It’s been thirty years since the Permian Panthers failed to clinch the Texas state championship game and their story still ripples through pop culture. There is the book, a movie, and a five-season TV series that followed shortly after. A fair amount of people only know the latter, unaware of the movie, not to mention… Read More The Enduring Friday Night Lights
Photo credit: Mr Cup / Fabien Barral iammrcup [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons Intentionally or not, Pump Up The Volume flew beneath the radar under the guise of a cheesy, silly, innocent, 80’s/90’s matinee flick about teenage rebellion and angst. Since its 1990 release, it has gained a cult following because of its thoughtful observations of… Read More Pump Up The Volume: A Cult Classic’s Social Commentary
The size of Tomas Tranströmer’s poetic memoir is initially striking: a book the size of a hand distinguished itself amongst the others at the local bookstore. Then a sticker: “2011 Nobel Prize Winner.” Sold. One could read a Nobel Laureate’s autobiographical montage without spilling out hours necessary for other classics. Maybe in a day. The… Read More A Life in Hand: Tranströmer’s Brief, Resounding Memoir
Shooting With The Stars is a series where we analyze the technical basketball skill and the ins-and-outs of the basketball competitions we see in movies and television shows without any consideration for the context and overall plot. The stakes are high and the game is crammed with four hundred years of tension. At the famous… Read More Shooting With The Stars: American History X Edition
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