Pop & Circumstance

Feral Gardens

Feral Gardens Feral Gardens

Danny Cooke’s Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl summons a lost history of familiar and alien dreams.

Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Censor This?

Censor This? Censor This?

The bogus moral outrage over The Interview.

Jan 7, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Propaganda, Deed

Propaganda, Deed Propaganda, Deed

A riot is a riot because it is not simply a message.

Dec 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Short Pop

Short Pop Short Pop

Film and TV are plagued by duration creep. Just like work—or unemployment.

Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Extinction Pop

Extinction Pop Extinction Pop

Choreographed for maximum appeal, pop culture likes to say yes. History is made by those who say no.

Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Ferguson’s Anthem

Ferguson’s Anthem Ferguson’s Anthem

How “Fuck the Police” came to narrate the town’s humiliations and violations.

Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Generations and Repetitions

Generations and Repetitions Generations and Repetitions

The story of country music is not love and happiness but love and work.

Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Survivalpop

Survivalpop Survivalpop

The desperate situation of country’s popularity.

Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Taking It to the Square

Taking It to the Square Taking It to the Square

Squarepop—public squares of refusal—is the broken madness of the world stood on its head.

Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Unthroned

Unthroned Unthroned

Are we all Westeros now?

Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

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