George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four really lay down the groundwork for dystopia that came after, such as Radiohead’s 3rd album “Ok computer”, Philip K. Dick’s novel “Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?”, later adapted into the 1982 movie classic “Blade Runner” and later “Blade Runner 2049”, and Anthony Burgess’ “A Clockwork Orange”. Although the setting is […]
Wagner, 22, was late for work, and his mother was 4 years overdue. He stomped his way down the gravel path separating the old golf course and the road. The golf course, more divot than grass, wasn’t maintained, nor was it repurposed. The old golf course was still known as “The Golf Course”, though it […]
Jordan Peele uses symbolism and irony to present current racial social issues in a new light, in hope we can all get over our prejudices. He draws comparisons between modern day and how black people were treated before slavery was abolished. The movie is loaded with slave imagery. The idea of taking over a black’s […]
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is much more than a prequel of “The Lord Of The Rings” (LOTR). The Hobbit is a coming of age story. Tolkien uses irony and moral dilemma to portray what it’s like growing up and warn to younger generation of trouble to come. The premise of the book is very similar […]
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance is a novel about a man and his son going on a road trip. The narrator uses motorcycle maintenance as analogy for the separation between the two schools of thought. The classical, and the romantic. Robert M. Persig talks of this split in hope to have the reader […]
The self-titled album “Rage Against the Machine (RATM) paints a world of corruption. The band is often critiqued for their uninformed controversial stances and promotion of rioting and anarchism within their song lyrics. RATM is praised, however, for their composition, often constructed around one or two strong, catchy metal riffs on guitar or bass. RATM […]
Heisenberg is “The one who knocks” Through lessons he gives to his chemistry class Walt’s foreshadow’s the eventual split personality that is the prideful pushover father, we see in the beginning to the hot-tempered, power-driven Heisenburg. By the third episode, Walt and Jesse are presented with a dilemma. Walt, unable to kill a man in […]
MF DOOM uses puns and rhyme schemes in order to convey to the listener the importance of breaking the mold and not participating in “Pack Culture” Daniel Dumile is a rapper and producer known under many names, as part of solo projects and collaborations with many artists such as producer “Madlib” with who he created […]
This is where the dead wait. The light waltzing through the glass seems inappropriate. The dark to leaks from the open door, sapping and suffocating the light of a precious day. The darkness is comparable to the diffusion of hot water in a now cold bath. The walls lack in texture. All flickers warm. The […]