Fuck Authenticity: The Sordid Life And Subtle Gestures of the Sex Pistols
At the age of fourteen, to the chagrin of my parents, I dyed my already bleach-blonde hair bright green. I…
Category: Talk
Fear in America: The Militarization of Domestic Government Agencies
Turn on the TV or flip open the newspaper on any given day, and you will find yourself accosted by…
Stop the City: Identity, Protest, and the Punks Who Occupied London’s Financial District in 1983
In the wake of 1982’s notoriously specious Falklands War, in the ominous shadow of a nuclear stalemate, against the backdrop…
A Tiny Pebble Hitting a Huge Pond – An Interview with Bruce Fein
It's very difficult to have a bad conversation with Bruce Fein. In his answers to my questions about deeply troubling…
Guantanamo Bay: The Model for an American Police State?
For most Americans, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay—once the topic of heated political debate by presidential hopeful Barack Obama…
Whose Hands are We In? Banksy’s Anonymous Success
“Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” – Banksy Over the years,…
Smile, the Government Is Watching: Next Generation Identification
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and,…
The Biters are The Best Rock Band in America
The Biters are a four-piece band hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. They unabashedly play a trashed-out, almost anachronistic combination of power-pop…
Fiction Has Become Our Reality: Minority Report and the Surveillance State
“The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future,…
Interview: The Sound and the Movie – Faulkner and Hollywood
In 1931, William Faulkner found himself face to face with actress Tallulah Bankhead at a New York party. “Why don’t…