The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
I haven’t linked to any items so far about the Social Security “crisis.” This is because I didn’t feel that I knew enough about the issue, and most of the entries on the blogs I read that have been covering it frankly make my eyes glaze over.
Joshua Micah Marshal in particular has been all over it, and today he finally cracked through my thick skull.
Enjoy.
Joe Jackson brought his Two Rounds of Racket tour to the Lincoln Theatre in Washington D.C. on Monday. Bob Pomeroy was in the area and caught the show.
A Beach of Nightly Glory (Metropolitan Groove Merchants). Review by Rose Petralia.
With only a week to go before powerful new feature Louis Riel or Heaven Touches The Earth premieres in the Main Slate at UNAM International Film Festival, Lily and Generoso sat down for an in-depth conversation with the film’s director, Matías Meyer.
Carl F. Gauze reviews the fascinating Mostly True: The West’s Most Popular Hobo Graffiti Magazine, a chronicle of forgotten outsider subculture.
The Winter Park Playhouse explores the life of George M. Cohan and his landmark contributions to the American Songbook.
Anthony Mann’s gorgeous monochrome western, The Tin Star, may have been shot in black and white, but its themes are never that easily defined.
Charles DJ Deppner finds Flipside to be a vital treatise on mortality, creativity, and purpose, disguised as a quirky documentary about a struggling record store.