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Jim Hanas on: The Fall, The Possessed, Upper Middle
PATSY YOUR ENTHUSIASM (12)
THREE CIGARETTES IN AN ASHTRAY
16th
Jan
Jan
Susan Sontag
Recalling SUSAN SONTAG (1933-2004) as “a leading public intellectual” — a category she did not invent, but perhaps perfected — is no substitute for...
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16th
Jan
Jan
John Carpenter
Few cultural scraps are as redolent of lo-fi VHS genre pleasures than a movie trailer with JOHN CARPENTER’s (born 1948) name above the title...
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15th
Jan
Jan
Chess Match (7)
“Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.” — William...
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15th
Jan
Jan
Captain Beefheart
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (Don Van Vliet, born 1941) is — like Thelonious Monk or Alfred Jarry — an artist who describes a world a few...
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14th
Jan
Jan
No Soap, Radio
Should we throw out the babes with the bathwater? After unplugging them of course. But perhaps the uncanny devil is in the details. Maybe...
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14th
Jan
Jan
Slick Rick
The most enduring recording of SLICK RICK (Richard Walters, aka MC Ricky D and Rick the Ruler, born 1965) is probably his guest appearance...
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12th
Jan
Jan
Willis: Walking Thru Walls
While watching Die Hard the other night — one of the best architectural films of the past 25 years — I kept thinking about...
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