
Pam and Tommy and Steve and Johnnie
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
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
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
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
I skip blogging about the Oscars for one year, and this happens? This has been the news all day. Not … Continue reading Will Smith is Not Okay
We typically regard the New Year as a let-down after the Holidays, and the Dark Heart of January usually gives … Continue reading Happy Christmas and Merry New Year
Which observation occurred to me, gleaned from the Penguin “Great Ideas” anthology, which goes under the title of On Solitude. … Continue reading Montaigne Prophesies Propaganda
Of course I watched it. And I laughed really hard. Tiger King is the best mockumentary since Spinal Tap. All … Continue reading When Humans Attack – Tiger King 2