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Our Month in Pop Culture – July 2014

July 1, 2014 by Travis J. Cook Leave a Comment

We here at The Addison Recorder read stuff. We also watch stuff. Sometimes, that stuff is interesting. Sometimes we just need to talk about whatever pop culture ephemera occupies our time. Which brings us to this column. Parrot on. [Read more…]

Posted in: Round-Ups Tagged: Assassin's Creed, books, Donna Tartt, games, Goldfinch, literature, pop culture, reading, Storium, storytelling

Our Month in Pop Culture – June 2014

June 2, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment

Sometimes we at The Addison Recorder just need to talk about whatever pop culture ephemera occupies our time. So we are starting a monthly column for just that. It will be a bit shorter — just a paragraph or two from whichever Recorder voice wants to join in — and will hopefully provide a spark for comments from any readers who connect with whatever we are reading/watching/listening to/playing.

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Posted in: Round-Ups Tagged: books, Cheryl Strayed, David Foster Wallace, film, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Girl Rising, Infinite Jest, Louis CK, Love in the Time of Cholera, Oppressed Majority, pop culture, Wild

Pam Poovey, Hero

February 13, 2014 by Christina Brandon Leave a Comment

Everyone, meet Pam Poovey of Archer:

Gif of Pam Poovey

She’s the bold, brash, randy human resources director at the spy agency ISIS (or was until it got shut down on account of treason against the US government). She rivals the show’s namesake (and “world’s greatest secret agent”) with her ferocious libido and her unapologeticly gross humor befitting a ten year-old boy.

 

Ever one for an adventure, she makes me think of this quote from Jane Eyre:
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Pam does and says things I often keep to myself, and that’s part of why I love her; she’s me, only way more ballsy. Without further ado, here is Pam Poovey, Hero: [Read more…]

Posted in: Television Tagged: Archer, FX, Pam Poovey, pop culture, Television, TV

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