Required Reading
- What’s Your Problem with Joe Biden?
- Dirty Rubles: An Introduction to Trump/Russia (My New Book)
- Youth for the President
- A Summary of the Conspiracy Against the United States
- Trump: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part 3)
- Postcards from the Resistance, Vol. 8: Mother of All
- From Lance Armstrong to Trump: The Rise & Fall of the Deified Narcissist
- Reading Malcolm X in Texas
- Playing the Donald Trump Game
- President Rapist: Women Under Trump
- An Open Letter to My Fellow Liberals
- The Democrats Can’t Win If They Won’t Fight
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Dispatches From Zermatt: Unplugging At 5,000 Feet
Guest Weekling D.B. Miller files this report from Zermatt, home of the Matterhorn and the springtime festival Zermatt Unplugged, where “the majesty and cruelty of nature create artistic tension, casting a spell on the artists who dare to make the pilgrimage.” Continue reading
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Dead Finks and Warm Jets: Evolved Enough for Eno
Even if you don’t know Brian Eno’s music, you’ve still heard him, in groundbreaking clients Talking Heads, Bowie, U2, and Coldplay, not to mention the 3.5 second chime that heralds the opening of every Microsoft Windows 95 program. (Written by Eno on a Mac.) How did Eno grab the attention of the iconic before they were icons? Guest Weekling Mark Donato answers that question by taking you back to Eno’s fabulous, way-ahead-of-its-time solo work, songs that now sound like blueprints for so much quality late 20th/early 21st century pop. Because they are. Continue reading
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Tagged baby's on fire, brian eno, coldplay, here come the warm jets, mark donato, talking heads, u2
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The Ghost of You Lingers: “Furious 7″’s Chance Detour Into Disquieting Depths
WE SAT DOWN just in time for the opening credits. Chugging four Coronas in the parking lot had taken precedence over catching the previews—an expression of solidarity for what we were getting ourselves into. White text zoomed across a black … Continue reading
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Bigger Than Jesus: The Gospel of U2, Leonard Cohen, and Sufjan Stevens
Robert Burke Warren goes deep into his own story to talk about the persistence of God in pop, and how and why non-believers and doubting Thomases still go for it. Continue reading
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Tagged Bono, carrie and lowell, fleshtones, God, i'm your man, Jesus, Leonard Cohen, religion, robert burke warren, shalom fellowship, Sufjan Stevens, the edge, u2
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SEVEN THINGS WE DON’T CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK: GOT POLLEN IF YOU WANT IT EDITION
Coach K, Ayn Rand and Pollen, these are NOT a few of my favorite things… Continue reading
How to Make Friends With Your Mannequin
Maybe I was lonely. I thought it would be fun to get a mannequin and dress him up in overalls and take pictures of us working together outside. That was the first idea—some sort of amusing male-bonding photo essay. We … Continue reading