New on Spectrum Culture, our monthly mixtape. I contribute a blurb on a tune from Neneh Cherry & The Thing's steallar new record. Click here to read/listen.
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"What if there are no cries of anguish to be heard? Who is prepared to take arms against a sea of amusements? To whom do we complain, and when, and in what tone of voice, when serious discourse dissolves into giggles?"--Neil Postman
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About Me
- Jake
- Jake lives in the Chicago area and teaches literature, composition, and communication studies. He writes for Spectrum Culture (wwww.spectrumculture.com) and PopMatters (www.popmatters.com). He's been known to play the saxophone and write some whacked-out poetry on occassion too.
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- The Bad Plus
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- TV on the Radio
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- Trampled by Turtles
- Titus Andronicus
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- The Swell Season
- Sufjan Stevens
- The Strokes
- Steely Dan
- St. Vincent
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