Category Archives: Popular Culture

Oh the Humanities

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Timothy Burke

Patricia Cohen has an odd article in the Arts section of the New York Times today titled, “In Tough Times, Humanities Must Justify Their Worth”. It seems odd to me because in substantial measure, you could have published a similar … Continue reading →

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The Star Wars of 3D?

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Timothy Burke

Ok, that’s a bit strong as a description of the film Coraline. But there were moments seeing it this weekend where I flashed back to that first viewing of Star Wars in 1977, to that moment where the Imperial Star … Continue reading →

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The Embarassment of Paratext, the Insufficiency of Culture

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Timothy Burke

It’s a little thing, but let me make it into something slightly bigger. In the Sunday Week in Review section of the New York Times today, there’s a brief item about road signs warning of zombies ahead. The item mentions … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology and Information Literacy, Popular Culture, Production of History | 10 Comments

Patrick McGoohan RIP

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Timothy Burke

Patrick McGoohan was one of my family’s favorite actors when I was growing up, and time hasn’t dimmed my affection for his work. (We once planned to stay in Portmerion, where The Prisoner was filmed, and couldn’t because there was … Continue reading →

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My A-Z

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Timothy Burke

Bob Rehak tagged me with a fun meme: name a favorite movie for every letter of the alphabet. Adventures of Robin Hood My favorite Errol Flynn title, though my favorite character in it is actually Basil Rathbone’s Guy de Gisborne. … Continue reading →

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A Sale of Two Doorstops

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Timothy Burke

Recently, mindful of a long flight home, I went looking to the local bookstore to see if there was anything new that I hadn’t read. I looked at some fantasy titles, but most of them had the kind of blurbs … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Popular Culture | 8 Comments

Bruce Wayne Is the Black Glove

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Timothy Burke

Busy week and I’ve been kind of feeling a bit bleak about blogging lately, so excuse the quiet. I think I’m going to completely geek out in my next couple of entries, so if you’re waiting for some African or … Continue reading →

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At Last

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Timothy Burke

Ok, so “Hare We Go” is not on DVD. But. Finally. Disney is releasing a DVD edition of The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Easily my favorite thing ever on the Wonderful World of Disney when I was a kid. Speaking … Continue reading →

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It’s a-Flat Like Your Head

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Timothy Burke

When I first taught my course The Production of History at Swarthmore, I wanted to show the Bugs Bunny cartoon “Hare We Go”, in which Bugs Bunny helps and then antagonizes Christopher Columbus on his first voyage. I was thinking … Continue reading →

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McCain Staffer Loses Saving Roll, Fumbles Attack

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Timothy Burke

Sorry, I’ve been travelling and trying to puppy-train our second dog as well. I’ll slowly work back up to regular posting this week. Via BoingBoing, I did notice this rather odd entry at the McCain campaign blog which takes a … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Popular Culture | 8 Comments