November 30, 2023

“Hey Mr.!…Mister!  What’s that song?” – An apologetic deconstruction of Broken Wings by Mr. Mister Mr. Mister. Broken Wings. Welcome to the Real World, June 1985, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKhN1t_7PEY. It all started in the 1980s with a sense of trying to feel good The year was 1985.  It’s the middle of the proverbial, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” era (Bobby McFerrin, Don’t Worry Be Happy (1988). Primetime comedy shows are all the rage.  Mullet haircuts are everywhere (you remember, “business in the front,... Read more

November 22, 2023

  “Sheena Had Faith In Being A Pop Punk Rocker – Can Pop Punk Be Positive? A Discursive Reading” Alan Lechusza November 22, 2023 Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, Fandom, https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Sheena,_Queen_of_the_Jungle The Ramones, “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” (official video), Rocket To Russia,1977. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCW7Aw8ugOI It’s that season, Comic-Con.  I continue to get email advertisements seeking my attendance to this iconic subcultural event.  I’m not even a fan of comics, fantasy, or other relations within this cultural sphere.  Yet, my limited... Read more

November 14, 2023

In 1993, George Ritzer published a groundbreaking book, “The McDonaldization of Society”. This work drew critical attention through the academic centers, and from those socially aware.  Yet, a populist majority remained blind to this analysis of economy, work/labor, sociology, and – ironically – consumption.  Applying an apologetic deconstruction analysis with this [paradigm shifting] work, a post pop culture question lingers, from a faith-based perspective, “is there a phony populist perspective in practice?” George Ritzer, book cover, 2007. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_McDonaldization_of_Society   Yeah,... Read more

November 13, 2023

The application of a faith-based apologetic dialectic and deconstructive critique of the work Protect the Land by the Armenian band System of a Down sheds a different light and direction toward understanding the intersections of religious and spiritual fundamentals, music, socio-politic intolerance, and activism.   Protect the Land, speaks about the second Nagorno-Karabakh War in Artsakh and Armenia that started in September 2020.  System of a Down took this moment in history to draw attention to the plight of their country... Read more

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