Pop-Culture A-Go-Go!!!

One imagines the readers of this blog are beginning to doubt my commitment to popular culture. Let's dispense with that, shall we? Everything behind the cuts is spoilery all over ...'s import in the growth and dissemination of unorthodox ideas about politics, religion, occultism, literature, art and, most importantly, pornography. (No one should ever doubt Moore's commitment to pornography. Man is...

Year's End Post

... to pick up some more Johnson. This examination of the growing complexity of popular culture was really interesting, and a great jumping off point for examining the effects of media ...'re consistently smart and funny, in that order and about equal measure. So this was an engaging sort of pop culture/genre studies read for me. 32. The Brief History of the Dead , by Kevin Brockmeier. A novel with ...

Breath Taking Portraits

... I want to show you Christie Dekoning's beautiful Watercolor artwork. She has all sorts of original custom art in the form of neat paintings, buttons, necklaces and prints. She features all things pop culture (a passion of mine) kitties, pin ups, stars, characters, food and more. Definitly take a moment to stop by her shop and maybe...

Because I think I aught to: Top moves of the '00s - Part 2, 75-51

...'s return to the mainstream after spending almost the entirety of the decade in self-imposed art-film exile. (That's not a criticism; I was a big fan of all of ...not because they did so much to advance the technology of computer animation (though they did), but because they showed that pop culture references were not the way to make kids films palatable to adults. Rather, it was about a good story, ...

Reviews for Tuesday, December 29, 2009 (Part Two of Four)

... reader a much stronger picture of daily life and Rohirric culture than most fan fiction affords. Take this account, multiply ... picture you draw – I am reminded of what an art short story writing is and how effectively they can convey ...to "chibify" it as well as a sharp wit and absolutely hilarious references to pop culture and botany. And, oh-my-goodness, my own "fangirlishness" got a line or two, ...

Introducing Myself

...-lolita sometime. I like Gothic things such as Gothic fiction, architecture, art and some of the clothing. My interest lie in Psychology, Otaku/nerd culture such as anime/manga, cosplaying, Japanese culture, customs and pop culture, listening to music, reading, art, photography, photoshooting, history, Irish traditions, steampunk fashion, surrealism and starring into space...

Article on 924 Gilman

...to see the band Punch.) The space is given over to poetry, spoken word, performance art and other non-hard core, punk or metal music on third Thursdays during the ...Sex Pistols. "Ten years ago, punk memorabilia probably wouldn't be something we'd be auctioning here," Christie's pop-culture curator Simeon Lipman told The Associated Press. "But now, people of a certain age have a certain ability to ...

Top Twenty Films of the Decade

...final shot of a rat. 18. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2001) Most people probably think the Coen ...my book that honor goes to O Brother, Where Art Thou? , the first film ever to make me ... ship, where a society of overweight consumers of pop junk finally provide the first speaking parts. Part...the planet, part satire of our petty consumer culture, part simple and cute cartoon love story, WALL...

St. Louis

...really don't get the hyper-masculine culture that dictates the only acceptable way to... space they converted for the library had a mural in a Pop Art style wrapping around it. The library also opened into an adjacent ...! We went to the St. Louis Art Museum, which was FREE and wandered around. I loved the contemporary art gallery. Mr. D's not so keen on contemporary art. I love the fact that it isn't...

...fallen is never frightening. favorite hobbies~ Reading, writing, poetry, vintage, Arthurian legends, fairy tales, Indie pop, British culture, history, favorite books: The Dancers at the End of Time, The Fionavar Tapesty, Stolthet ... Kafka on the Shore, The wind up Bird Chronicles, The lost art of keeping a secret, Johnatan Strange & Mr Norrell, The accidental,...