Textual Cultures, Material Cultures

It seems Old Fogeyism and the generational issues associated with it are around us everywhere these days.  The 50 th anniversary of the Bea...

Burn down the disco, hang the blessed DJ Because the music that they constantly play It says nothing to me about my ...

An article in the Guardian featuring before and after pictures of Syrian monuments damaged by years of conflict has been making t...

In a suspense story such as a murder mystery, the storyteller has choices – a limited set of choices, to be sure, but ...

Nothing New Under the Big Black Sun or, Attack of the Midget Submarines "There are people who still believe in the spirit o...

Back in 2003 I wrote a couple of music essays and submitted them to two music webzines: In Love With These Times, In Spite of These...

Over the past several weeks I have kept coming back to an episode of The Voice (which I was not watching by choice) ...