Where do you start when you hear everything at once?
This got me thinking of two things I learned from Allen Ginsberg, whom I briefly met 15 years ago after he read and sang to a large group at my alma mater: (1) William Blake’s poems are meant to be sung. Ginsberg performed some of Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and Experience” with a slightly slobbery [...]
I’ve never been to Iowa. A couple of Bunnyblinks readers live there, and a few of my Madison friends are Hawkeyes (although they’re the sort of Hawkeyes who don’t generally identify with team mascots). That said, I realize that my never having been to Iowa might not be a big deal to many of you. [...]
Some of my local friends might remember their frustration with me during the build-up to the Iraq war. I was never in favor of the invasion, but living in The People’s Republic brought out the antagonist in me. I couldn’t be bothered to mask my relief when Saddam Hussein was chased from power. Two years [...]
I was already more than a little excited when a late-night email from WayneAndWax turned into an excuse to listen more actively to this song: Ne-Yo’s “Miss Independent” seemed to discretely make the case that it was engaged in some important cultural work. My initial impressions of the video for this song by a relative [...]
If the internet is a race, I should’ve posted this a few days ago. Maybe that only matters if you’re blogging for money. I’m not, which is why I didn’t post this a few days ago when, well, I was working for money. But yeah, there was this interview. I realize most of you weren’t [...]
I’m obviously by no means the first to criticize modern news media. Moreover, when I do get my feathers ruffled by it, it’s not because of corporate ownership and the like, which many of my friends are much quicker to criticize. I don’t mind editorializing; in fact, I love it. What I do mind is [...]
He worked at Four Star Video Heaven before I lived in Madison. Searching through a random page of the store’s “Documentary” Section might give you an idea of how Dan Savage likely fit right in. My roommate tells me he’s an excellent and fun cab passenger, and many of us in Madtown are proud to [...]
It was March 2004. Spain dealt with the Madrid bombings by electing a government that would meet the Spanish public’s new taste for vegetarian restaurants, and raise it with a vote for marriage equality. In Wisconsin, meanwhile, we were throwing displeased glances from the gallery onto the State Senate floor, while they were passing the [...]
Tangents for the Chasing
