Pop & Circumstance

Debtpop

Debtpop Debtpop

Thinking about debt has become pop, and David Graeber’s Debt is the genre’s “Stairway to Heaven.”

Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

What’s Going On

What’s Going On What’s Going On

When it comes to protest, are pop songs smarter than us, knowing what they can and cannot do?

Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Summer’s Fall: White House Down

Summer’s Fall: White House Down Summer’s Fall: White House Down

The happy ending to Hollywood’s summer: not guy gets girl but guy gets job.

Sep 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek

‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek ‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek

An online dustup between two pop star penseurs shows them staggering through afterlives.

Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Leakonomics: Edward Snowden and the Pirates

Leakonomics: Edward Snowden and the Pirates Leakonomics: Edward Snowden and the Pirates

Bounties on the mutineers demonstrate the limits of transparency.

Jul 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

White Wigs, Black Masks: On Surveillance Pop

White Wigs, Black Masks: On Surveillance Pop White Wigs, Black Masks: On Surveillance Pop

The cameras no longer look at us because we’re famous; we’re famous because they look at us to death.

Jun 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Red Country: On Taylor Swift

Red Country: On Taylor Swift Red Country: On Taylor Swift

Profligate, prolific, towering over the landscape: Is Taylor Swift China?

May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Pop, Charts: On Paul Krugman

Pop, Charts: On Paul Krugman Pop, Charts: On Paul Krugman

Krugman affirms the way things are, no matter how often he choruses the word "change."

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

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