Barry McGee: Mature Works
Zoey Mondt10.12.07
Have this funny feeling we’ll get some flak for this review. What with our magazine’s seeming anarachic name and all that it implies. But what the hell, Ms. Mondt says what needs to be said here about Mr. McGee’s ‘Mature Works’ and the art establishment that bottom feeds off so called Lowbrow or Street Art.
Dusan Makavejev’s Sweet Movie comes to Criterion DVD
Mike Powell10.11.07
Schweeet! (you saw that joke coming, but…) It is sweet that Dušan Makavejev’s 1974 cult classic has infiltrated the somewhat taught sieve of great films that is the Criterion Collection of DVDs. It’s a sexually unabashed film that no doubt the Swedish national socialists (Swedish national socialists?) who recently smashed an Andres Serrano exhibit would love to get their nasty hands on (but that’s another story). Mike Powell reviews.
We’ve Lost Control (of the Ian Curtis Legend)
Mark Asch10.10.07
Anton Corbijn’s new black-and-white biopic of Ian Curtis, which opens today, has the approval of the singer’s widow, whose memoir it is based on, and the backing of numerous film critics, many of whom can still remember their first intoxicating spin of Unknown Pleasures. But Mark Asch wonders whether something doesn’t get lost when we demystify our rock icons.
On the Lost Highway with Greil Marcus
Brian Howe10.04.07
We’re beaming proud to have this in depth interview with Greil Marcus conducted by FANZINE first timer Brian Howe. Marcus along with a sprinkling of other intellectual wild ones the likes of Lester Bangs invented a certain style of criticism years ago that young journalists on the culture beat today can only hope to aspire to. If you were ever curious what kind of writing FANZINE wants to publish more of, study some Greil Marcus. If you haven’t read Greil Marcus, start with this interview.
HARDCORE UFOs PART II: 50 Years After Sputnik
Michael Louie10.04.07
Fifty years ago today America was blindsided by the Soviet launch of Sputnik into the edges of the Earth’s atmosphere. It was a success for the Russians, and an event that sent shockwaves through the rest of the world. Although the U.S. had planned a satellite launch of their own, it wasn’t deployed until after Sputnik 1 had already burned up upon returning to Earth, and the Russians sent another satellite, Sputnik 2—this time with the dog Laika aboard—to space. So, true to tardy American form, we at FANZINE present this article on the first Sputnik launch, late in the afternoon.
The Programmatic Prelinary Proud Difficulties with Richard Prince
Darren Bader10.03.07
Darren Bader grapples with New York’s Guggenheim exhibition of Richard Prince, Spiritual America. Is Prince the punk hero of appropriation art who has spiritually defined this country? Or just another Rauschenberg (et al) for Pete’s sake?
TALK SHOW 3: with Mike Albo, David Hollander, Molly Jong-Fast, Lewis Robinson, and Wesley Stace
Jaime Clarke10.02.07
In the third installment of Talk Show, the game show where contestants…I mean the forum where writers are asked about everything else but writing, host Jaime Clarke leads a discussion around the topic – "first kiss." Art by Danny Jock.
Be Your Own Boss: A Retrospective on Kurbside Kitchens
Nick Sylvester09.30.07
In Nick Sylvester’s latest food column, he digs up memories of working for his father’s food service business, Kurbside Kitchen, relating the misery of sweeping warehouse floors, spotting his first bearded lady, his father’s painful illness and shiftless workers in his employ—one with a startling secret.
IMPRINTS 4: Dana Vachon, Doug Stumpf and Jim Cramer
Zach Baron09.29.07
"Wealth rubs people in different ways," writes Zach Baron, who in his first IMPRINTS tackled DeLillo’s Falling Man. Baron isn’t through with the world of finance yet, and in IMPRINTS 4 he addresses two novels concerning the subject – Dana Vachon’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Doug Stumpf’s Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy. For good measure, he also gives a turn to CNBC’s seemingly insane Wall Street analyst Jim Cramer and his book Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich.
Reviews: Denis Johnson’s – Tree of Smoke and Richard Russo’s – Bridge of Sighs
Vikram Johri09.28.07
Vikram Johri reviews two new novel from old masters, Denis Johnson’s oddly epic Vietnam novel Tree of Smoke and Richard Russo’s memoir of childhood, Bridge of Sighs.
