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April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 - Uncategorized

From the Barbaric Heart: Sufjan Stevens’ Vengeful Play

I was listening to Sufjan Stevens’ song “I Walked” on his new album The Age of Adz when it occurred…

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March 6, 2010March 6, 2010 - Uncategorized

The Dominant, ctd.

Update: If a blog post can ever be said to be in honor of anyone, then consider this one in…

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March 6, 2010March 6, 2010 - Uncategorized

The Dominant and the Longue Durée

It’s a very familiar story: Romanticism began in 1798 and ended in 1900, when it was replaced by Modernism. …Although…

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February 11, 2010June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized

Notes on Twee, part 2: The Crash Test Dummies (Those Avant-Garde Harbingers of Mainstream Superheroes, School Plays, and the Willful Embrace of Nostalgia)

In my last post in this series, I embedded and linked to every single music video I know that uses…

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