 Notes from a barbarian at the gates of culture.
By Morgan Meis |
It's a Rap If there were doubts about rap in the early '80s, Run-DMC's 'Christmas in Hollis' erased them.
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Reality Check The protagonist of E.T.A. Hoffman's 'The Sandman' can't go home again. Could you if you discovered your lover was a robot?
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Axis of Evil The Night of the Hunter is a fairy tale gone horribly wrong.
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Meet Me in the Art Museum The schizophrenia of 'Saint Louis in 1846' began with westward expansion, but endures today.
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Music Therapy Leonard Cohen's 'Hotel Chelsea #2' acknowledges an ugly world, then gets on with being beautiful.
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Pool Boy Summer wanes, but there's time enough left for a dive into David Hockney's pool.
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| Notes From a Barbarian Asking “Why?” must become a more personal affair. Let's start with the poetry of Catullus...
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