Libraries are wonderful resources. Several times at my local Barnes & Noble, I’ve scoured the local philosophy section (Shiny new … Continue reading Epictetus, Aversion, and the Escape From Cosmic Demand
It must be Biopic season, because I’ve just sat down of my own free will and watched two fictionalizations of … Continue reading Pam and Tommy and Steve and Johnnie
Every right-thinking person should deplore Rolling Stone magazine for being a glossy nostalgia rag and corporate liberalism enabler. But every … Continue reading Hipgnosis, and the Great Age of Album Covers
This will be the last time I write about this hack until he delivers another book. And even then, I … Continue reading George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Get Why Everyone’s Mad, and Other Statements Written by Marketing Reps
In my hunger to put my eyes on actual New Content instead of the same old lamentations on Endless Trash, … Continue reading Elizabeth Holmes and the Mystification of Commerce
I’m gonna be crystal-clear on this: being a fan is a market-induced mentality. The word is derived from “fanatic“, which … Continue reading Destroy all Fandoms
Adam Manstroianni has written an article on his Experimental History Substack about a thing long lamented, how everything in pop … Continue reading The Hidden Masters of Pop Culture
I come to the chilly end of April and realize how little of pop culture has any impact on me … Continue reading Cultural Dissociation is the new Rite of Spring
That’s the kind of spicy headline that brings in clicks, I hear. I have a complicated relationship with Star Trek. … Continue reading Anyone Who Willingly Watches Star Trek: Picard is the Reason the Terrorists Hate Us
Last night I sat through a YouTube video nearly as long as a feature-length film, discussing a cartoon cat I … Continue reading Garfield and the Consumer Event Horizon
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