What does it mean when I draw a connection between one of my most favorite songs and one of my least favorite philosophers? Have I misjudged the philosopher, or the song? I’ve been obsessed with[…]
Category: Existentialism
Irredeemable Location to Live
Here’s a philosophy of life question for you: I live somewhere unappealing and cannot leave for the next 3-5 months, give or take. Some people are lucky enough to live their lives as a constant[…]
“Pursuit of Happiness”: Philosophical Music – Hip Hop
The most striking thing about Kid Cudi’s 2009 song and video, Pursuit of Happiness, is the stark contrast between its superficial pleasures and deep miseries. The video presents much as many other hip-hop videos of[…]
Top 10 Movies: #2 – Do the Right Thing
It’s the hottest day of the year. Spike Lee is known as an actor’s director, and nowhere is that more apparent than in his masterpiece, 1989’s Do the Right Thing, an acknowledged classic of American[…]
Top 10 Movies: #3 – Casablanca
What hasn’t been said about Casablanca? It’s a nearly flawless piece of cinema, and the crowning achievement of the old “assembly-line” system of movie-making, under which the studio would pull a director, a couple of[…]
Top 10 Movies: #4 – Stand By Me
While Stand By Me (1986) is undeniably an excellent film, I’m not sure I can actually justify how high it ranks on my personal Top 10 list (it almost came in at number 3, but[…]
Top 10 Movies: #6 – The Graduate
I have to admit, part of my deep affection for movie #6 on my personal Top 10 list, the 1967 Mike Nichols film The Graduate, comes from the fact that at my alma mater, Swarthmore[…]
Top 10 Movies: #7 – Eternal Sunshine (Reconstructivist Art)
I’m re-running my post on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to commemorate the fact that it’s not only an exemplar of Reconstructivist Art, it is also movie #7 on my personal top 10 movies[…]
Top 10 Movies: #9 – The Breakfast Club
I’m revealing my Generation X origins with my pick for 9th best movie, 1985’s The Breakfast Club. Without letting director John Hughes off the hook for “crimes” such as the casual racism and sexism of[…]
Sartre and Hotel California
I have to write about an existentialist philosophy/argument that is in the song Hotel California (the Eagles). The song is my stimuli for my paper, in which I have to oppose two philosophical arguments. Do[…]