We Shall Overcome
Sean Murphy“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it...
Remembering (and Celebrating) The Kids In The Hall (7/10)
This weekend PopMatters is revisiting an outstanding feature from a couple of years ago: The...
There’s Just A Meanness In This World (11/09)
As obstreperously opposed to the death penalty as I remain, it is nevertheless difficult to...
Alligator Lizards in the Air: In Search of the Sublimely Awful Lyric (9/09)
I can think of a lot of rock bands who have written some laughably awful...
Obsession, Hope and Glory, Part One: Percy Fawcett’s Excellent Adventure (9/09)
Look at that guy. They don’t make them like that anymore. The thing is, they...
The Insider: Ten Years Later (3/09)
Toward the end of Sydney Lumet’s ’70s classic Serpico there is an unnerving scene that...
Some day a real rain will come: One Year Later
Voices In Our Heads You talking to me? It is the pivotal scene in Scorsese’s...
“In my stories is where I live.” (2/09)
Of few writers can it more accurately be said that it is the work, not...
It’s All Part of Der Process (12/08)*
From Andrew Sullivan’s invaluable blog (TheDailyDish), comes the following (quoted from Roger Cohen’s typically sane...
Prog Rock is Never Dead; It’s Just Resting Until the Next Round of Reissues, or, Two from Gentle Giant
Reissues From An Era When Giants Roamed the Earth For all the critical savaging Yes,...