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So Over the Rainbow – George Case, Writer
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George Case, Writer. So Over the Rainbow. I can’t be the only straight person rapidly losing an already minimal interest in the LGBTQ issue, a process hurried along by the recent US Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage, and by the inescapable media presence of Caitlyn Jenner. Liberated and enlightened we may be nowadays, but those of us on the AC side of the fence have limits to our patience. Herewith some reasons why. July 24, 2015. This entry was posted in Culture. And tagged Caitlyn Jenner.
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George Case, Writer. Author Archives: George Case. Barrett is the subject of several biographies, among them Julian Palacios’. Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd: Dark Globe. Palacios has written a poignant book, but I haven’t joined the cult of Syd. November 4, 2016. Captain Howdy Rides Again. The Persistence of Memory. On Children of the Grave. On Children of the Grave. On Children of the Grave. On Children of the Grave. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
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We Are the Old Crew – George Case, Writer
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George Case, Writer. We Are the Old Crew. Years ago a buddy of mine saw some members of Aerosmith strolling through a Vancouver mall. They were easy to spot in the crowds, he related, as they were the only forty-something men dressed and coiffed as teenagers. More poetically, in his great Rolling Stones bio. Symphony For the Devil. And what of the audience? Is this the way Lemmy-lovers would live if they could? August 7, 2015. This entry was posted in Music. No Soul In the New Machine. Rebel, Rebel →.
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10 Great Pre-CGI Warbird Movies – George Case, Writer
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George Case, Writer. 10 Great Pre-CGI Warbird Movies. One of the great things about the cinematic art, perhaps the greatest thing, is its popular appeal. You don’t have to understand the language of film to appreciate individual films; you don’t have to be a film geek to get geeky over your favorite actors, scenes, or filmed subjects. There are no doubt plenty of boxing fans who can’t tell a Bogdanovich from a Bergman but who still revere. In 1927, and later black-and-white classics like. This long and l...
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Threat Frets – George Case, Writer
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George Case, Writer. Just how much personnel and what kind of technology should, of course, be debated – as it currently is – but the relative rarity of a particular hazard, whether drunk motorists, precarious ice packs, or underground jihadist cells, doesn’t mean it isn’t worth protecting against. Fearmongering. Each side promotes itself by stirring popular anxiety over something that very probably will never happen, be it all-out Islamist war on democracy or all-out eradication of civil liberty.
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No Soul In the New Machine – George Case, Writer
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George Case, Writer. No Soul In the New Machine. The noosphere, Teilhard wrote in. Was to be “the pan-terrestrial organism in which, by compression and arrangement of the thinking particles, a resurgence of evolution (itself now become reflective) is striving to carry the stuff of the universe towards the higher conditions of a planetary super-reflection.” Could that be a 1948 description of our Google / Wikipedia / Youtube / WordPress / Twitter existence in 2015? July 31, 2015. So Over the Rainbow.
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George Case, Writer - Essays and Ideas - Page 2
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George Case, Writer. ʼTis the season for. What better time than late October to appreciate William Peter Blattyʼs landmark 1971 horror novel or William Friedkinʼs blockbuster 1973 cinematic adaptation of it? Or maybe not. Over the years, analysts have studied the testimony surrounding. ʼs real-life inspiration, and Blattyʼs story, it turns out, took some major liberties with it. Thomas Allenʼs 1993 book. Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism. Magazine in 1999, Washington DC writer Mark Opsasnick track...
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Rebel, Rebel – George Case, Writer
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George Case, Writer. The standard view of such incongruous musical moments is that they represent the co-opting of the counterculture by the monolith of capitalist conformity: you know a song has been tamed of all its revolutionary potential when it’s blared over the speakers of a mall or a supermarket. This is an interpretation which dates back decades – I even alluded to it in my future history,. Noting how Huxley’s. To worry about Vietnam. In his influential 1996 book. Jihad Vs. McWorld. Are mere safe...