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An educator, scholar and critic of music, politics and media, Jayson Harsin was an indie rock and alt. country dj for seven years at WNUR radio in Chicago. He has two blogs. A music blog: "Parisite:Indie News from Paris," and a Politics, Media, and Culture blog: "Pearls Before Swine".His academic writings have been published in several books and journals. He is also a regular music contributor to Popmatters, and his writing on film has appeared in Bright Lights Film journal (online) and Bad Subjects. He is currently at work on a book, The Rumor Bomb: Vertiginous Politics in Convergence Culture.
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Beneath the teeming anthills of Paris tourism and consumerism beats the old heart of indie culture.
Pajo is post-rock-campfire song-rowboat music.
An election in two days and....Click! Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death! Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death! Saddam...
News coverage of Kerry's statement about troops in Iraq days before a major election is an example tabloidization passing as public debate.
Their mariachified indie sound still holds up, though flickers of an identity crisis were observable.
Pundits, politicians, and their cherry-picked research struggle to shape citizens' undestanding of "the economy." Their practices threaten democratic debate.
Review of ¡Forward, Russia! concert at La Maroquinerie, Paris, France.
To indie music lovers living under the lash of speed, I give you haiku reviews of Devotchka and Hem.
It's practically a cliche to say it: smoking is a way of life in France.
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