I currently live outside the U.S. in a place commonly described as “less developed.” When I moved here, the first differences to become apparent were the cultural ones. They don’t have any theatrical stuff aside from a movie theater. There are not drug stores and gas stations on every corner (actually, there are few street [...]
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Wagner’s Influence on Comics, Superheroes and ‘Indust-Reality’
On May 28, WBUR’s program “Here and Now” aired a segment about Wagner’s opera “The Ring” and its influence on comic books. (I’d embed it here, but they don’t let you download the MP3. You can listen at the link. Just scroll down the page when you get there.) Apparently many characters from graphic novels [...]
Back to Business
It’s been a long, strange month since I last posted here, and now I have 37 drafts to catch up with. If you haven’t heard, I’m now a resident of the Republic of Saint Kitts and Nevis, located in the Eastern Caribbean. My girlfriend is attending vet school at Ross University, which means we’ll likely [...]
Annotations in Apple Preview
With all the fuss over the development of e-readers, I’ve been thinking about how Supraterranean content and my own writing might be read in the future. Apple has almost self-terminated with their overblown product announcements that seem to happen four times per year. Last decade my weariness over the iPod — which at first seemed [...]
The Human Mystique
I have a feeling that when I’m older and reflecting on my experience as a young man, there will be a vital point in the story when I exclaim, “And then I found The Feminine Mystique!” It’s bewildering to consider that the work — which launched the modern feminist movement almost 20 years before I [...]
The Co-opting of Youth Culture
Yesterday I took my little sister to the mall to pick up a DVD and look for anything related to Alice in Wonderland. She’s really, really excited about the upcoming remake — and it makes me sad to think that this younger generation won’t be as critical of these so-called “films,” these CGI landfills. But [...]
