Archive for October 2nd, 2007
But you’re in New York now
The SNL Digital Shorts crew led by Adam Samberg has struck again. First Lazy Sunday (what??). Then the Emmy-winning D**k-in-a-box. Now they bring us Iran So Far.
Samberg can’t make a movie to save his life, but he sure as hell knows how to throw chunks of pop culture and trite music conventions on to [...]
Burmese Voices: Watching from the States
I know a brilliant, young Burmese woman who recently moved to the States. When she lived in Burma she was always strong and courageous, never acting apathetic or disillusioned despite the overpowering junta that runs her country. She wants to return home one day, so I cannot give her credit and use her name. But [...]
Hill-Thomas: still compelling, still lurid
The latest chapter in the Hill versus Thomas workplace harassment / African-American gender relations narrative is full of fire— the flames of course stoked by the publication of Thomas’s memoir, My Grandfather’s Son. For those of you who were either yet-to-be born or or yet-to-be-fully-conscious in 1991 when the two squared off at Thomas’s senate [...]
Deathmatch hill-thomas
Death Match: Anita Hill versus Clarence Thomas, seventeen years later.
Internethead
My pal Ray just emailed me a link to RadioHead’s new album site. I’m not a full-fledged RadioHead slave based on the music. But the fact that they have traded on their insane popularity to eschew the industry and deliver their new music directly to the fans is enormous. So, ok computer, sign me up [...]
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