The idea for Pop Cultural Studies comes from people I have talked to in my studies of literature – some people maintain the notion that there is a contrast of high culture and low culture. Some professors I have encountered scoff at the idea that
Welcome to So It Goes by Stephen Thomas Erlewine. I’ve written countless record reviews and artist biographies for TiVo, which can easily be seen at allmusic.com and are...
Matt Stoller is a Fellow at the Open Markets Institute and the author the forthcoming Simon and Schuster book Goliath: The Hundred-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.Previously, I was a Senior Policy Advisor and Budget Analyst…
I’ve been told this newsletter has been making people cry at their desks at work since 2015, so maybe you want to cry in front your coworkers. Maybe you want to read someone talking about death and failure and weird sex and small joys an…
What is a good life? A good life is a comprehensive endeavor. It’s the slow business of understanding the systems we live in and how they affect us. It’s learning about ourselves, our parents, and our children. It’s welcoming change and...
Hi I’m Devon Welsh,
I used to release music as part of Majical Cloudz and now I release music under my own name. A friend suggested I should start a newsletter for fans of my music, and I thought it wasn’t a bad idea, so I’m doing it...
I have toyed with the idea writing for years, and I have finally found my particular niche. My primary goal was, and still remains, to write a story that I would like to read. I am humbled and delighted that ya'll (yes I AM Southern) wil…
On a given night, you’ll find me teaching a beginning meditation class at the Zen temple where I live, fighting Kendo, serving tea, doing ceramics or with my face illuminated by a computer screen...
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