Reggie Watts: When the Going Gets Weird...
Backstage at Atlanta’s Plaza Theatre, Reggie Watts is pondering what it means to be weird. Or, perhaps, more accurately, how to stay weird. read more
Found in: Comedy, FeaturesBrian Posehn: And the Nerds Shall Inherit the Earth
It must have been the easiest casting choice in the history of cinema. Director Michael Peterson was gathering the actors for his fantasy nerd comedy Lloyd the Conqueror, a look inside the world of LARPing (live action role playing). read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesPonderosa: Natural Progression
What most might regard as a sudden change in musical direction between Southern-twinged indie outfit Ponderosa's first two LPs was actually about four to six years in the making. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Half Light: The Terrible Pressure of Choosing Wedding Music
The task set before me, three weeks out from the biggest day of my life, was to bite the bullet and choose the songs that would score our wedding. read more
Found in: Music, ColumnsBreaking Bad: A Lament for the Soul of Walter White
We used to want heroes. Sure they had their flaws, but they remained the good guys. Now we’re securely in the Age of the Antihero, particularly in television, where many of the best recent dramas are carried by characters whose moral choices are suspect at best. read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesFrom The Vault: Grateful Dead - "Dire Wolf"
Check out the Grateful Dead's performance of "Dire Wolf" on Dec. 27, 1977. read more
Found in: Featured VideosLive From Paste: School of Seven Bells
Watch School of Seven Bells' Live From Paste session here in this week's Paste mPlayer. read more
Found in: Featured VideosBeautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
OK, class, time to discuss the classical difference between Horatian and Juvenalian satire. There will be a quiz. Ready? Horace, the Roman satirist, the father of gentility, emerged as a playful, witty, light-hearted kinda guy, a writer who enjoyed skewering mankind’s numberless follies. Most historians will tell you that Horace didn’t really believe in the idea of human evil—instead, he thought people happened to be a little silly, misguided, given to going off half-cocked. We struck him as delightfully funny, in a mild, gently comedic way. Horace liked to poke a little fun. On the other hand, the satirical Roman... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsRedd Kross: Researching the Blues
This isn’t your every-month, crappy reunion record. Yes, Redd Kross’ latest release, Researching the Blues is their first album in 15 years (and their first on Merge Records), and yes, the band has about three decades of history behind them. But after the super-lean album spins to a close, you’re left with the realization that Researching the Blues possesses something that fans could only dream about from a band that hasn’t released new material since 1997. When you hold it up to other recent reformations—The Beach Boys, who also were getting close to a two-decade wait for an album, come... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsAmerican Ghost by Janis Owens
In her 2009 memoir/cookbook, The Cracker Kitchen, Janis Owens describes the word “cracker” with its myriad of meanings. Less pejorative than descriptive, “cracker,” in her neck of the woods, distinguishes the local working class from the silk stocking set, or anyone else whose hands aren’t calloused and crusty from manhandling pulpwood. Owens should know the way of the Cracker, as she proudly claims the Northwest Florida culture as her own. And as she shows in her new novel, American Ghost, assuming Cracker-ism is a one-dimensional appellation would be a mistake. American Ghost haunts Owens’ own history. The story takes... read more
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