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    Category: Reviews

    Featured posts reviewing mass media, whether film, literature, music, or video games.

    North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail: Review

    Following the success of a world-renowned ultra-running career and a best-selling book, Eat & Run, Scott Jurek looked like he had finally slowed down. Transitioning from a career… Read more “North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail: Review”

    April 19, 2018April 20, 2018 by Devin R. Larsen

    Jack White: Boarding House Reach

    Ingenuitive, experimental, accessible: Jack White has built a wildly-successful career off of innovation. By straying from his contemporaries, shunning the public eye and creating a mythos bound… Read more “Jack White: Boarding House Reach”

    April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 by Devin R. Larsen

    The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

    When the average person thinks of the artist, they think of an enlightened, solitary thinker that is creating art at the will of something greater than themselves.… Read more “The Writing Life by Annie Dillard”

    March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 by Devin R. Larsen

    George Saunders’s Tenth of December

    In William Faulkner’s 1950 speech “Address upon Receiving the Novel Prize for Literature,” he warned attendees that the Great Fear of his time (nuclear holocaust) was a… Read more “George Saunders’s Tenth of December”

    January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Devin R. Larsen

    Call Me By Your Name Review

    A Cute Film Grounded in White Privilege and Fetishized Homomasculinity It is 1983 and we’re transported to “Somewhere in Northern Italy.” The world is lush, covered in… Read more “Call Me By Your Name Review”

    January 3, 2018January 31, 2018 by Devin R. Larsen

    Dave Chappelle’s Newest Netflix Special

    After a near 13 year hiatus, 2017 treated Dave Chappelle quite well. Following his post-presidential election gig as a host on SNL, which earned the show its… Read more “Dave Chappelle’s Newest Netflix Special”

    January 2, 2018January 31, 2018 by Devin R. Larsen

    Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Is An Experience in Trascendence

    For those that have seen the few appearances of Jim Carrey in the past few years, he seems to be taking life less serious than most in his industry. His… Read more “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Is An Experience in Trascendence”

    December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 by Devin R. Larsen

    Queens of the Stone Age’s “I’m Designer”

    Queens of the Stone Age’s (QotSA) fifth full length studio album, Era Vulgaris (2007), is a well-polished yet uneasy album speaking on depravity. Era Vulgaris, the Latin term for… Read more “Queens of the Stone Age’s “I’m Designer””

    October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 by Devin R. Larsen

    George Michael’s Faith – “One More Try”

    One of the more raw vocal performances off of Faith, George Michael’s “One More Try” is an conservatively-paced gospel ballad of a young man in both the throes… Read more “George Michael’s Faith – “One More Try””

    October 27, 2017October 31, 2017 by Devin R. Larsen

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