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Herland (7) 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
When young Van Jennings and his friends — Terry and Jeff — invade an isolated society composed entirely of women, they carry with them not only brightly colored scarves and beads but sexist ideologica...
Herc Your Enthusiasm (22) 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Twenty-second in a series of posts analyzing and celebrating old-school hip hop. *** HERBIE HANCOCK | “ROCKIT” | 1983 My parents’ album collection was comprised of Schubert, plus music they heard o...
Theodore Savage (25) 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
HiLobrow is pleased to present the twenty-fifth and final installment of our serialization of Cicely Hamilton’s Theodore Savage (also known as Lest Ye Die). When war breaks out in Europe — war which ...
Herc Your Enthusiasm (21) 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Twenty-first in a series of posts analyzing and celebrating old-school hip hop. *** RUN DMC | “HERE WE GO (LIVE AT THE FUNHOUSE)” | 1983 Let’s get one thing straight before we proceed – I know this...
Julio Cortázar 26 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
When he was nine years old, Argentine JULIO CORTÁZAR (1914–84) defied his mother and read Edgar Allen Poe. The experience made him a nervous wreck for three months and inspired him to be an author. Li...
Regression Toward the Zine (10) 25 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
A 25-part series in which HiLobrow editor Joshua Glenn, who from 1990–93 published the zine Luvboat Earth and from 1992–2001 published the zine/journal Hermenaut, bids a fond farewell to his noteworth...
The School on the Fens (29) 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
HiLobrow is proud to present the twenty-ninth installment of Robert Waldron’s novel The School on the Fens. New installments will appear each Saturday for thirty-eight weeks. CLICK HERE to read all in...
Dave Chappelle 24 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
“Nice place, Nigger.” Increasingly valued in a culture that so lavishly rewards efficient communication, catchphrases and punchlines connect those in on the joke, except perhaps the joker. But what ar...
Herc Your Enthusiasm (20) 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Twentieth in a series of posts analyzing and celebrating old-school hip hop. *** GRANDMASTER & MELLE MEL | “WHITE LINES (DON’T DO IT)” | 1983 I The introduction is deceptive: a spectral voice into...
The Man with Six Senses (7) 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
HiLobrow is pleased to present the seventh installment of our serialization of Muriel Jaeger’s The Man with Six Senses. New installments will appear each Friday for 20 weeks. When Hilda, a beautiful ...
