carlin is a Modern Man
“I’m an alpha male on beta blockers.” Continue reading TOP THREE: Finnegans Wake vs Pop Culture: NUMBER THREE: George Carlin is a Modern Man
The Driftless Area Review 