Hardcore Shamanism Pt. 2
Dodie Bellamy02.05.07
What’s your animal spirit? The graceful leopard? The noble deer? Why not a frog? Maybe you just don’t know. Well don’t fret. There are plenty of new age shamans out there ready and willing to assist you. Just don’t forget your checkbook on the way to the wellness center. Dodie Bellamy takes Fanzine’s readers on a personal Virgilian odyssey through the depths of these cults – in and, well, out. (pt. 2 of 3).
Hardcore Shamanism
Dodie Bellamy01.19.07
What’s your animal spirit? The graceful leopard? The noble deer? Why not a frog? Maybe you just don’t know. Well don’t fret. There are plenty of new age shamans out there ready and willing to assist you. Just don’t forget your checkbook on the way to the wellness center. Dodie Bellamy takes Fanzine’s readers on a personal Virgilian odyssey through the depths of these cults – in and, well, out. (pt. 1 of 3).
The Kings of Queens: The Mets’ Dynamic Duo
Dallas Hudgens10.13.06
(Are we jinxing the Mets by putting this up?) While the defeated Yankees brain trust shudders beneath the hand of King George, the Mets are in good hands with General Manager Omar Minaya and manager Willie Randolph at the helm. Why didn’t a baseball owner recognize the talents of these two men a lot sooner?
Cheap Shot: Notes on Donald Rumsfeld and the Game of Squash
Benjamin Strong09.28.06
Donald Rumsfeld wants you! To challenge him to a game of hardball squash. Actually, he probably wants you to enlist as well, but that’s not the point of this column by squash veteran Benjamin Strong. Strong wrangles through the mixed metaphors assigned to the Secretary of Defense’s recreation, and finds they may not be as astute as their writers believe.
Robert Rauschenberg’s Combines at MOCA Los Angeles
Zoey Mondt09.18.06
Zoey Mondt wanted to title this piece My Boyfriend’s Back: A Portrait of the Artist in Sweaters. Well that was a bit long… and while Rausch can strike a handsome pose when donning a sweater, this retrospective is about his groundbreaking Combines. Mondt takes some issue with the museum’s handling of the exhibit.
God’s Gaultier
Derek McCormack09.01.06
Derek McCormack returns to Fanzine with more than a review of Dodie Bellamy’s "Kathy Forest"; in no small way celebrating the life of writer / poet / performance artist Kathy Acker, who died of breast cancer in 1997.
The Final Days: Seeing Bush, Thinking Nixon
Benjamin Strong08.09.06
Richard Nixon resigned as president of the United States 32 years ago, but his legacy and his downfall still linger throughout the current administration. Benjamin Strong draws out some striking similarities between the life and times in 1974 and in 2006, and finds more than just military quagmires and sunken presidential approval ratings. Possibly our strongest (excuse the unintentional pun) piece to date.
“God Bless You, Kim Jong”
Michael Louie08.07.06
Yes, that’s an actual quote from Donald Rumsfeld after North Korea launched its first Taepo Dong missile eight years ago this month. Michael Louie takes some shots at the political wank that is our current national missile defense plan and its symbiotic nature with North Korea.
An Interview with Marc Handelman
Paddy Johnson07.13.06
Paddy Johnson brings us Marc Handelman, whose huge paintings are steeped in rich (perhaps ironic) color, nationalist icons and creeping doom.
Not A Bad Butt: more soccer sonnets
Casey McKinney07.12.06
If your own country is among the initial 32 World Cuppers, that’s your team. If they get knocked out, then weird rationalizations follow for subsequent teams supported – places you visited, your DNA. If you wound up going for romance and class, might have settled on France and Zidane. But then the whole dance got thrown a wrench with that odd foul late in the final’s overtime. Heard an Irish guy’s opinion last night about what happened – By tradition, players will exhange jerseys after games. Materazzi, Italy’s only goal scorer in regulation had been grabbing the legendary Zidane’s jersey. Zisou’s smartass reply? – said he could have the damn thing after the game. Materazzi’s return? – Keep it you bastard son of terrorists (referring to the fact that Zidane is half Algerian). And thus the head-butt which knocked the Italian out and got Zidane ejected before the close (of the game and his career). Can’t blame him for that…But is that really what happened? Probably not (will keep adding to this, as mistaken as we are, as news comes in…)…. And BTW, don’t listen to me, people are sensitive…just trying to be irreverant and funny…jeez. Both the Italians and the English hate Fanzine now.
