PULP Profiles: John Williams & Philip Glass

 

Disclaimer: this post was inspired by E.E. Jones, whose suggestion that Williams and Glass are a perfect convergence of high and low provides the core for the post. Thanks for the appropriation of intellectual property.
 

 
Would a mass cultural icon be successful without at least some inherent merit? And would a dense, intellectual playwright [...]

PULP Politics: Blank Canvas

If the media narrative has anything to do with it, then Barack Obama will coast on his current popular and delegate lead to becoming the Democrat presidential candidate, but only if he can maintain his brand and his iconic status against a higher-profile underdog. With John McCain, the Republican Party has to rethink some of [...]