http://americaadrift.com Transatlantic Perspectives on America Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:29:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quite some time ago, I wrote a post about The White Stripes' "The Big Three Killed My Baby", where I read the song as a critique of the car industry in Detroit and how Jack White saw Detroit being destroyed by reckless profiteering and bad industrial habits. As Stuart pointed ... http://americaadrift.com/motor-city-is-burning/ I promised Stuart this post much too long ago, and I'm sorry that it only emerges now. Over at Historiann, they had a discussion about a certain installation at Burning Man, called Barbie Death Camp, which is an interesting and strange installation of Barbie dolls all meandering toward an oven. ... http://americaadrift.com/barbie-death-camp/ For the last couple of weeks or perhaps a month, I've been rediscovering The White Stripes, a Detroit City garage rock band. I knew and liked them before my visit to Detroit two and a half years ago, and I can't say that my visit to Detroit really had anything ... http://americaadrift.com/the-big-three-killed-my-baby-2/ So, Bob Dylan won an honorary Pulitzer, for his contribution to American culture. It seems that people are surprised by this, as it is the first time that rock'n'roll has been awarded. It doesn't really seem surprising to me. Awarding Bob Dylan the Pulitzer now seems more like getting it ... http://americaadrift.com/bob-dylan-a-winner-2/ Not sure how many know about Piled Higher and Deeper, but more should definitely read it. http://americaadrift.com/307/ Not sure how many know about Piled Higher and Deeper, but more should definitely read it. http://americaadrift.com/297/ Recently, no less than three glossy magazines published photo serials which reenact earlier high points of visual culture: Vanity Fair published a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's films, recreating classic moments with new actors. New York Magazine recreated Marilyn Monroe's photo shoot with Douglas Kirkland for Look Magazine, often referred to as "The ... http://americaadrift.com/celebrity-pastiche/ Hello all, my name is Steen Christiansen and Stuart kindly invited me to contribute to this blog, which I am grateful for. My primary interest is in the way culture and aesthetics intersect and influence each other, and this will probably the subject of most of my posts. Here, however, ... http://americaadrift.com/blogging-thoughts/