‘I am not a number. I am a free man!’ The Prisoner and the Illusion of Freedom
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to…
Category: Talk
Interview: Pete Seeger – When Will They Ever Learn?
“Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.”—Pete Seeger Before the Byrds or…
Ringo Starr: Fifty Years Later and the Birth of the Beatles
“You’re the greatest drummer in the world. Really.”—Paul McCartney, the day after the band’s infamous rooftop concert at Apple Studios…
A Fragrant Interview with Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder
When I called Anand Wilder, the lead guitarist and designated press mouthpiece for Yeasayer, he didn’t pick up, Three times.…
Beyond the Two-State Solution
Fast forward to 2048. The world is greatly changed, and in this year China invades France, occupying Paris and a…
David Fincher’s career long response to Alien 3
In the wake of Prometheus, the Alien franchise has once again come into the spotlight. Opinions on the four film…
Violence Begets Violence: Making Sense of the Dark Knight Massacre
“In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain.” ― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams…
Interview: Kristina Marie Darling Shares her Thoughts On Poetry, Surrealism and Film
Few poets venture as beautifully in the stillness of nocturnal spaces as Kristina Marie Darling. Darling’s first full-length book Night…
Abstraction and Pop Music: An Interview with Tanlines
Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm sat relaxed in leather couch in the back of DC9 as they waited for showtime…
When the World Stopped to Listen by John W. Whitehead
“I declare that the Beatles are mutants, prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to…