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...Spooky” persona will appear in Miller’s to-be-released novel Flow My Blood the DJ Said, a takeoff of the classic Philip K. Dick novel Flow My Blood the Policeman Said, which examines the links between semiotics and the DJ culture. The name “Spooky” refers to the eerie interplay between the absence and presence of sound, whereas his “That Subliminal Kid” epithet refers to a character from William S. Burroughs’ Nova Express...
...remix will be the 21st century equivalent of what Walter Benjamin referred to in his classic essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”—but with a twist—it’s all all about digital copies, so the cultural operating system is whatever you feel like downloading. The rest is like Amiri Baraka said so long ago—all about the “changing same.” The Beats of the 20th century—William S. Burroughs “cut-up?...
...Bride and Prejudice, Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) proves her directorial versatility by offering up a classic tale from Western culture, but tinting it with a distinctly Eastern lens. As the title suggests, the movie is an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice, but instead of taking place in 18th century England, the camera takes us through modern-day India, London, and Los Angeles...
Admittedly, 50 is not the most gifted lyricist in the game. His imperfections are evident when he raps opposite Eminem on “GATman and Robbin,” a thug interpretation of the classic Batman television show theme. But no one can deny that 50 is one of the most exciting hip hop personalities. The reckless bravado that he displays on The Massacre is both comical and troubling. Although he has said in interviews that he is not afraid of death, he shows little respect for his life on songs like “Piggy Bank?...
...felt a certain kind of release when these very powerful and intense things happened. It was like Thucydides looking at the decline of Athens. I had had these expectations. I didn't believe the professors who said they stood for freedom of speech. I thought their faith in the classic curriculum had lost its vitality. It wasn't right wing vs. left wing. It was clearly right vs. wrong in the protection of free speech...