Books, Music, Movies and Philosophy (Updates Thursdays)
Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001) as an example of Reconstructivist Art Acclaimed Mexican film director Alfonso Cuarón (later to win a Best Director Oscar for Gravity) returned to his native country in...
Man of La Mancha (1965) by Wasserman, Leigh and Darion as an example of Reconstructivist Art The ground-breaking and seminal seventeenth-century Spanish novel Don Quixote attracted a number of prior attempts at theatrical adaptation,...
Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story (1979) as an example of Reconstructivist Art Michael Ende’s international bestseller found an audience among children and adults alike, due to its psychologically rich exploration of a hero whose...
This week brings a new installment of my series on alt-classical music –music that combines the instrumentation, elegance and sophistication of classical music with the vitality of newer and more modern approaches to music....
Here’s the new music I found most exciting this year. Much of it was from the free record samplers they distribute on Amazon (one of the web’s best kept secrets, full length anthology albums,...
This post is the second one about my original logic-based “escape” game, Plexr. It’s very difficult to solve, so I’m including this following walkthrough. Don’t read it unless you’ve already done your best to...
I just published an all-new version of my first and only video game, Plexr, designed for people who like giving their brain a good mental workout. Play Plexr 2 A complex logic puzzle involving...
Wyclef Jean’s Mona Lisa as an example of Reconstructivist Art Mona Lisa was a little noted deep-album cut from hip-hop impresario Wyclef Jean’s multiplatinum album The Carnival (1997). A radical reinvention of the remixed...
Joss Whedons’ Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008) as an example of Reconstructivist Art To avoid crossing picket lines during the 2007 Writers’ Guild Strike, writer/director Joss Whedon kept busy by producing a fully independent,...
Artist Kehinde Wiley as an example of Reconstructivist Art. Kehinde Wiley is an African American visual artist, known primarily for his lush, full-scale portraits of young urban African American men in contemporary clothing, but...
A month or so ago, I explored the “cover songs” side of alt classical music, a genre that combines the pleasures of classical music with the vitality of more modern forms. This month, I...
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