“Festival Express” – a highlight and review
“Festival Express” is a documentary following some of the most famous musicians of the twenty-first century, as they traveled across Canada on a music, booze and [...]
Entertainment
A Whole Different Kind of Game
Congratulations everybody. We did it. We made it to the spotlight. They used to make fun of us, and those who came before us, we who enjoyed past times that weren’t [...]
Game Criticism
With the somewhat recent row about Dead or Alive Xtreme 3’s sexism and with anger at the comments about the reality that choices in video games are political in response to [...]
Gluttony Mise en abîme
I’ve imbibed Ancient Aliens sober many a times, probably an unhealthy amount. I get it: It’s an ambient, lulling salve, a comforting bath of ludicrousness, blinking [...]
The Lonesome Crowded West
Both Billy the Kid and James A. Garfield were fatally shot in July of 1881. Kid died at the scene; it took 11 weeks and sepsis for Garfield to kick the bucket. Separated by [...]
Viscous Television!
Seeing people vomit is a singular human experience. Should you have the opportunity, take it in; there’s nothing quite like it. Watching in person, it’s profoundly [...]
The Lobster: Authoritarian Body Horror
How exactly do you feel about housecats killing birds? Is this fine by you, or are you ardently opposed? And, if a train were hurtling toward a bus stuck on the tracks with [...]
American’s Cultural Shortcomings
Inevitably, American entertainment has changed over the last sixty years. While individuals have always been drawn to music and television shows, audiences have become more [...]
Mutant Hyperrealism, Media as Projectile
There are no walls in Dogville, just chalk outlines on a soundstage. The artifice of the setting isn’t concealed, and yet, this world feels totally alien. Clarity turns [...]
Lost Music
“I work my fingers to the bone. Not a pretty little penny have I got to show. Not looking for much, just a little bit of rest by the side of the road…” -David Lamb of [...]
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