Work or Die? ‘Death Panel’ Podcasters Propose ‘Health Communism’
Death Panel podcasters and Health Communism authors argue that the unemployed, maligned, “burdens” of the state are essential to capitalism’s ill-gotten profit.
Selen Ozturk
Selen is a San Francisco-based arts writer. Her work takes a critical and dedicated interest in environmental architecture, 60’s-70’s film, and contemporary art and design. Her recent publications include Bayou Magazine, Bright Lights Film Journal, Whitewall Magazine, PopMatters, Spring Journal, Monday Journal, and the Penn Review of Philosophy. She is a writer at Whitewall (New York) and PopMatters (Chicago) and an editor at BUJ (Berkeley). Her upcoming projects include a monograph on Arcosanti to be developed at the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference. She was educated in philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
She is an editor at BUJ (Berkeley) and an arts writer at Whitewall
Magazine (New York).
How the “Indian Liberace” Korla Pandit Swept Hollywood
Were it not for Hollywood credence Korla Pandit – who could only realize himself by pretending not to be who he was – would have been little more than Missouri snake oil.
The Beach Boys’ ‘That’s Why God Made the Radio’ Begs to Be Knocked
The Beach Boys’ That’s Why God Made the Radio is unsettling and inoffensive in a way I cannot compare to any album except God Bless Tiny Tim.
Antonio Gramsci Biography ‘To Live Is to Resist’ Is Unrivaled
In Gramscian fashion, Frétigné details the material conditions of Antonio Gramsci’s insight and influence while shirking historical determinism and abstract idealism.
Frank Sinatra on Top of the Heap: Revisiting ‘Sinatra at the Sands’
Sinatra at The Sands is my favorite Frank Sinatra performance – cocky, charming but not oily, warm but not soppy. Each listen lays bare the sheer “cuckoo calculation” of it all.
When a Concept Became a Problem: Reconsidering the Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
Humdrum, high and low, the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sounds like a swirling, strident loss of pre-modern innocence.
Sci-Fi ‘Seconds’ Offers a Second Chance At Life: Dare You Take It?
Think it’s right to want seconds in life? A second chance at life? Sci-fi thriller Seconds will have you think again.
What Roger Corman’s Psychedelic Film ‘The Trip’ Helps Us Realize
Roger Corman’s film about psychedelics and self-awareness, The Trip, turns 55 this summer, yet its message resonates to this day.