Carl’s Rock Songbook #50: When the Future’s Over, Turn out the Lights

by Carl Scott

Does anyone not know the story of Icarus? . . . let us imagine that young Icarus manages to actually live through this ordeal: he falls back into the labyrinth . . . bruised but still alive. . . . He has to go back to normal life after having thought himself capable of attaining the sun . . . Today . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Jun 2012

Saturday Literary Links

by Carl Scott

Since I’m going to be posting on the Ramones and “Wooly Bully” soon enough, here’s a gesture towards my intellectual sophistication—two interesting literary links, one on V.S. Naipaul’s reputation, and another on J.G. Ballard “predicting” the British . . . . Continue Reading »

13 Aug 2011