by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 1, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
In Jamie’s very tendentious post about commercials that make fun of men, he accuses me, more or less, of sharing a critique, with the Men’s Rights Advocates, of a certain type of man-as-doofus commercial. He writes: I guess when it comes right down to it,...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Feb 1, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
This is only MAID-related insofar as Matt Damon is, I’m pretty sure, worth of the Mantheon, though Jamie and I need to talk it over at our annual Masculinity and its Discontents borscht belt retreat up in the Catskills before we install him formally. Anyway,...
by Local Spins | Feb 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Some disjointed notes while listening:This one starts not with humming but with aah-ing. Heh.What we’ve got here is what I would call, (and not in a disparaging fashion), pleasant pop. Most of the album is propelled by medium-tempo acoustic strumming, backed up...