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To the right is listed every "entry" at the Howler. These include articles, poems, and generally anything that is not a video or a link.
February 2010
January 2010
- Lukács on Self-Narrative
- A Pessimistic Prediction
- Pessimism Means Fighting for the Impossible
- The Dub Side
December 2009
- On Philosophical Debates
- Sign of the Times?
- Collective Projects, Plural Pronouns
- Dialogue as Monologue
November 2009
- Who is Utopian Today?
- Uniting Subject and Structure
- Contingency and Catastrophe
- Ontological, But Not Realist
- Philosophy and Crisis
- Object-Oriented Philosophy as Ponzi Scheme: On Financial and Metaphysical Bubbles
- Anti-Narrative and the Non-Figurative Play
October 2009
September 2009
- All The Unread Shelves: Neon Vernacular by Yusef Komunyakaa
- Proposal: Inside Voices
- All the Unread Shelves: The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda
- “Corporatism”
- Proposal: Busstop Stare Down
- Philosophy Blog Round-Up
- Culture War and the Lumpenproletariat
- All The Unread Shelves: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
- Greetings From Today’s NYtimes
- On the Situation in Iran
- Night Writing 12
- Degenerate for what my tv can sell
- Selection from “The Intruder”
- Proposal: Vanity Junk Mail
- We’re All Alone Now
- Deutschest of Lands: Ein Reisebericht
- The Parking Lot
- Poetic Glitch: “I Am Sitting in a Room”
- Twitter Profitability
- Another tale of an unfortunate circumstance.
- Death Drive in a Cadillac
May 2009
- Sometimes I like to write things.
- An Ideal Higher Than Expression
- Crisis and Cultural Capital
- Why It (#fastalbum) Didn’t Work
- An Observation
- Structure, Ideology, and Individuals
- Graduation and Other Things
- Celecraty
- Quickly Make This Twitter Album
- Willem de Kooning
- Creating a Poetic Glitch
- Sendoff
April 2009
- Zero-Growth Economy
- Couldn’t be a blues
- Suspense!
- Busy
- Die Newspapers, Die!
- The Movie as a Religious Experience
- The Phonebank
March 2009
- Rethinking Zizek’s “The Parallax View”
- More Belated Communism Conference Links
- 12:41 or 10:33 (Draft)
- Communism Links
- 3 or 4
- Board Game
- Rush Limbaugh as a David Lynch Character
- A Problem With Poetry and Blogging
- Monkeys with Guns
- Lynch’s Idea
February 2009
- Towards (Passively) Staking a (Negative) Position
- Night Writing 11
- Taster’s Choice
- “Top Ten” Preview
- Dame Edith Sitwell’s “English Lesson” & Slide Show Poetry
- Night Writing 10
- DeLong vs. Harvey
- Jean-Michel Basquiat’s SAMO© Graffitti
- Night Writing 9
- “Process” Update
- Night Writing 8
- Karatani
January 2009
- Elizabeth Alexander’s Inaugural Poem Makes a Bad Screenplay
- Night Writing 7
- Matthea Harvey’s Pity the Bathtub…
- Night Writing 6
- Night Writing 5
- A Night in which All Cows are Black
- More Deranged
- Poetry and Book Reviews
- Night Writing 4
- Funeral Home Fire in Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh)
- Casino Capitalist Cinema
- Night Writing 3
- Žižek and Democracy
- Night Writing 2
- Night Writing 1
- Happy New Years, Jerks
December 2008
- Christmas Fiends!
- Ann Arbor: Public and Private Space
- In Defense of Irony
- Pride and Hysteria
- Downtime
- That’s a Hot Mess, Gate!
- Žižek the Ironist
November 2008
- Bourgeoisie
- “What Is Wrong With Everyone?”
- The Failure to Theorize Obama
- Theme Time Blog Post: Elections, Part 3
- Jack Bruce on Led Zeppelin
- PUMA’s Damn America, Move to Canada
- Taking It to the Streets
- Theme Time Blog Post: Elections, Part 2
- The Meaning of an Obama Victory
- Obama is the President
- Theme Time Blog Post: Elections, Part 1
October 2008
- Jokes and Their Relation to Apperception
- It’s Time To End “The Office”
- A World-Historical Swindle
- Distribution is Distribution, Not an Instant Fan-Base
- Police + Face + Cuts = ?
