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Cultural Imperialist
"Scathing Spats on Shallow Subjects"
Wed Mar 10
2010
The Culturer
The world is a smorgasbord of hotties. But for men who are firmly entrenched in a relationship, is it morally acceptable to scope out the cuties? Read On
9/11 Novelists Need To Move On
How many post-9/11 novels about American fears, genuine attempts to map the psychology of a nation under Cheney and terror, and colloquial moments of self-congratulatory introspection and assessment of our own fallen status do we need? Read On
Who Should Pay for Bums’ Carpal Tunnel?
As cities face record budget shortfalls and public employee unions collectively bellow "why are you looking at me?" there's another looming crisis on the horizon: Bums getting carpal-tunnel syndrome and suing. Read On
The landscape of music in America is less than stellar, despite what you might have been led to believe. Read On
Hat Trick: Casual Jews and Skullcaps
I expect a certain percentage of religious people to wear something identifying their beliefs in public. This is commendable in our pluralistic society, and practically an outgrowth of the First Amendment, which certainly lets us wear what we want if it lets us have sex on camera for money. What baffles me is why Jews of all stripes wear yarmulkes. Read On
The world's already a nuclear dirty bomb away from chaos, destruction, and the loss of basic freedoms. Given the shabby state of the world, don't we owe it to ourselves to reduce arguments to their simplest, most entertaining form, hashing out our differences by calling each other names and harboring little regard for substantive issues? Read On
Ax to Grind: Two Guitars Are Plenty
I had a fancy dinner in New York recently, a chili-smoked hanger steak at a Thai fusion restaurant. But it was buried under such a thick crust of spices, like a Port-au-Prince shopkeeper, that the steak was barely perceptible. You know the musical equivalent? Including a third, fourth, or Jimi help us, fifth guitarist in a band. Read On
Interracial Couples Aren’t *That* Happy
The surest way to get someone to spend on your product or cause is slapping a broad cross-section of humanity on a billboard. Often this means a roughly equal balance of men and women, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Arab and Persian, unless UN sanctions stretch over to modeling. But you know what's even harder to swallow? Interracial bliss. Read On
Auto-Tuning Ourselves To Death
Oh Auto-Tune. Once you were an interesting idea. But like all human endeavors, you were quickly appropriated for nefarious banality. Our ears need relief. Read On
Harlequin Romance Meets Movie Parody Pornos
A Harlequin Romance writer watches pornos based on popular movies, then rewrites them into novel form. Here are some excerpts. Read On