So here’s the right link to my post on the movie. I actually think the movie adds stuff to our “narrative” about the South—both good and bad—that even Walker Percy misses. And on Ryan: I’m more impressed by the case against him Pete lays out than the case for . . . . Continue Reading »
Talk of Paul Ryan maybe running for President seems to be all over Fox News today. Here are my thoughts: Con: 1. Ryan’s original Roadmap proposal has huge political problems on the taxation side. He seems to have proposed a middle-class tax increase with sharp tax cuts for . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . the rock and roll apparatus affectively organizes the everyday life of its fans by differentially cathecting the various fragments it “excorporates” along these three axes. . . . It involves vectors (quantities having both magnitude and direction) that are removed from the hegemonic . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s more authentically SOUTHERN than most movies about the South during the Civil Rights era. So it has lot more real to. say about race, class, and gender . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, first, I want to praise Carl’s doing so well in making so much out of THE RAMONES. He’s not yet ready for the cover of THE ROLLING STONE, but he has been linked by the magazine’s website, apparently. I saw the Ramones live in Baltimore in 1978. I enjoyed the crowd. But they . . . . Continue Reading »
In previous Songbook posts, I’ve posed rock and roll against rock, and against hard rock in particular. So what about the punk rejection of 70s dinosaur rock? Wasn’t that a return to rock and roll fervor and simplicity? Why have I suggested that punk belongs to Rock more than it does to . . . . Continue Reading »
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 »
HERE . I think I disagree with Pete below in calling Michele the Tiger Woods of demagoguery, because (unlike Peron or Willy Stark) she actually believes what she’s saying. That would mean, of course, that she would be incapable of making an semi-authentic move to the center in the general . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m charitable enough to admire her principles—not to mention her skillful domination of the debate. But there is the quesiton of prudence . . . . . Continue Reading »
Ah, Tim Pawlenty. He was a governor who, facing divided government and a Democratic-leaning electorate, managed to produce a more or less sustainable budget (overwhelmingly through spending cuts) while maintaining core government services. That sounds like pretty good preparation for . . . . Continue Reading »
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