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Happy Media Round-up: Top 10 Records of 2020
Happy Media Round-up: Top 10 Records of 2020
Editor’s Note: Here @The Pitch of Discontent, we spend most of our free-time diving headfirst into the bountiful world of real-time media…
Owen Morawitz
Dec 16, 2020
“If Not Us, Then Who?”: The Enduring Thrash Philosophy of Power Trip’s Riley Gale
“If Not Us, Then Who?”: The Enduring Thrash Philosophy of Power Trip’s Riley Gale
RIP to a real one.
Owen Morawitz
Oct 24, 2020
A Tale of Two Californias: ‘Enema of the State’ and ‘Americana’
A Tale of Two Californias: ‘Enema of the State’ and ‘Americana’
What blink-182 and The Offspring told us about pre-millennial America
Tom Valcanis
Oct 13, 2020
“It Is What It Is”: Donald Trump, Moral Apathy and the Cult of Crisis
“It Is What It Is”: Donald Trump, Moral Apathy and the Cult of Crisis
Grim prospects for the decline of American empire.
Owen Morawitz
Oct 1, 2020
Teasing Dune: Building Anticipation for Denis Villeneuve’s Sci-Fi Epic
Teasing Dune: Building Anticipation for Denis Villeneuve’s Sci-Fi Epic
An in-depth look at exclusive new details for the 2020 blockbuster
Owen Morawitz
Sep 2, 2020
What It Is To Be
What It Is To Be
The Teletransportation Paradox and Why Personal Identity Matters
Owen Morawitz
Aug 29, 2020
We Need to Talk About The Last of Us
We Need to Talk About The Last of Us
Spoilers for Parts I & II
Owen Morawitz
Jul 7, 2020
Routine Bites Hard: Joy Division and the Dangers of Solitude
Routine Bites Hard: Joy Division and the Dangers of Solitude
Reflecting on forty years of ‘Isolation’
Owen Morawitz
Jun 29, 2020
“The Monster Is Never the Monster”: Gothic Monstrosity and Otherness
“The Monster Is Never the Monster”: Gothic Monstrosity and Otherness
The disgustful curiosities of Gothic literature and the work of Guillermo del Toro
Owen Morawitz
Jun 16, 2020
Welcome Back, Commander: The No-“Good” Scenario of Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn
Welcome Back, Commander: The No-“Good” Scenario of Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn
Spoilers ahead for the Command & Conquer video game series.
Tom Valcanis
Jun 14, 2020
The Character of Evil: Part IV
The Character of Evil: Part IV
Reflections on Evil and Violence
Owen Morawitz
Jun 6, 2020
Childish Epistemologies: Part I
Childish Epistemologies: Part I
Shrek, Paddington, Postmodernism and whatever comes after
Nick van Buuren
Jun 4, 2020
“Remake the Skies”: The Relentless Celestial Optimism of Misery Signals’ ‘The Tempest’
“Remake the Skies”: The Relentless Celestial Optimism of Misery Signals’ ‘The Tempest’
Finding the darkness and the light in every moment
Owen Morawitz
May 27, 2020
Devs and Naturalistic Science Fiction — Is It the Next Evolution?
Devs and Naturalistic Science Fiction — Is It the Next Evolution?
Spoilers ahead for Battlestar Galactica, Mr. Robot, and Devs.
Tom Valcanis
May 20, 2020
Love in the Time of Corona: Part V
Love in the Time of Corona: Part V
Reading the poetry of Emily Dickinson in our pandemic times
Nick van Buuren
May 15, 2020
Freedom in Transit: Jean-Luc Godard and Subverting the Movement-image
Freedom in Transit: Jean-Luc Godard and Subverting the Movement-image
Exploring the visual philosophy behind a French cinema pioneer
Owen Morawitz
May 12, 2020
The Character of Evil: Part III
The Character of Evil: Part III
Reflections on Evil in the Twentieth Century
Owen Morawitz
May 5, 2020
Love in the Time of Corona: Part IV
Love in the Time of Corona: Part IV
Reading Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse in our pandemic times
Nick van Buuren
May 4, 2020
Angering Ourselves To Death: Interlude I
Angering Ourselves To Death: Interlude I
Tribal Science
Tom Valcanis
Apr 22, 2020
Love in the Time of Corona: Part III
Love in the Time of Corona: Part III
Reading Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe in our pandemic times
Nick van Buuren
Apr 20, 2020
The Character of Evil: Part II
The Character of Evil: Part II
Reflections on Evil in Modernity
Owen Morawitz
Apr 16, 2020
Love in the Time of Corona: Part II
Love in the Time of Corona: Part II
Reading Zadie Smith’s White Teeth in our pandemic times
Nick van Buuren
Apr 13, 2020
Happy Media Round-up: Volume I
Happy Media Round-up: Volume I
Real-time media consumption for 2020 (thus far)
Owen Morawitz
Apr 12, 2020
Angering Ourselves To Death: Chapter VI
Angering Ourselves To Death: Chapter VI
The Impolitic Public Square
Tom Valcanis
Apr 11, 2020
Love in the Time of Corona: Part I
Love in the Time of Corona: Part I
Reading for and against our pandemic times
Nick van Buuren
Apr 6, 2020
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