• December 2013

    Back to the Present of the Future: Continuum and the War on Terror

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    By Jonathan Alexander I’LL BEGIN WITH A DISCLAIMER: as much as I love SF, time-travel stories are my least favorite.  …

    Late-Breaking Iran and China News: A 1979 Flashback

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    by Jeffrey Wasserstrom The weekend before Thanksgiving was a big one for international headlines. The biggest breaking story, coming out …

    I Don’t Know I’m Beautiful

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    Dear Television, I FIND MUSIC VIDEOS to be a lot of work. When someone sends me a link to a …

    3 Ways of Looking at Arcade Fire

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    Dear Television, EVERYBODY HATED “Bound 2.” I don’t mean the song. In fact, if you ask Yeezy purists, probably too …

    How to Make a Music Video About Nothing: Ke$ha, Pitbull, & “Timber”

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    Dear Television, WE WATCH MUSIC VIDEOS for three overarching and often related reasons: hotness, dancing, and story. You might not …