- The Apple Keynote to Come
- Spread the Wealth
- FUCK JOE! & Obama’s October Suprise
- William Jennings Bryan
- There Have Always Been Crises
September 2008
- Sarah Palin’s Greatest Hits
- The Prestige and Kierkegaard
- Bailout Talking Points
- Toyota Brown
- Sarah Palin’s Troubles
August 2008
July 2008
- The “Politicization” of the DoJ
- The Logic of the People
- The Big Parallax
- America: A Nation of Whiners
- A Fourth of July Question
- Splendor in the Darkness: Von Trier as a Sadist
June 2008
- Obama Publishes His Version of Events…
- The Odd Couple
- Hugo Chávez: Stalinist Totalitarian Part III
- Downtime
- Hillary the Populist
May 2008
- The Politicization of Disaster
- Indiana Jones and the Family Myth
- Zizek: Theory, Politics, Culture
- On Speculation
- Happy May Day
April 2008
- 366 Songs: March EP
- Three Obvious Strategies to Fix Windows
- The Passion of the Howler
- Proposal: Urban Gardening
- A Letter To Drug War Supporters: What Are You Smoking?
- Signing Statements
- Nader’s Poem
March 2008
- 366 Songs: February EP
- On Empirical Science
- Proposal: Shopping Cart Stroll
- Proposal: The Tyrrany of the Fork is Over
- What Eliot Spitzer Teaches Us
- On Humanity
- Proposal: Lighter Pockets
- German Abstract Expressionism Consumes Folk Hero Max Larkin
- On Micturition
- Proposal: Personalized Grocery Shopping
- 366 Songs: January EP
February 2008
- Proposal: Manifest Destiny Dining
- On Television, Interpellation and the big Other
- Proposal: Steam Cleaner
- Stuff White People Like Suggestion: Stuff White People Like Blog
- Icarus Feathers
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
- Poetry: Test of the Geneticists
- Homosexuality, Ideology and the “Vanishing Mediator” in Contemporary Cinema
- The Gypsies’ Whorehouse
- Writer’s Strike Breakdown
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
- Poetry: “The Oldest of Us All, Part 2”
- Towards A Politicized Notion of History
- Foresight 20/20: Dick Cheney Is An Evil Man
- Excerpt From “O Shit: A Survival Guide About What to Do When You Realize The Government’s Gone Sour”
- Poetry: “The Oldest of Us All”
- Why Hillary Will Be King
July 2007
- Rage Against the Machine Process Dues, Kanye Sends a Message
- Velvet Howler (Vision of a World) EP
- Lady Zorro: An In-Depth Look
- Poetry: “Out in the Arb”
- iPhone Battery FUD Corrections
- ‘Song Stealing’ Avril Deserves A Break
- New Karl Pilkington Book on the Way
- Dreams for Hip-Hop
- Worthwhile Campaigns
June 2007
- Catch-22: The Real Threat
- Countdown To Zig-A-Zig Yah
- Child of The Corn: A Midwestern Perspective
- Icky Thump: Review
- News from the Future
- The Pressure’s Building
- Insurgency, Decaffeinated
- Hilton Humiliation and the Penal System
- Reasons I Don’t Support Ron Paul
- CONFLICT! Music’s Future
- Stop Her Now: An Exploration
- Above the Influence of Reason
- Barack Obama and the Culture of Life
May 2007
- Icky Thumping
- The Search for Music Snobs
- Putin’s House of Mirrors
- Musical Spotlight: Brian Eno
- Jobs and Prosperity on the E-Frontier
- Why Does the Internet Love Ron Paul?
- Keepin’ it Real, Keepin’ it White
- “Indiggnation” and Afterthoughts
April 2007
- Virginia Tech and the Implications of “Normality”
- You’re Not a Hokie, Unless You Are
- Massacre at Virginia Tech
- Plagiarists Are Stupid, Throw Rocks At Them.
- So It Goes.
- College Laptop Trouble
- Iran Develops Nuclear Butterflies
- Poor Unfortunate Ghosts
March 2007
- What’s Next…
- Spring Break, Site News
- Br’er Hillary and the Briar Patch of Identity
- New White Stripes Album: Icky Thump
February 2007
- Guitar Smashing 101
- Street Sweep Contest!
- The Velvet Howler Supports G.I. Spears
- Huskerdoo: Bonnaroo? (White Stripes Return)
- Bush pisses off a musician! Again!
- Dolphins Destroying The Nation, One Fin At A Time
- The Importance of Trainbox
- America Under Attack: Astronauts
- Jobs Calls For An End to DRM
- Fecal Matters
- Prince Video Roundup
- Exploring Zappa: You Are What You Is
- Boston Rebuilds After Mooninite Devastation
- Rage Against the Machine Plan Sedition
- Manos: Finger-Lick’n Good
January 2007
- Of Fruit and Fancy
- Is It Cool?: Deerhoof
- Worst Ever, Installment #1
- Paris Hilton Exposed! or, When celebrities don’t pay their bills.
- Wii News: News.
- State of the Union: What Is To Be Done?
- Albert Hammond, Jr.: Action Hero?
- Lindsay Lohan Does Crack/Yoga
- ‘New Morning’ is a Great Morning Album
- Not So OKCupid
- Rich Little: Reagan Lover
- Overlooked Music: Black and Blue