Why Bother?
Sean MurphyPivoting --and plagiarizing-- from earlier sentiment expressed in greater detail HERE, HERE and HERE, this is my succinct .02 on what's at stake and a final shout-out for any of my undecided…
Pas de deux: Outside the Text*
“Il n’y a pas de hors-texte” --Jacques Derrida An elderly man, thinking about nothing in particular, walks casually down the Champs Elysees, as he has done countless times, on…
Deconstructing the Theory Generation
I spent some time this morning reading (well, skimming) a mostly fascinating piece from n + 1 magazine. The author is Nicholas Dames and the essay is entitled "The Theory…
You Want To See Something Really Scary?* 10 Horrific Scenes for Halloween
First off, a confession of sorts: scary movies don't scare me. Or, to put it less bluntly, as a one-time horror movie aficionado, I quickly outgrew the ways gore supplanted suspense…
Hurricane Music, Sandy Style
Let's just get right into it. Some of Young's finest blistering guitar fury. Led Zep may have had the hammer of the gods, but there were four of them; Neil is like…
About Miracles*
(2002) i. Believing in miracles requires faith. Faith in miracles, faith in faith. The bible, taken on faith, is God’s word and the document of His work. Miracles are, for…
Have You Ever Been To Electric Ladyland?
No, really. Have you? I haven't either, but I've heard about it. Jimi told me. And it's all in there for you to hear on the album, released on this…
Drag the Dream Into Existence: Reassessing Rush’s Masterpiece (Revisited)
Every band, if they are lucky, is able to create a definitive work—a document that embodies their unique qualities. Most great bands, at some point in their career, successfully produce…
Technology and Politics: The New Calculus of Campaigning, Part Five
Election 2012: What We Will See Boiled down to key words and concepts, there are a handful that should figure prominently as we head into 2012. The first, oft-mentioned word…
Technology and Politics: The New Calculus of Campaigning, Part Four
Facebook and Twitter: The Once and Future Kingmakers The younger generation, in addition to literally growing up alongside all these recent technological advances, understands that our world is increasingly a…