Best Of 2008, The Playlist

December 16, 2008 Morphizm 0

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 […]

Obama’s “Way To Go, Brownie” Moment

December 12, 2008 Morphizm 0

[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. […]

Let Them Eat Hummers

December 4, 2008 Morphizm 0

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. […]

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JingoSport!

December 1, 2008 Morphizm 0

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 = ?

November 27, 2008 Morphizm 0

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

November 26, 2008 Morphizm 0

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.

In Praise of a Rocky Transition

November 14, 2008 Morphizm 0

[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

November 11, 2008 Morphizm 0

[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

November 10, 2008 Morphizm 0

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

November 8, 2008 Morphizm 0

[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!

November 8, 2008 Morphizm 0

[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 […]