Gang Gang Dance’s Eye Contact Hypnotizes
New York’s experimental sonic collective continues to make challenging and rewarding music on Eye Contact.
Articles by Morphizm
Superman Defies America, God In 900th Issue
The genius of Superman is that he belongs to everyone, for the dual purposes of peace and protection. He’s above ephemeral geopolitics and nationalist concerns, a universal agent unlike any other found in pop culture.
Moby Makes Sense of Destroyed Media
Moby has been making music across media and genre for over three decades now. Which means he’s watched genres bleed into each other, technology kill the music industry as we […]
Must-Hear SXSW, From Yoko Ono to Ringo Deathstarr and Beyond
South By Southwest Festival stuffs a killer load of coders, filmmakers, musicians and more into the otherwise lame state of Texas.
Most Ambitious Man Of Steel Movie? All-Star Superman
All-Star Superman is an absolutely refreshing break from that capitulation. Here’s hoping Hollywood is watching, and learning.
Sym-Bionic Titan Merges Rene Descartes, I Am Legend
The situation is made worse by the bot’s relationship with the hottest human cheerleader in school, and by his realization that he can analyze Jackson Pollock‘s splatter art in multiple dimensions but still can’t penetrate its meaning.
Anonymous Clowns Cybersecurity Loudmouths. So Who’s Next?
I’ve been following the sometimes merry digital pranksters of Anonymous for awhile now. But I was stoked when my AlterNet editor Jan Frel asked me to break down their genius […]
Brad Bird Leaves Animation (at Gunpoint)
Is Ratatouille director Brad Bird leaving feature animation? Not if Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg take their guns out of his face.
Grant Morrison’s Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Is a Masterful Time-Wipe
No one mashes science, philosophy and superheroes as well as Grant Morrison. And his years-long run on Batman, the most iconic human superhero of all time, is an object lesson […]
Extra! Iconic American Superheroes Subjected to British Invasion!
Holy multinational vertigo, Batman! With the announcement of Tudors thespian Henry Cavill as cinema’s newest Superman, the British invasion of American superhero turf has reached a Kryptonite pitch.
The Go! Team Bestows Rolling Blackouts, Bids Adieu
For the last decade, the UK pop-hop collective has brilliantly (re)defined postmodern music. Too bad they might call it quits after releasing their kickass new album Rolling Blackouts. I talked […]
How to Make a Wonder Woman Television Show That Works
Wonder Woman is the ultimate female warrior. Please don’t give her a stupid desk job and lame friends. After decades off the air, Wonder Woman is reportedly heading back to […]
All Hail Our Robot Overlords! Sci-Fi’s Best Bots
Czech playwright Karel Capek popularized the term robot in the 1921 play R.U.R., spawning a deluge of artificial life forms in popular culture.
Australian Spacewalkers All India Radio Hypnotize On The Silent Surf
For Wired, I try to write about bands few have probably heard of before, but also have a gift for head-trip sonics. All India Radio fits both descriptions, so I […]
Star Wars Director Dave Filoni Chronicles Life During Clone Wartime
One of pop culture’s most accessible entry points for understanding a War on Terror is a cartoon from George Lucas.
Peak Oil and Climate Change Suck. High-Speed Rail Can Help.
I recently revisited the War on Terra for AlterNet. This time, in a double-barreled breakdown of the national high-speed rail network gaining ground in America, which is still lamely to […]
Newest, Youngest Doctor Who Matt Smith Metamorphs Into Comics
I’m an old-school Doctor Who fan, who’s always loved its subversive sci-fi on television and in comics. The latest Time Lord is Matt Smith, who’s a hoot, who’s finally getting […]
Plastic Planet Pollutes Our Minds With Truth
It floated atop a garbage patch of discarded water bottles.
Smartass Artist Sucklord’s Asshole Exhibit Debases Star Wars, Fine Art
Writing about culture for Wired means having to write about anything related to Star Wars. But I like to freak that stream a bit and look for those who are […]
Sucker Punch Artist Alex Pardee Probes Nightmares in Vertigo
I’ve been covering a lot of art lately, given that film is lately a wasteland and television hasn’t really started back up again after the holidays. But artist Alex Pardee […]
Merlin’s Magical Sci-Fantasy Catches Fire
One of my guilty television pleasures is the BBC’s reboot Merlin, which mashes Arthurian legend through the teen soap trope with surprisingly funny and rewarding results. I took the opportunity […]
Best of 2010? Inception, Batman, Sym-Bionic Titan, Iron Man…
“Animation has always had the problem of being perceived as purely for kids,” Tartakovsky told me before Sym-Bionic Titan’s stellar launch. “I think things are better than a few years ago, but the stigma still exists.”
Robot Chicken’s Final Star Wars Spoof
I talked to head Chickens about sympathizing the Star Wars biggest assholes Emperor Palpatine and Boba Fett, George Lucas’ evil chuckles, and more for Wired.
Bill Gates Is Not a Great Teacher
America sniffs the global average when it comes education. And the last thing it needs is lame advice from Microsoft’s Bill Gates. But that’s what it’s getting, according to my […]
Facebook Co-Founder Unveils Socially Conscious Networker Jumo
Facebook is great for sharing hyperbole about what we ate, saw or spent. But its co-founder Chris Hughes has a new startup called Jumo, which takes social networking into the […]