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Poetry Review: “Places of Permanent Shade” – The Work and Echo of Creation

January 9, 2023
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This staunchly eclectic collection is also fiercely focused, unified by the fact that regardless of the subject, the poet never blinks, never looks away, never hesitates to name the pain.

Film Review: “The Pale Blue Eye” — A Gothic, and Poetic, Murder Mystery

January 7, 2023
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For viewers weary of horror that embraces the minimalist and dystopian, The Pale Blue Eye — chock-full of emotion, mystery, and romance from a bygone era — is a welcome sight indeed.

Book Review: “On The Marble Cliffs” — History as Dreamscape

January 7, 2023
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Maintaining liberty in the face of totalitarian fantasy calls for vigilance. Ernst Jünger’s cautionary tale may be more resonant now than when it was first published.

Book Review: “No One Left To Come Looking For You” — An Amusing Excursion

January 7, 2023
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Sam Lipsyte’s latest novel does a bang-up job of capturing the edgy and zany milieu of the early ’90s.

Arts Feature: Jazz Notables We Lost in 2022

January 6, 2023
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A roll call of some of the notable musicians who passed away lat year.

The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll — My Poll Without Me

January 6, 2023
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This most recent poll also proves the worth of the poll itself — that it doesn’t so much confirm consensus as create it.

Looking Back at the Francis Davis Jazz Poll: Winners 2006-2022 and Memoirs of a Pollwatcher

January 6, 2023
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There exists a worldwide community of journalists and critics who depend on each other to keep tabs on the ever-expanding universe of jazz and it’s more-or-less-affiliated fringes and fusions, and this poll is one of our most effective — and most anticipated — resources.

The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll: A Profusion of Geniuses

January 6, 2023
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This is the 17th annual edition of the Francis Davis Jazz Poll, finally named for its founder and guiding light. The Poll collates top-ten lists from 151 jazz critics and journalists, and as such provides a wealth of insight into and data about this past year in jazz.

Film Commentary: The Gratuitous Comic Cruelty of “The Banshees of Inishiren”

January 6, 2023
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The island scenery is stunning and the acting is fine, but at is core Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inishiren is bitter and mean-spirited

Electronic Music Review: Macroblank’s ANALOG レアリティ– Plenty of Scarcity to Go Around

January 5, 2023
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A commentator on Macroblank’s Bandcamp page makes this telling assertion: “AI is Macroblank. Macroblank is AI.”

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