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Apr 2, 2017

Synthpop, the Left, and the Future that Refuses to Arrive

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Oct 19, 2017

Bono Kills the Planet

A few words of mine on climate change and culture that appeared in the most recent print issue of Jacobin have been…

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Mar 17, 2017

The End Has to Begin Somewhere

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Sep 13, 2017

Crisis Music

There is something violently schizophrenic in our culture. It is remarkable that, as entire sections of the globe are torn into vicious…

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Jan 20, 2018

To an Ancient Shark

The world’s longest-living vertebrate. Older than Shakespeare they said. (Initially…)

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Aug 12, 2017

Lewisham. Charlottesville.

Today is the 40th anniversary of what is remembered in Britain as the Battle of Lewisham. On August 13th, 1977…

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May 2, 2017

Laughing at Rich Kids

My latest addition to the time-honored tradition of socialist schadenfreude is up at Jacobin…

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Jul 29, 2017

Detroit’s Exterminating Angel

Before RoboCop was released in theaters thirty years ago this month, it was given an X rating by the Motion…

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Jul 19, 2017

They’re Coming to Get You…

From Evan Calder Williams Combined and Uneven Apocalypse, on what made George Romero’s creations so important. Rest in peace you beautifully twisted man.

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May 14, 2017

Current Mood

Nite Cap coffee shop, Chicago…

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I spout corrosive ideas and perverted wordplay into the atmosphere hoping that they’ll find a home where they can slowly eat away at the pristine. Those that don’t manage the journey find their way back here.

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