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The National Enquirer’s Daddy Issues

About a month ago I watched a Netflix documentary on the founder of the National Enquirer: Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man behind the National Enquirer. As it started, I saw that the production was nothing special—mostly voiceovers … Read More

by Samuel Bollen on March 15, 2015

Title Fight with Narcissism

Marc Maron seemed to me an incongruous choice for a Princeton lecturer. Having watched some of his standup, I knew him to be both raucously funny and intensely personal, traits which aren’t particularly in demand on this campus.

by Samuel Bollen on October 17, 2015October 18, 2015

How to Write a Pitchfork Album Review

Listen to two or three of the songs off of the album. Pick them from different sections, so it seems like you listened to the whole thing. Also, don’t call them songs. Call them “tracks” or (even better) “cuts” instead.

by Samuel Bollen on September 26, 2016October 2, 2016

Corpse Diem

We will all be worm food
So fuck each other wildly

by Samuel Bollen on March 7, 2015

Interview with Lester, Functional Humanoid

She looked at me and turned her thingie off. And said typical. And then turned over and kept vibrating.

by Samuel Bollen on April 16, 2016October 2, 2016

Everyone except for the dinosaurs

Samuel Bollen on Dinosaurs.

by Samuel Bollen on October 2, 2016

The Nass Reviews Flaked

This show is like the less-funny, homosocial version of Love except there’s still chicks in it and dudes who are bad at talking to them.

by Carson Welch, Samuel Bollen on April 3, 2016October 2, 2016

A Not-Sonnet

Chamomile tea gets me off More than getting me off does See also: girls laughing at my jokes & 90s video games   Can we go back to your place? Sure, but only if you’re down To smoke dope & … Read More

by Samuel Bollen on February 28, 2016February 28, 2016

Death Grips “Hot Head” Track Review

“Hot Head” is not only an assertion of power but also an investigation into how power works.

by Samuel Bollen on February 10, 2016October 2, 2016

Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

Their new album, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, doesn’t reinvent the band’s sound; however, it does contain some of their best work. This is a natural extension of a long career, not just a cute or tired continuation of it.

by Samuel Bollen on August 30, 2016October 2, 2016

Slapstick

The toy’s full name was Slapstick: An Authentic Comedy Toy for the Whole Family!TM, Slapstick himself being a kind of flesh-colored kidney-bean-shaped almost-humanoid character with googly eyeballs and kind of oozy chunky rubbery skin (which was in fact made of … Read More

by Samuel Bollen on August 11, 2016

Welcome to WolfWorld

There’s only wolves and people left.

by Samuel Bollen on October 24, 2016


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