Three weeks ago we devoted Saturday Video Roundup to “Chicks That Rock.” Then we did an edition on some of the top male artists of 2007. My wife wanted to know why […]
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Verse Day: an ode to banality and the poetry of consensus
We live in an unfortunate age artistically. There is more freedom than ever, more tools for creation, more outlets to publish and display, but we have largely used this freedom to fetishize […]
The Daily Brushback: excuse me, Sen. Clinton?
Today we introduce a new feature at S&R. In The Daily Brushback we’ll pose a question to a person famous or infamous that we wish someone in the mainstream media actually had […]
The Net Neutrality debate gets fugly
I’m not 100% sure whether this is an argument for Net neutrality or against it, but it has to be seen. I have to go scrub my eyeballs with Clorox now. Thanks […]
The banshee screams for loon meat: Warren Jeffs heads to the bighouse
The gig is up for Warren Jeffs. ST. GEORGE, Utah (Reuters) – U.S. polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed “prophet” of a sect of breakaway Mormons, was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 […]
There is no opposition party in Washington
In describing the Democratic response to Bush’s sabre-rattling toward Iran, Power of Narrative’s Arthur Silber summed things up neatly: They don’t object because — they don’t object. The only thing wrong with […]
Saturday Video Roundup: 'tis the (shopping) season
Welcome to another edition of Saturday Video Roundup. This week we take a look a holiday gift ideas. Specifically, bad holiday gift ideas. Let’s start with by reviewing the #1 item on […]
Real heroes refuse to shut up and sing
A few weeks ago I watched The US vs. John Lennon, a documentary chronicling the extraordinary lengths the American government went to in order to silence an artist who had the audacity […]
Saturday Video Roundup: All the young dudes of 2007
Last week on SVR we looked at some of 2007’s top female artists, so this week it seemed appropriate to offer props to some of the guys responsible for outstanding CDs this […]
