Hardcore Shamanism Pt 3: No Blood From This Turnip
Dodie Bellamy02.27.07
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. 3 of 3). If you haven’t already, start here with pt 1.
Oscar Agonistes: The 2007 Academy Awards Take 2
Benjamin Strong02.26.07
Scorsese scored one finally, but give some props to the departed, the deceased (not the film) that is, like Robert Altman, Ben Strong says about this year’s politically tame Oscar ceremony. Also be sure to check out Kevin Killian’s Oscar coverage.
Oscar Goes Green: The 2007 Academy Awards
Kevin Killian02.26.07
With no real horse races this year at the Academy Awards, Killian finds quite a bit to be grumpy about. Also be sure to check out Benjamin Strong’s Oscar coverage.
The Jewish Question: Breeders, Part 2
Robyn Weisman02.26.07
It took a while, but Robyn Weisman returns with her second piece on horse breeding; this time relating the Jewish-ness of a certain strain of Straight Egyptian horses to her own ancestry. The fact that over a century ago, Arab nomads who bred stallions reviled a palomino type as "the yellow of the Jew" speaks to a culture to which history has not always been so kind. Weisman puts it in perspective, and gets in a few political jabs to boot.
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).
That Odd-looking Object of Desire
Jon Frosch11.04.06
Jon Frosch totally has a thing for Charlotte Gainsbourg, who stars in Michel Gondry’s newest film, The Science of Sleep, which may win the award for cutest movie of the year. There’s something about her that you can’t put your finger on… Jon Frosch happily takes the case.
Concerning the Work of Dark Red Paw
Ed Park10.28.06
In what is arguably Orson Welles’ best movie, F For Fake, the director (with sly chagrin beaming from glassy eyes) serenely references a line from Kipling: "It’s pretty, but is it art?" Later in the film, he updates this question with more modern, art market apropos flair: "It’s pretty, but is it…Rare?" Ed Park’s hero from this excerpt of his manuscript The Dizzies is forced to ask himself: Is it pretty, did I break it, and how much are we talking about here? Fanzine is proud to have this preview from Park, a founding editor at The Believer and a caustically funny, formidable storyteller in his own right. Enjoy now, and remember later, you read it at Fanzine first.
accompanying illustrations by the author
Bill O’Reilly’s Great Fast Forward
Michael Louie10.17.06
I feel one attempt at my own preemption is validated in the face of all the bad news in the world about North Korea testing nuclear bombs and an impotent U.N. standing by with sanctions they cannot hope to enforce. Speaking of preemption, with mid-term elections three weeks away, Republicans are already refining various conspiracy theories in the event they lose the House and Senate. Bill O’Reilly says it’s North Korea’s fault. -MKL
“In the Blink of an All Seeing Eye”
Ben Bush10.16.06
Ben Bush delivers to us this tale about superfamous filmmaker Vic Graburn (in words and illustrations by Bush himself).
