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the tastemaker’s broadcast #1

August 18th, 2009 · No Comments

the five coolest things from last week
this is rundown of the coolest things i came across last week. it includes a remix, a video game, two trailers, and an essay. i am going to try to do this more often, as it will give me a larger outlet for the fun stuff i discover [...]

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Tags: Culture · Internet · film · games · music · remix · tastemakers · techno

better than sex, the new bond breaks apart and reimagines the action movie

November 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

the american action movie is founded on the idea of catharsis through violence. which is why critics and intellectuals generally object to it. because it espouses a sort of primitivism in the name of healing, and engages in profound acts of brutality in the pursuit of some sort of harmony.
the american action movie confronts an [...]

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Tags: Culture · film · politics · semiotics

sphere, my favorite underrated 90’s sci fi thriller

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

before i crash for the evening, a quick note on sphere, the best bad sci fi thriller of the 1990’s. it was just on “chiller” (what kind of a name is that for a tv network?), and I finally got a chance to see the whole thing.
for the first time since around 1999.
i frickin’ love [...]

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Tags: film