Category Archives: pop culture

Star Wars in 35 MM?

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Reverend

Next month at Library of Congress, Packard Campus, three of the most iconic films of the last 35 years will be showing:  Saturday, Sept. 13 (7:30 p.m.) STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE (20th Century Fox, 1977) This first film in … Continue reading →

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Puny Wallet! Hulk Smash!

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Reverend

I got a new wallet this weekend, and everytime I use it out to pay for something I get a compliment. That’s been foreign reality to me for a long while. And I enjoyed it so much I figured I would throw a couple … Continue reading →

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Polaroid Selfies

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Reverend

Dr Garcia pointed me to this post that has Sean Young’s polariod pictures from the set of Blade Runner (1982). I was struck my how much they resemble the selfie aesthetic of our current moment. It’s interesting to be reminded … Continue reading →

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David Simon on America as a Horror Show

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Reverend

If I dig myself out anytime soon I have a pretty fun web project centered around David Simon’s brilliant television series The Wire that I want to run sometime this year. In the meantime, here’s a 26-minute video featuring David … Continue reading →

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Il Giallo a Fumetti: Diabolik

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Reverend

Antonella bought me a Diabolik comic at the Mestre train station outside of Venice, Italy the other day. Diabolik is a fictional master thief and the anti-hero of Italy’s most popular fumetti (Italian for comic) which has been published monthly since 1962. What’s … Continue reading →

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A Serling Vision of Faith

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Reverend

I was catching up on my RSS feeds last night when I came across this gem from Rod Serling via John Kenneth Muir—who is one hell of a b-culture blogger. I think the destiny of all men is not to sit … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Teaching Crypt: Education After Online

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Reverend

Last week I had the distinct pleasure of attending James Madison University’s 9th Annual Teaching and Learning with Technology conference (you can find the video here). JMU has quite an instructional technology group, and continues to prove just how robust … Continue reading →

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Zombies, Pirates, and Copyright

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Reverend

Audio from Zombies, Pirates, and Copyright presentation Last night I had the distinct pleasure of presenting on the convergence of three topics that fascinate me in light of our cultural moment: zombies, pirates, and copyright. All three are big both … Continue reading →

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The Roach Motel

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Reverend

I had the distinct pleasure today to give an impromptu and rather  impassioned presentation to Jess Rigelhaupt’s Freshman Seminar about their participation in the Domain of One’s Own project. My tact for this presentation was to start by talking about … Continue reading →

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Open Lab/Open Hearts: the Video

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Reverend

I’m becoming a really comfortable presenter, some might even suggest too comfortable—which I would agree. But this video of my 20 minute presentation at the opening of CUNY’s Open Lab site (I blogged it here) actually has one of my … Continue reading →

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