Why is the villain in the “Rock of Ages” movie a Bible-thumping prude instead of an evil real estate developer?
From Stage to Screen: “Rock of Ages,” Urban Planning, and the Culture Wars
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Open Thread for January 6, 2012
Welcome to the first Open Thread of 2012, our farthest year into the future ever! I wish I had some more for you, but it’s been a slow week in the world of pop. Portlandia and Downton Abbey are coming…
Steel Panther: The “Starship Troopers” of Heavy Metal?
Steel Panther: brilliant metal parody, or just exploitation artists? Either way, they sure do rock.
Cock Rock Commitment
It is natural to think of Whitesnake entirely in the past tense; one only ever encounters them duringkaraoke nights, Vh1 Best-Of countdowns, and the occasional feminist musicology/culture studies article. As a result, it is easy to reify the band in…