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Articles by Morphizm
Memo For Obama: Save Our Earth
Let’s be real: Barack Obama can’t change the world on his own.
Archaeologizing Watchmen: An Interview With Dave Gibbons
When acclaimed artist Dave Gibbons sat down to create epochal comic book series Watchmen with writer Alan Moore, neither had any idea what was to come.
There’s Plenty For Me At Plenty Magazine. Too Bad It’s All About Bad Enviro News.
During a time of occupational upheaval, I seem to have managed to escape the type of disaster that other journos have been subjected to. In fact, I’m working more and […]
Best Of 2008, The Playlist
What a year. My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver returned, Juana Molina and Marnie Stern spacetracked my brain strange, the playlist goes on. Speaking of here it is. Some of the […]
The Clone Wars Reboots Star Wars’ Peripheral Players
I’ve been covering the smoking new iteration of Star Wars known as The Clone Wars for Wired since its first animated episode aired earlier this year. It’s far better than […]
Obama’s “Way To Go, Brownie” Moment
[Greg Palast, Morphizm] Has Barack Obama forgotten, “Way-to-go, Brownie”? Michael Brown was that guy from the Arabian Horse Association appointed by George Bush to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency. […]
Wired! X-Men Noir Goes Dark, Sells Out
Back on the Wired beat at last, with a heads-up on Marvel Comics’ cool new series soaked in noir. Who’s firing first? The mutants, of course.
R.I.P. Listening Post (For Now)
Well, the economy did not leave my life unscathed, although I have worked hard to keep it that way. Wired decided to shutter its music blog Listening Post, which I […]
Let Them Eat Hummers
UPDATE: My pals at the Huffington Post have syndicated this entry. Hop on and post a comment, if you feel so inclined. They love the love, and so do I. […]
Post Up! Best Xmas Tune Ever? Stephen Colbert and Willie Nelson’s Ode to Weed
Click the video at right, if you want to skip my pontification. But those of you who have kept track of my spiels for Wired on Stephen Colbert’s riotous A […]
JingoSport!
Here come the holidays! I’ve already been given a gift: I finished a huge chunk of my forthcoming tome JingoSport! It examines war, sports, marketing and entertainment through the looking […]
Pixies + Dali = ?
li news fit to print, but no love for the ears?
No worries. This fun mashup of the Pixies’ “Debaser” with Dali and Bunuel’s Un Chien Andalou ought to tide us over until Destino and Banderas’ Dali film hit the screens.
Jesus Forgives The Beatles
It’s nice that you finally got around to forgiving John Lennon for boasting that The Beatles were bigger than Jesus, who we admit has a birthday coming up. But you might have wanted to pick a better time than the 40th anniversary of The White Album.
David Lynch Signs Up For The Lime Green Set
David Lynch’s Absurda Studio releases a compilation of his weirdest work.
Beware, The Pentagon’s Robot Hunters!
How does the robot pack decide which human is cooperative and which is not? Welcome to the wonderful, dystopian world of defense pork.
Metromixed! Holiday Headaches With Billy Bob, Sarah Brightman, Verve
The holidays are here, and so are the holiday albums. There’s more of them this year than any other year I can remember, which would be great if they were […]
Best Music of 2008? You Tell Me
from Femi Kuti to Deerhunter to Juana Molina and onward, there’s a lot of best to best.
In Praise of a Rocky Transition
[Naomi Klein, Morphizm] The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington’s handling of the Wall Street bailout is not merely incompetent. It is borderline criminal. In a moment […]
Bring The Bush Administration to Justice
[Viggo Mortensen, Morphizm] Dear President-Elect Obama, Please do all that you honestly can to bring to justice Dick Cheney, David Addington, John Yoo, William “Jim” Haynes, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Paul […]
Post Up! At Last, Loop Returns
The underrated guitar army Loop is coming back into print, after years hidden beneath the afterglow of My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver and The Jesus and Mary Chain. If you want […]
Comedy Devastated by Obama Victory
[Brad Jacobson, Wounded Courier] As the majority of Americans continue to bask in the glow of Barack Obama’s landslide victory on Tuesday, comedians nationwide have suddenly fallen on hard times. […]
A McCain Victory? Fat Chance!
[Tom McNichol, Morphizm] The margin of Barack Obama’s electoral victory caught some pundits by surprise. But Obama’s win was ensured when McCain failed to connect with voters outside of his […]
All Hail Curumin’s Tropicalia-Hop!
On the hunt for exceptional music? Check out Curumin, who has delivered one of the finest efforts of the year in Japan Pop Show. It’s a cultural and sonic bleed […]