Category: Positive Cynicism
Aaron R. Davis Paul McCartney’s comment on the Golden Globes the other night that he was now known as “the guy from Rock Band” sparked a conversation between my wife and I about the recent marketing onslaught of the Beatles, a band that is constantly being repackaged, rekejiggered, …
Aaron R. Davis The year-ending two month-long self-congratulatory circle jerk known as awards season is now upon us. The staples of the season have started to appear: self-serious critics’ lists, announcements of hosts and formats, those “for your consideration” ads groveling for nominations, an amazing number of screeners …
Aaron R. Davis I spend a lot of my free time these days on Tumblr, the latest social networking fad site. Mostly, it’s just sharing pictures. But, like a lot of social networking fads, it’s also unusually revealing. If there’s one thing that Tumblr has revealed to me, …
Aaron R. Davis Over the Christmas vacation, I spent a few days finally catching up on the fifth season of Lost. Has there ever been a show that was as convoluted, as frustrating, as ridiculous, as involving, and as completely awesome as Lost? With the final season just …
Aaron R. Davis Did you watch ABC’s broadcast of A Charlie Brown Christmas last Tuesday? Did it seem… off to you? Don’t worry, you didn’t imagine it. ABC hacked it to pieces in order to make room for more commercials. Since it first aired in 1965, A Charlie …
