cut it out, internet. everyday there’s some kind of new technology hoopla vying for my attention with the sordid insidiousness of a tabloid magazine at the checkout counter. and i don’t even buy that shit, but for some reason i can never resist trying to get the latest download on what’s going on in brad [...]
first, you need to watch the trailer for sony pictures’ across the universe: here. if you cannot be trusted to come back here afterwards, however, you can just watch the shittier-quality youtube version: ok then. now that you have been adequately briefed, we can begin. i first saw the trailer for across the universe on [...]
The goal of all human activity can’t be reduced to the leaving of descendants. Once human culture was firmly in place it acquired new goals. – Jared Diamond, The Third Chimpanzee right as i was in the process of rereading the third chimpanzee (i had to read it in college for sociobiology, and recently realized [...]
marshall herskovitz & edward zick + the quarterlife crisis + the rise of the creative class + myspace = marshall herskovitz and edward zwick aren’t simply geniuses, they are CONSISTENTLY the only ones creating television programming that reflects the real struggles of an entire generation. thirtysomething was before my time, (though i do know it [...]
Social media maven."
- Wired
Knows a lot about how young people form tribes." - WBEZ, Chicago
- io9
Keenly observant."
- The Wrap
A deft mix of memoir and cultural mapping."
- Coilhouse
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