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And then there was just Madame Hillary. Hold the Champagne.

08/06/2016

Hillary Clinton may have taken the Democratic nomination, but that leaves little to celebrate...

Yearning for Pet Sounds

02/06/2016

Predating instant gratification by decades, Pet Sounds expresses a yearning which still makes for emotional listening. Essay...

Deeper Into the Hepatitis Bathtub

30/05/2016

A booksigning followed by dinner should be simple. In newly-cleansed Manhattan, it's anything but...

In New York City with the Hepatitis Bathtub

18/05/2016

En route to NYC for a NOFX book signing, Scott Laudati takes the Red Sox and racism trail...

Killer Hillary or the Lumpentrumpetariat; On Choosing the Lesser of two Evils

16/05/2016

A presidency headed by either Donald Trump or the Clinton Cartel will make the world a more dangerous place. Essay...

Does Bernie Have the Balls for an Independent Sanders Bid?

29/04/2016

Beaten by the occult machinations of the Democratic National Committee, should Sanders mount his own campaign?...

Oil and Acrylic In Your Face Icons (Darby Krow)

25/04/2016

Spit, sawdust and an eye for colour - Los Angeles artist Darby Krow is no Hollywood hipster...

Madam Hillary: A Timeline of Serving the Powerful

13/04/2016

A presidential hopeful reserves the right to change her mind, but Hillary Clinton repeatedly shows that this lady IS for turning....

Losers, Lawnmowers and The Grave of Jack Kerouac

12/03/2016

Hitting the road for the birthday of Jack Kerouac, Scott Laudati wends a weary way to the writer's graveside...

Sanders’ Super Tuesday Smackdown? The Surprise is that he made it this far.

03/03/2016

Still Hope for Sanders? Not unless you hope he'll roll over for Hillary. Super Tuesday, reaction....

Adios, Sandernistas, Clintons Don’t Take Kindly to Revolution

19/02/2016

Slurs and superdelegates. Now that Sanders has rattled the Clinton camp, the slapdown begins. Essay...

One of Us? Identity Politics and How Donald Trump Rides Them

13/02/2016

Still trying to understand the appeal of Donald Trump? The slick shortcut of identity politics, explained....

Groovy Oop North : The Flamin’ Groovies, Manchester Gig

12/02/2016

A rare UK gig at Manchester's Club Academy by San Fransisco proto-rockers The Flamin' Groovies...

Trumped, But Not Out. Identity Politics in America, and the new Other

06/02/2016

An essay on how demographics have changed America, and how this affects the politics of identity....

The Tr(i)ump(h) of Identity Politics

02/02/2016

Something about Donald Trump appeals to a large number of American voters. What is it? Douglas Bulloch offers some answers....

Star Wars and the Escapism of the Mindless

29/12/2015

What will a future Democratic president's agenda will entail? Hint: Take note of which Republican declarations Democratic partisans are fuming in self-righteous outrage against now....

Weapon Wielding White Males and Imperial Warmongers

16/12/2015

Homegrown terrorists perpetrate rampage after rampage. And yet again: Mainstream pundits ask why...

Fear and Fascism: Tools of the Trade

05/12/2015

To persist, the capitalist order demands submission to ruthless authority and must peddle fear of an alien other....

Life, death, pleasure, and pain. A female voice in Street Art (Jennifer Korsen)

17/11/2015

The female population is largely unrepresented in the world of graffiti and street art. Jennifer Korsen is the exception...

A Viagra Republic will Rise. Or Not. Election Cycle Anomie

03/11/2015

Return of the carnival of false hope and manufactured fear. The US Election Cycle hots up. Or, more accurately, reheats a tired forula...

You Know Things are Bad When Putin Looks Good.

10/10/2015

Irksome Geopolitical Strategy. Is there no end to the casuistry required to be a member in good standing of the Liberal Class?...

Guilt, loss and blame in smalltown America (Little Accidents)

25/09/2015

A bleak smalltown film, centred around a tragic mining accident...

Delighted! On Bernie Sanders Congratulating Jeremy Corbyn

21/09/2015

Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn may use a similar rhetoric, but there it stops....

Not in it to Win it – Calling Out The Bernie Sanders Bluff

10/09/2015

The barriers that Sanders cannot overcome involve the manner in which the Democratic Party primary system is devised...

Painting the Broken American Dream (Louie Metz)

08/09/2015

Scantily clad figures whose blank stares emit an aura of disillusionment. Louie Metz paints the seedy and the saddened. ...

A Hypocrite’s Guide to the Internet (Part two)

22/08/2015

Drew Michael walks us through more examples of our own miserable double-think....

Innate Talent, Meticulous Painting (Shizu Saldamando)

10/08/2015

Born to parents of Mexican and Japanese decent, Saldamando’s work embodies components that reflect her bi-racial heritage....

A Hypocrite’s Guide to the Internet

09/08/2015

The way "our" people are humanized, and the “terrorist” demonized is classic media sleight of hand....

An Uncanny Phenomenon: Wild Kingdom (Clayton Campbell)

13/07/2015

Los Angeles media artist Clayton Campbell unveils a difference in perception between today’s society and past generations'...

Don’t give me your lesbian orphan propaganda! (Appropriate Behaviour)

28/06/2015

Appropriate Behaviour is indication of an exceptionally strong new filmmaking talent....

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