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Just How Heroic Is Star Trek's "I Don't Like to Lose" James T. Kirk?

By Matt Melia

Captain James Tiberius Kirk sets the benchmark by which we can measure the decline of the “hero” into anti-heroism. 7 Oct 2016 // 2:30 AM

The Absolution of Paul Theroux's 'Saint Jack' in a World Lacking Irony

By William Gibson

The narrative of Paul Theroux's (and later Peter Bogdanovich's) Saint Jack offers a palliative to the high-priced hedonism taking place in an American-owned compound in Singapore. 7 Oct 2016 // 2:00 AM

Part Journal, Part Art Exhibit: An Interview with Hiss Golden Messenger

By Mike Pursley

"I had just quit my job and I think I was having a bit of an existential crisis because all of a sudden I had gotten what I had been hoping for, which is to be able to devote my days and waking hours, creative hours, to making music, to making art." 7 Oct 2016 // 2:00 AM

Why Isn't American TV Comedy Funny?

By Doug Mann

It's as if Americans are afraid to find anything funny about their reality. 6 Oct 2016 // 8:15 AM

Jon Brion's Meaningless: An Appreciation

By Dylan J. Montanari

Jon Brion is well known as a successful composer of film scores, but his 2001 self-released album, Meaningless, a lost power-pop classic, should be better known. 6 Oct 2016 // 8:00 AM

Just How Heroic Is Star Trek's "I Don't Like to Lose" James T. Kirk?

By Matt Melia

Captain James Tiberius Kirk sets the benchmark by which we can measure the decline of the “hero” into anti-heroism. 7 Oct 2016 // 2:30 AM

The Absolution of Paul Theroux's 'Saint Jack' in a World Lacking Irony

By William Gibson

Part Journal, Part Art Exhibit: An Interview with Hiss Golden Messenger

By Mike Pursley

Why Isn't American TV Comedy Funny?

By Doug Mann

It's as if Americans are afraid to find anything funny about their reality. 6 Oct 2016 // 8:15 AM

Jon Brion's Meaningless: An Appreciation

By Dylan J. Montanari

Jon Brion is well known as a successful composer of film scores, but his 2001 self-released album, Meaningless, a lost power-pop classic, should be better known. 6 Oct 2016 // 8:00 AM

//MUSIC

Bon Iver

22, A Million

Bon Iver

22, A Million

With a bold, experimental vision, Justin Vernon and company lose some of the nostalgia and start looking forward.

Shovels and Rope

Little Seeds

Mournful, soulful, raw, and alive, their latest is the strongest set yet from the duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent.

Mike & Rich

Expert Knob Twiddlers

The classic pairing of µ-Ziq and Aphex Twin, aka Mike Paradinas and Richard James, back in print for the first time in years, points the way to an imagined musical future that never was.

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//BOOKS

The Absolution of Paul Theroux's 'Saint Jack' in a World Lacking Irony

The narrative of Paul Theroux's (and later Peter Bogdanovich's) Saint Jack offers a palliative to the high-priced hedonism taking place in an American-owned compound in Singapore.

Ambition, Folksy Charm, and an Alligator: 'Carrying Albert Home'

Homer Hickman's story offers a light-hearted, ultimately feel good series of stories that are more often than not as amusing as they are poignant.

'The Mandibles' Presents an America Under Economic Siege

If you aren't terrified, you aren't paying attention.

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//TV

Just How Heroic Is Star Trek's "I Don't Like to Lose" James T. Kirk?

Captain James Tiberius Kirk sets the benchmark by which we can measure the decline of the “hero” into anti-heroism.

Why Isn't American TV Comedy Funny?

It's as if Americans are afraid to find anything funny about their reality.

'Westworld' Ponders the Lives of NPCs

Westworld seems less interested in examining traditional protagonists than interrogating the behaviors and abuses of a fictional world's props, its non-player characters.

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//FILM

The Absolution of Paul Theroux's 'Saint Jack' in a World Lacking Irony

"The narrative of Paul Theroux's (and later Peter Bogdanovich's) Saint Jack offers a palliative to the high-priced hedonism taking place in an American-owned compound in Singapore."

READ the article

'American Honey' Is Beautifully Bittersweet

Arnold weaves an intricate, expansive teenage odyssey through middle-America's forsaken corners and cul-de-sacs.

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//CULTURE

The Absolution of Paul Theroux's 'Saint Jack' in a World Lacking Irony

The narrative of Paul Theroux's (and later Peter Bogdanovich's) Saint Jack offers a palliative to the high-priced hedonism taking place in an American-owned compound in Singapore.

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