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-5 posts tagged "Sad"
Evan McKenna | Thursday, September 30, 2021
In the last decade or so, a new genre of celebrity has materialized in the realm of American pop culture — and maybe it says something about the state of our nation that this new form of fame is characterized almost exclusively by its deep, profound sadness. You know the type — a few of
Mike Donovan | Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Remember Sports? Well, this is them now. And for once I feel I can speak on them with authority. Hell, I was there when Remember Sports was just Sports, full stop. Raised a Scene writer, I’m inclined to use this space to deride a forced comparison between Sports — that is, the Sports we all
Mike Donovan | Friday, March 20, 2020
“It comes apart / the way it does in bad films.” Three years on and more — the hang of things still elusive — approaching a sequence “when the moral kicks in,” bringing four years of triumphs and foibles into fresh perspective. How was I supposed to know the approach would be asymptotic, getting me
Mike Donovan | Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Phil Elverum takes the stage clad in a simple white t-shirt and loose-fitting chinos. A dead pine rots — in the most comforting way — by his side. He begins playing guitar, the tones of which lacerate the audience, segmenting their collective consciousness into a smattering of individual reactions. Each person, now alone in the
Mike Donovan | Wednesday, April 26, 2017
If you were to take a tour of my headspace, you’d probably get lost in the vast collection of pop culture references, meticulously organized to describe the effects of hopeless romanticism and sporadic solipsism on my otherwise pleasant life. At the end of the tour, you’d wonder why I would spend so much time thinking