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Bursting the pink bubble of partisan fantasy

17/06/2015

You do not actually believe that it is possible to vote away oligarchic rule and militarist/police state imperium… do you?...

Obama Fills His Suit Only Too Well

22/05/2015

While it is tempting to label Barack Obama, as many have, an "empty suit." Fact is, the term is not only facile but inaccurate....

Searching for the Great American Album [JKutchma]

16/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphere is eternal credence in the idea of “the great American novel”. The essential capturing of American culture – its...

Frankie had them both on the ground and bleeding in two hits.

06/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”I/dropcapn my junior year I saw thirty-five fist fights. They came like some pandemic no one had ever seen, and no one knew what to do. One...

A picture of Godzilla in London by Dan Booth

At Circa Tabac

05/02/2015

I couldn’t say much for the bar but the bathroom was very accommodating....

On Working at Barnes and Noble

28/01/2015

“You want to be a writer,” Kelly said. “Why don’t you work at Barnes & Noble?” “I wear clothes, too. Maybe I should get a job in a sweatshop.”...

Torture and the Tooth-For-Tooth Reflex

27/12/2014

The reality of having, without reflection, internalized the propaganda of the state constitutes an act of evil, in and of itself....

The Last Honky Tonk in Nashville

15/12/2014

You’ll get a solid handshake, by men who believe a firm handshake can tell a lot...

Scott Laudati : Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair [Poetry]

11/12/2014

Between the suburbs and the city, and all that they stand for in Laudati's oeuvre, there is the ever-present fear not of age itself, but of fading away rather than burning out...

On Killer Cops and Reverse Racism

09/12/2014

Does one identify with and/or benefit from hyper-authoritarian power or does one empathize with the plight of the powerless?...

Fourth of July Spitroast

04/07/2014

There's a whole lot of meat between the rooter and the tooter so that means there's little point in getting it on unless the whole neighbourhood is coming...

How I Got Banned From Canada

01/07/2014

I was a documented citizen of a country, with a passport, and I spoke English. What could go wrong?...

Finding Nick Tosches

19/06/2014

I asked him how he had gotten his first book published. “It’s a dead industry”, he said....

Politics as usual, Has Failed

27/05/2014

In our time, politics as usual has failed to address the most pressing issues of the age...

Patriotism and Silence

07/04/2014

How can the U.S. not be a haunted land? The country's blood-soaked soil chants songs of lamentation. ...

Dragons or Flies? The State Apparatus of Fear

31/03/2014

Meet your fears, look them in the eye, live among them for a time. Discern whether they consist of an insect buzzing at your windowpane or is a dragon on the roof...

A picture of Les Claypool's Duo De Twang album

Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang : Four Foot Shack

17/03/2014

There will be someone out there, bored by the usual, willing to listen to a bluegrass barn-dance inspired acoustic record that contains covers of the Bee Gees and Alice in Chains....

Walking in an Anthropocene Wonderland

13/03/2014

Although we have been graced with life - all its possibilities and abundance - it has become apparent, we have fallen in love with Extinction....

Fear in a Handful of Dust

03/03/2014

The times call for us to explore the soul's topography of exaggeration, and this is propitious because it is not possible to exaggerate the peril we face if we cling to the status quo...

Imagination in a Soulless Age

24/02/2014

Often a collapse, a breakdown, a depression—some sort of unsolvable crisis is required before the soul's message is heard. ...

Death on the Fault Line

10/02/2014

Torture, blood sacrifice and sinister messages extracted from Beatles lyrics. The final surges of the California Death Ray. ...

666 Degrees of Separation

20/12/2013

Manson has lost some of his ability to exercise the media for his own sinister purpose, but still retains the sanguine air of a devil in temporary chains....

A picture of surfers walking on a beach in the sunset. By Sean Keenan

Ride the Wild Surf

27/11/2013

California is quite simply projecting the dreams of a dying Sun God into the ether...

The Broken Circle Breakdown [Film]

25/11/2013

The Broken Circle Breakdown is truly a moving piece of work at points, its expert direction neatly sidestepping the possibility of melodrama...

Daring to Have Dreams

02/11/2013

All too many individuals had their dreams kicked out of them at an early age. We must come back to fantasy to keep a grip on reality....

Let The Liberals Drink Tea

20/10/2013

The liberal tradition has always been to place property rights above human rights...

Portraits of American Bikers [Interview]

11/10/2013

It's about people keeping their word, helping one another when in need and always showing a certain amount of respect for individualism, without judgment....