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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Davy Jones Dec. 30 1945 – Feb. 29 2012
Hey hey I’m a monkees fan. Always have been, even if I haven’t always been willing to admit it. Davy Jones died of a heart attack at age 66, just like a thousand other grand-dads did today. But somehow Davy … Continue reading
Weaponizing the culture wars
The culture wars are, and have been, a charred and cratered part of our political landscape. The divisions between church and state, between private life and the public commons, are becoming ever more blurry and ever more contentious. Would it be alarmist … Continue reading
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Tagged amy poehler, culture wars, jon stewart, virginia abortion law
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Art as magic
The best art forms present themselves with just a hint, maybe more than a hint, of the mystical. This has always been so, and you can still see it in the unearthly realism and perspective that Leonardo was painting five … Continue reading
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Tagged brandon mcconnell, new art forms, shadow art, shigeo fukuda, spraypaint art
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Whitney Houston, August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012
We can speculate, and most of us probably already are. Whitney Houston’s excesses and over-the-top lifestyle were her cultural calling-cards for the latter part of her career. Did they lead to her death? That question will probably be answered in … Continue reading
Fathermucker!
Author Greg Olear is talented, funny and kind enough to share his platform with fellow scribes. “Fathermucker” isn’t an expletive (at least not really); it’s the name of Greg’s 2011 novel, and his hilarously unerring blog. Both book and blog look at … Continue reading
Liveblog: Superbowl XLVI
So what have we here? What we have here is a team from Boston that claims to represent an entire region, and a team from New Jersey that claims to be from New York. Schizophrenia Bowl? It very well might … Continue reading
Superbowl Super-blog!
No one here at the Deconstruction claims to be a sports expert. But as we’ve said before, when it comes to American sports culture, we know there’s only One Big Game. That’s why Superbowl Sunday, February 5th, will mark our … Continue reading
