Art in the Dark
Alan Gilbert06.21.06
Alan Gilbert launches an appeal to the Whitney Biennial curators, lamenting the overlooked Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld for his prodigious obfuscating oratory. Critique, critique, critic. Gilbert reminisces on the 2006 Whitney Biennial. Cheers.
Titles a la Francaise
Jon Frosch06.20.06
Jon Frosch is a new writer for Fanzine and he explains France’s insidious plot to stereotype the children of America by retitling French releases of Hollywood films according to their whims. It might be lost in translation or maybe we were justified in the whole Freedom Fries affair. Either way, something is going on…
The World According to Mark
Casey McKinney06.19.06
Incorporating ’80s pop anthems like Stacey Q’s "Two of Hearts" into his work, Mark Ther brought his sometimes-absurdist and glacially paced short videos to the NYC Underground Film Festival in March. Travis Jeppesen brings us the man.
Hangmen of the Age of Electricity
Michael Louie05.31.06
With lethal injection encountering increasingly difficult legal hurdles, Michael Louie takes a step back to the days of death by electricity and examines the ways we have kept the executioner’s face hidden from past to present.
REVIEW: Philip Roth’s – Everyman
Sam Sacks05.23.06
As somewhat jaded, detached fans of Woody Allen’s personal life, Humbert Humbert, Gustave Von Aschenbach, etc… Fanzine doesn’t always wholly endorse its writers’ opinions as moral tautologies, yet we appreciate Sacks for beautifully nailing Philip Roth on a particular annoying tendency in American literature, the clichéd sexual braggadocio of the solopsistic veteran author.
Interview with William T. Vollmann
Ben Bush05.18.06
Stargazing? Actually that’s somewhat misleading in the title. Copernicus, one of Vollmann’s recent subjects, had to rely more on the careful study of the work of his compatriots and predecessors, than on actual stargazing. Vollmann takes Copernicus to heart, especially in terms of dutiful research. Why does America have George W. Bush for another terrible term? Not enough reading Vollmann says.
Breeders, Part 1: Semen Collection Deep in the Heart of Dubya
Robyn Weisman04.19.06
Ah, horse breeding in Crawford, Texas…What’s with those Shetland Pony penises? Do Republicans really jack off horses? Not all Arabian horse breeders are as bad as "hell-uv-a-job" Michael "Brownie" Brown. Robyn Weisman explains why.
REVIEW: In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders
Sam Sacks04.17.06
Sacks argues that Saunders, the author of the great CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Pastoralia, might be treading water with the political satire on this one, a collection that is saved by a good old fashioned love story.
I Think You’re Great: OVERUNDERSIDEWAYSDOWN
Kevin Killian04.17.06
Kevin Killian’s essay for the San Francisco group show at Queen’s Nails Annex that includes work by David Hatcher, Mitzi Pederson and Wayne Smith…. Fruit Stripes, Blotter Paper, Doorskin, Surfing and Johnny Carson.
10 Places Gone From Old New York
Lorenzo de Los Angeles04.16.06
As New York rapidly changes, artists Lorenzo de Los Angeles and Adam Putnam lament the passing of a few of their favorite places. Text by Los Angeles, photos by Putnam.
