Chess Match (12)
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Precisely how much more brightly than a normal sparkle does a divine sparkle shine?
Read This PostAuthor: Joshua Glenn
Josh Glenn, HILOBROW's editor, is a principal of the commercial semiotics agency Semiovox. He is co-author and/or co-editor of several books, including The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the bestselling family activities guide UNBORED. In the ’00s, Josh was a columnist and blogger for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section; in the ’90s, he published the zine/journal Hermenaut. He lives in Kingston, NY.
Decentralizing Peggy
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Shoehorning the 19th century story idea into a new medium…
Read This PostThe Book is a Weapon (16)
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Welcome to the McLuhan Dome! Tonight: “hot” print vs. “cool” comic book.
Read This PostThe Tell-Tale Flannel Ball
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Significant Objects volume 2 wraps up this week. Speaking of wrapping, read Luc’s story.
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Why do French thinkers and writers abhor le jogging? Ask Sarkozy.
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Chess Match (9)
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Here PROSPERO discovers FERDINAND and MIRANDA playing at chess MIRANDA: Sweet lord, you play me false. FERDINAND: No, my dearest love, I would not for the world. MIRANDA: Yes, for a score of kingdoms you […]
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“The planet has a fever,” Al Gore told Republican skeptics in Congress on March 21. “If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says, ‘You have to intervene here,’ […]
Read This PostHilobrow Podcast: ROBOTS
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Here it is: the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” HiLobrow.com’s Radium Age Science Fiction podcast, recorded every month (as of January ’10) at Pazzo Books, here in Boston. Below, you’ll find an introduction to […]
Read This PostPulp Hilobrow (2)
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*** An occasional series, which follows up on themes explored in the ten-part HiLobrow Cover Art series.
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