Friday, December 15, 2017

In Memory of William Gass (1924-2017), One of the Consummate Sentence Sculptors of Our Time

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The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. - William H. Gass  I think of myself as a writer...
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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Album Reviews: The Wu-Tang Phoenix Re-Arises Again

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The sheen on the iron "W" was scuffed following Wu-Tang Clan's disappointing 2014 album A Better Tomorrow and the whole di...
Saturday, November 4, 2017

Instrumental: "A Better Tomorrow" by 4th Disciple

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Sunday, July 30, 2017

Book Review: How Thomas Pynchon's Novel Bleeding Edge Hit Close to Home

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When the miasmic shitstorm of authoritarianism and real-life Idiocracy gained full force earlier this year, I felt compelled to dive into...
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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Rest In Peace Prodigy of Mobb Deep

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These dark times we've been living in of late, dominated by headlines about Russian mobsters and spies, neo-Nazis and Klan rallies, e...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

Madlib Interview NYC 2016 (Video) & More

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Posting this not because it's a fantastic interview or anything, but a new(ish) appearance of an interview with Madlib in that type of...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

A Quick Word from Roky Erickson & The 13th Floor Elevators

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Monday, April 3, 2017

MLB 2017 Season Predictions

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In the aftermath of the Cubs winning the World Series in 2016, it feels weird we're even still having baseball. It feels way too soon...
Friday, March 31, 2017

To Witness the NBA Renaissance

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(Credit: Getty Images) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Amid the backdrop of a crumbling country, the NBA has bee...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

The Sudden Relevance of Children of Men

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Poster by Mondo. One day last year, I sat down and wracked my brain to come up with a ranking of my favorite films of all time. After m...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Street Lamps: Hip Hop in the Dark Ages

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Mural by Retna. The Trumpacolyptic Revelations of Amerikkka Since the Trumpocalypse began, most of the world has been mired in desp...