Essays on Popular Culture and the Arts


Most of the articles on this page appeared in the Culture Desk column of the alternative weekly New York Press between the years 2000 and 2003.

Confessions of a Theme Whore

Susan Boyle & the Tigers of the Night

Everybody’s Story

Family Fare

Double-Edged Swords

The Jew of Schmlta

Song Recycle

Junk Geniuses

Imagining Ahab

Artificial Affect

Short-Range Tragedy

The Art of Lead-Soldiering

The New Drag (And Why it Matters)