Recently a visitor named Steve posted a huge comment on Pump Up The Truth, my essay about the film Pump Up The Volume. I recommend that you read his entire post. He summarized his thoughts in a list of questions: Q: You have an idealistic site, aimed at showcasing the output of creative people. Do [...]
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2008 Election Endorsement: Abstinence
Since this is sort of a publication, and many other publications — like newspapers, for example — offer election endorsements, I thought I would do the same. Hence, the official Supraterranean.com endorsement for the United States election in 2008 is…..(drum roll)…..total abstinence. I know what you’re thinking. “Abstain from voting?! But that would mean surrendering [...]
Halloween Movie Marathon
Tired of your Jason and Freddie Kruger tapes? Trying to fight commercial pressure to see Saw V? Well I have just the thing for you! This is a Supraterranean-approved Halloween Movie Marathon. I’m extremely picky about my October movies, but I’m practically obsessed with my favorites. Plus I’ve been trying to branch into film discussions, [...]
The Cunning of Desire
Aside from The Outsider and Tropic of Cancer, the other life-changing book I read this year (yes, it’s been a big year of reading discoveries) was Life Against Death by Norman O. Brown. I actually heard about it last fall, when I bought a large book on Stanley Kubrick as a Christmas present for my [...]
I’m Thoreau-ly Bored
I started reading Walden when I moved to northern Michigan in May, hoping that it would enrich my experience spending the summer a little further away from civilization. I was sold on the first line of the back cover description: “The quintessential back-to-nature book…” I had been hearing about this guy since AP History in [...]
