Googling Michael Larkin by Michael Larkin THIS PAST summer, as my 20th high-school reunion neared and spam announced that dozens of people were searching for…
Culture Mulcher Solipsism and the Single Reader by Michael Larkin illustration by Nicole Neditch BECAUSE I am such a sharp observer and chronicler of our…
Celluloid Jukebox: Vampires That Suck Too Much by Sam Hurwitt MY FIANCEE WALKED in the room while I was groaning over BloodRayne, a truly horrible…
Instant Replay: Tommy by Stefanie Kalem illustration by Nancy Bach I don’t recall which came first—my mother shaking her head and walking away from the…
Soviet Twilight Who Watches the Night Watch? by Jeremy Russell illustration by One Neck A COUPLE years back there was a corny video game ad…
Gotta Get Back in Time The Peculiar Draw of VH1 Classic by Stephanie R. Myers illustration by Jon Shroeder I REMEMBER the very month VH1…
Bottom Shelf Supergirl by Sam Hurwitt One of the fortunate side effects of all the Superman Returns hype in 2006 was the boom in related…
My Own Private Asian-American Film The Secret Subversiveness of Gleaming the Cube by Neelanjana Banerjee illustration by Nina Bays MY COLLECTION of VHS tapes were…
The Keeper of the Sacred Flame How I Learned to Love the MPAA by Daniel Heath illustration by Justin Wambult-Reynolds There has been a recent…
Music Scene: “The Final Countdown” by Jonathan Loucks I’ve always wanted my own theme song. Wouldn’t it be cool to walk around town, decked out…