Blogs about Arts and media

by Hannah E. Joyner. Julianne looked at the pineapple plantation’s kiosk menu and considered the tater-tot nachos. Maybe the pineapple chilly dog. Nothing on the menu came without a shiny lump of pineapple. She decided …

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE. EVERYBODY BELIEVES THEY ARE ON “THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.” Ridiculing the absurd Democrat belief that they know how the …

Two examples of people who appear to be in the wrong job. A pub landlord who offers discounts to customers who order by app from their tables, thus discouraging the horrific prospect of bar staff …

The prize highlights architecture and urban design as social and cultural forces capable of upgrading public space, thereby enhancing civic life and ultimately celebrating urbanity. One First Prize and three Special Prizes will be awarded. …

Film Companion piece on most streamed shows released in India, done in partnership with Ormax Recently, the media criticism platform Film Companion partnered with Ormax on a regular feature which listed the five most viewed …

Happy 2024, everyone! I don’t know if there’s some symbolism behind this year’s J.C. Leyendecker New Year’s baby that I’m missing, or if it’s just a baby knight riding a mechanical horse and using a …

Transcript Verlag, ISBN 978-3837657005, English, 360 pages, 2023, Germany There is a hyper-fragmentation of media in the digital world, from the news reduced to tweeted titles to the average 42-second videos on TikTok. The over-consumption …

L. Sikorski wrote to ask… What was the first Broadway show you saw? I think you may have written about this at some point so if so, what was the second? And what was the …

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Israel Zangwill? G. K. Chesterton? George Bernard Shaw? William Thomas Stead? H. G. Wells? Apocryphal? Illustration of Rays of Sunlight from Unsplash Question for Quote Investigator: Intellectuals often think very highly of themselves. One wit …

After seeing the video for “Actor Out of Work” by St Vincent, and especially after the performance on Austin City Limits, I was blown away. It felt like the first genuinely new music I’d heard …

By Richard McKenna / May 6, 2024 Of all the visionary artists to emerge from the illustration boom of the ’60s and ’70s, Bob Fowke must be one of the most unfairly neglected. I first …