Watching TLC on TLC
Christina Lee01.14.13
As a possible 20th anniversary reunion tour approaches, TLC presents two new shows about TLC.
Hockey On Lock?
Michael Louie01.10.13
Michael Louie on the effects of the latest hockey lockout––the third in 20 years––and why the biggest loser is the NHL itself.
How Dare She Claim The Sun As Her Own?
Laura Jane Faulds01.07.13
A strained relationship with Cat Power’s Sun is the opening credits in a sitcom about the life and times of Laura Jane Faulds. A story about the soundtrack of her life & waiting for it to hit.
The Revolution Will Not Be Filmed
Bradford Nordeen01.02.13
Bradford Nordeen strips down the appeal of Step Up: Revolution according to the evolution of modern cinema and lays bare the most basic bones of the attraction of spectacle.
Past Tense
Thomas Moore12.31.12
Thomas Moore shares his Best of 2012 list now that the world hasn’t ended and more things happened than Xiu Xiu’s Always.
The Sound Of My Voice Will Haunt You: Spreadeagle by Kevin Killian
Johnny Drago12.28.12
Kevin Killian’s Spreadeagle mashes up the shimmery world of A-list established gay writers in post-activist San Francisco with the shadow-monde of impoverished trailer punks, driven by the need to consume and destroy, hungry for fame, attention, porn, drugs… blood. Spreadeagle is as cautionary as Austen, visceral as Acker, and wry as a knife. Johnny Drago reviews.
Fan Fiction
Nate Waggoner12.27.12
Nate Waggoner takes on modern archetypes of Super Villainy in his new story.
Fancer
Julian Modugno12.20.12
Julian Modugno’s satire about the terminal cult of popularity and the (presumed) ruthlessness of fourth graders. Art by Danny Jock.
Sky Saw
Kory Calico12.18.12
What’s black & white and puce all over? The whorey Word in liminal whirls in Blake Butler’s Sky Saw. Kory Calico reviews.
A Burning City, A Polka-Dotted Street
Lauren Traetto12.17.12
Vernacular & street art blow open the gallery doors, unleashing Art into the streets. Lauren Traetto explores the Heidelberg Project of Detroit Michigan and its mission of fostering the artistic community by creating a dialogue with public spaces.
