Books “the existence of books, no matter how grim the tale, is itself a sign, evidence that humanity endures, in the very contagion of reading” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 April 2020 In the long centuries during which the plague ravaged Europe, the quarantined, if they...
Art, Entertainment, Movies “Like the ancients, we experience far more than we understand” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 May 2018 …we denizens of the third millennium ce make constant recourse to specialists whose art has no...
Politics in America, Television “The sessions are extraordinary for the rare glimpses they provide of unscripted conversations at the White House on critical issues” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 March 2018 The chief executive sits at a long wooden table, putting his invited guests on...
Business, Entertainment, Internet, Social Media “Our present panics tend to arrive just as new parts of our economy, culture and politics are reconstituted within platform marketplaces” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 February 2018 The internet of the 1990s was a perfect canvas for alarmism: hard to define,...
Music “The New Music Business is…not about capitalizing on hilarious memes, but building relationships with fans” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 November 2017 The New Music Business is not supported by the major record labels. It’s not...
Movies “Back before Buffy and Katniss, Besson was one of the only directors championing stories with women as action leads” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 August 2017 Back before Buffy and Katniss, Besson was one of the only directors championing stories...
Hip-Hop, Parenthood “What does it mean to be a hip-hop parent?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 July 2017 What does it mean to be a hip-hop parent? For me, it means moving...
Music Yankee Doodle’s “lyrics were venomous” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 July 2017 The lyrics were venomous. “Yankee” was a withering word for a colonist. A “doodle”...
Music, Star Wars “I can’t believe ‘Across the Stars’ is in Star Wars – it’s so rich” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 May 2017 I still listen to this piece and I get chills. I can’t believe it’s...
Star Wars “That’s the thing about Star Wars – it’s very all-encompassing, it’s old: it takes everything from the past and it packages it forward into the future” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 May 2017 That’s the thing about Star Wars – it’s very all-encompassing, it’s old: it takes...