Politics
AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Fires of Idirsholas’ (Season 2, Episode 12)
December 4, 2024After lurching entertainingly around medieval legends and high-school romance plots for most of the season, the...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Last Dragonlord’ (Season 2, Episode 13)
December 4, 2024The longer this series goes on, the more likely it seems that someone might raise a...
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Dance
Body In-Sight: Action Drawings from the Dance Studio at the Museum of Performance and Design, San Francisco
December 2, 2024Aided by mirrors installed in their jewel box set, the gallery audience watched as they performed...
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Art
A Distant Mirror: Fashion and Identity in Colonial Latin America
December 2, 2024The scene depicted is officially entitled Garden Party on the Terrace of a Country Home, but...
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Movies & TV
Breaking Bad Recap: ‘Madrigal’ (Season 5, Episode 2)
December 2, 2024Walt gets a call on his cell phone from Mike while standing in the kitchen washing...
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Dance
8 Questions with Dancer/Choreographer David Van Ligon
December 2, 2024It was very exciting to get to showcase one of my works for Company C, and...
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Horror
Video Game Review: Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
December 2, 2024In order to discover the secret of the house and escape the curse, you encounter and...
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Dance
Post:Ballet — Dreams, Seams, and Salience
December 2, 2024What does Post:Ballet mean in terms of classical ballet? Is it a rejection of the classical...
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Biography
Nothin’ Short of Dyin’ Half as Lonesome as the Sound
December 1, 2024The last time I saw Johnny Cash was the first time I saw Johnny Cash –...
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Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve Recap: ‘Loose Ends’ (Season 2, Episode 7)
December 1, 2024The main loose end seems to be the ground-to-air missiles which may be triggered by the...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: State of Grace, #66
December 1, 2024In real life, the Westies developed working relationships with both the Genovese and Gambino crime families...
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Television
Breaking Bad Recap: ‘Hazard Pay’ (Season 5, Episode 3)
December 1, 2024Walt began the series as a misunderstood protagonist caught up in the glamour and adrenaline rush...
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Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve Recap: ‘Inclusivity Day’ (Season 2, Episode 6)
November 30, 2024So the last episode ended with the head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission being shot in...
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Music
Album Review: Passion Pit’s Gossamer
November 30, 2024But like hunting for proof of Nessie or Bigfoot, these moments of inspiration that you took...
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Movies & TV
The Newsroom Recap: Bullies (Season 1, Episode 6)
November 30, 2024Despite whatever his shortcomings as a boss/writer/collaborator may be, Aaron Sorkin can deliver one hell of...
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Music
Interview: Cory Jreamz
November 30, 2024Recently turned 18, he’s already released a dense, interesting EP of smooth, electronic hip hop where...
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Mystery
Trailer Watch: Paranormal Activity 4
November 29, 2024Paranormal Activity, now the reigning monarch of name-brand Halloween flicks (after the merciful retirement of Saw...
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Movies
Movie Review: Killer Joe, A Hitman Worth Hiring
November 29, 2024Whether this marks a lasting change in his career trajectory remains to be seen, but it...
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Dance
Spines, Wines and Dragonflies: Groovin’ in Stern Grove with the San Francisco Ballet
November 29, 2024For me, Frances Chung and Daniel Deivison, as the couple in orange, delivered the most virtuosic...
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Art
Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of Flight, Denver Art Museum
November 27, 2024But if there’s one form of architecture that has come to embody our society’s conflicted relationship...
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Television
Breaking Bad Recap: ‘Gliding Over All’ (Season 5, Episode 8)
November 18, 2024Two montages in one episode, guys! This one is set, adorably, to “Crystal Blue Persuasion” by...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Last Dragonlord’ (Season 2, Episode 13)
December 4, 2024The longer this series goes on, the more likely it seems that someone might raise a...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: Andy’s Ancestry (Season 9, Episode 3)
November 7, 2024A recap/review of The Office: Andy's Ancestry (Season 9, Episode 3)
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Religion
True Blood Recap: Season 5 Raises The Stakes
November 19, 2024True Blood has tightened up considerably since the meandering adventures of Season 4, despite the fact...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: The New Guys (Season 9, Episode 1)
November 12, 2024A recap/review of The Office: The New Guys (Season 9, Episode 1)
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Drunken Angel, #56
November 7, 2024This one, we know, is a tough sell. Drunken Angel is a 60-plus-year-old, black-and-white, subtitled Japanese...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Layer Cake, #62
November 21, 2024The movie’s title refers to the various strata of the chaotically violent, multibillion dollar world of...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
November 20, 2024As befits a former poet, Hughes’s writing is economical yet stylish, atmospheric without being fussy. And...
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Video Games
Setting Fallout 4 Pt. 2 (of 2) – On The Road Again!
November 12, 2024For what I'm discussing today is nothing short of pure, unadulterated (but hopefully still informed) speculation!...