Category Archives: Popular Culture

Bill Simmons Meets the Fockers. Will He Defeat Them?

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Greg Olear

How the Sports Guy, the ESPN columnist turned NBA Countdown commentator, is a lot like Ben Stiller. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture, Sports | Tagged Ben Stiller, Bill Simmons, ESPN, Grantland, Meet the Fockers, Meet the Parents, Reality Bites, The Book of Basketball, The Reggie Cleveland All-Stars, The Sports Guy, Zero Effect | 2 Comments

Power Trio: 3 Songs That May Help Make You Feel Like You’re Still Slightly Cool While Pulling Out of the Parking Lot at the End of a Frustrating Work Day

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Jeremy Winter

Growing up in New Jersey means that most people will never let you forget it, especially people from New York, and even more especially people who have recently moved to New York from somewhere in the Midwest. Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Popular Culture, Power Trio | Tagged Beck, Flipside Records, Jett Brando, My Bloody Valentine, New Jersey suburbs, Oddateee | 1 Comment

All’s Good That Ends (Breaking) Bad

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Tom Gualtieri

With the finale of AMC’s Breaking Bad approaching, Tom Gualtieri looks at the tragedy of Walter White. *Spoilers ahead.* Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Popular Culture, The Arts, Uncategorized | Tagged Aaron Paul, AMC, Anna Gunn, Arthur Miller, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Heisenberg, Jesse Pinkman, King Lear, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Sophocles, Spartacus, Vince Gilligan, Walter White, William Shakespeare, Willy Loman | Leave a comment

The Search For Symphonions: A Brief History Of Patrick Swayze, Submerged Towns, Giant Phalluses, And Haunted Ice-Sculptures, or, How To Transform Yourself Into A Mole

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Lawrence Benner

Larry Benner searches for the truth about a secret society of musical instrument makers, and on the way runs into the ghost of Patrick Swayze. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged A breed apart, Asheville, chubbybabies, Dirty Dancing, Firestarter, Guy Fieri, Jeff Foxworthy, Kool-Aide, NASCAR, North Carolina, Patrick Swayze, steven king, suerat, Symphonians, the last of the mohicans, Thunder Road | Leave a comment

What’s Trending in Idolatry?

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Lawrence Benner

A visual tour through the twilight of the idolators, Larry Benner leads you down the eighth coil of Tupac, through the beverage choices of Sid Vicious, and past the full-body tattoo that is Atticus Finch. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged amy winehouse, atticus finch, Biggie, corey feldman, Elvis Presley, Fanta, Jim Morrison, jimi hendrix, Kurt Cobain, larry benner, marilyn monroe, poetry, sid vicious, tattoos, tupac | 2 Comments

Game of Thrones: Queer Politics, Scandalous Sex

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Antonia Crane

Inspired by Antonin Scalia, former sex worker Antonia Crane analyzes the fierce bitches and transgressive politics of the Game of Thrones. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Antonia Crane, Arya Stark, Bran, Brienne of Tarth, Cersei Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Hodor, Lady Catelyn Stark, Queer politics, Red Wedding, Renley Baratheon, sex workers, sexual politics, stripper, Tyrion Lannister, well hung | 1 Comment

Edward Snowden Would Make a Great Christian Rocker

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Patrick Wensink

Patrick Wensink finds some surprising similarities between NSA bad boy Edward Snowden and a forgotten band of Christian folk rockers. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Christian Rock, Edward Snowden, NSA, Portland Bible College | Leave a comment