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The Bigger Picture: The Animal, the Internet, and “Darkon”
I’ve often written in this column about the state of film criticism and the Internet. It might seem strange that I, an online film columnist, feel I have the authority to judge something I
Read More »Bootleg City: David Bowie in Baton Rouge, April ’78 (Pt. 2)
Late last summer a DVD of August, which features David Bowie in a cameo, showed up at the office where I used to work. If you haven’t heard of this movie, you’re not alone:
Read More »No Concessions: Fallen Stars
I got word that Natasha Richardson had died Wednesday evening. But the Internet had killed her off Tuesday afternoon. And that bothers me. Word came via an erroneous report on the Time Out New
Read More »Letter from the Editor: Tuning Out the Static
I miss buying an album and lying on the floor for three days and going over it with a magnifying glass. I still go to the record store and spend hours there and buy
Read More »Unsolicited Career Advice for… Tupac Shakur
Hip-hop music is not typically Uncle Donnie’s thing, nor is hip-hop slang, nor hip-hop fashion. Basically, Uncle Donnie doesn’t understand hip-hop, though he does try. Apparently, he doesn’t read much about it, either, because
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