Odysseus has become a pseudo-Christian, white, Anglophone man, anxious about the crumbling of the United Statesian Empire (which he equates to Civilization), in Christopher Nolan's recently released film The Odyssey. The transformation of Odysseus from a pagan adventurer, schemer, and lover into a brooding, moralizing prude, anxious about the fall of his own civilization, thoroughly … Continue reading A Pseudo-Christian Odysseus for a Late Empire
Irish singer-songwriter Niall Connolly launched his tenth studio album, There's So Much More to See (C.U. Records: 2026), with a concert at The Bitter End, in Greenwich Village, last Saturday. I went to listen to him play live with his full band, and the concert felt like homecoming. They opened the show with "I Wish … Continue reading Niall Connolly: Let’s Make a Joyful Sound
Primavera arrived this week with her sun-golden hair, azure eyes, and fragrance of flowering cherries. She lit my heart. Today, however, she has withdrawn, hiding her countenance behind the overcast sky, shedding cold rain-tears, and silencing her voice of robin-songs as the wind howls the tale of enduring winter. I took a walk in the … Continue reading Shelley: If Winter Comes?
