Tag: culture
member name: yorgo d.
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June 29, 2008 03:14 PM EDT --
Tiny Toon Adventures appeared when I was in elementary school, then in middle school came the Animaniacs and Pinky and The Brain. Finally in Highschool the last blow to my chances at a normal life came . . . more
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September 11, 2007 11:45 AM EDT --
This is a piece I wrote and posted last year on the 13th of September, but thought it worth sharing again this year on the 11th.
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January 02, 2008 12:43 AM EST --
Forrest Gump operates like a baby boomer, 'best of' clip show, taking us through turbulent times and trying to convince us of some of the lessons it thinks we should've learned by now.
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September 13, 2006 05:38 PM EDT --
What were you doing on September 11th? Watching TV perhaps? Or if you're like me you surveyed a sea of screens turned toward the public view. Wherever you went; stores, homes, church, . . . more
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May 12, 2007 07:03 PM EDT --
Leonard Cohen is perhaps one of the most accomplished songwriters of his generation. He is certainly one of the most neglected.
What follows are the lyrics to his 1988 song, First We Take Manhattan. . . . more
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May 30, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
What do you suppose it says about you, as a member of society, when you start unconciously purchasing the muzak from starbucks?
Starbucks is known for being leading edge, but not quite edgy, with . . . more
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July 21, 2008 12:28 AM EDT --
It's not hard to see that the late Heath Ledger's performance in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight , is something unique. A great big ball of contradictions, it represents respective . . . more
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January 19, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
Forrest Gump opperates kind of like a baby boomer, 'best of' clip show, taking us through turbulent times and trying to convince us of some of the lessons it thinks we should've learned . . . more
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January 04, 2006 10:35 PM EST --
Creativity
I would like to suggest that the self, a topic, or method of creation, are not productive focuses for creative pursuit.
All of existence moves . . . more
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February 13, 2006 12:12 PM EST --
How exceedingly adequate this film is! How obviously OK and distinctly un-excellent is all the flash, frippery and fire arms. Shakespeare as burlesque, how could it have come up so plain? Especially . . . more
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January 18, 2006 05:00 PM EST --
I think it was Aristotle (and others) who believed that humans see by emiting visionable rays from their eyes, as apposed to collecting external information and processing it internally. . . . more
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January 23, 2006 06:07 AM EST --
Has anyone been watching the Boondocks lately?
For those who don't know it is an adult oriented cartoon series on cartoon network's adult swim lineup. It is based on chracters from a popular syndicated . . . more
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February 05, 2006 01:41 AM EST --
Awhile back I commented on an article by Suarosanne Rose about favorite songs. off the top of my head I listed:
Preaching the End of the World, by Chris Cornell . . . more
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January 15, 2006 03:28 AM EST --
There is a very well established principal at work in both good and bad suspense films. I call it the "All's suspicious that begins well." principal. Not particularly . . . more
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December 29, 2005 02:18 PM EST --
It may well be past time for Hollywood films to stop pretending that they can manage between ninety and a hundred and twenty minutes of narrative baggage. Imagine a car chase movie, . . . more
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January 17, 2006 09:52 PM EST --
I can't guarantee that in ten, fifteen, twenty years, System of A Down wont look incredibly silly. Their off kilter tempo changes, self righteous politicizing and scatalogical free-associative lyrics . . . more
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