Category: Bill Shea
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The Last Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl is as a crass orgy of violence, morally bankrupt consumerism, and unrestrained parasitic capitalism in the twilight of a decadent crumbling empire. But New Orleans sure sounds awesome!
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Talking about the forbidden ‘V word’ as democracy crumbles
As we watch American democracy crumble by the hour into MAGA tech-fascism, we are forced to think about the nightmare scenario of political violence
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An elegy for my shopping mall childhood
I grew up in shopping malls as a Gen X kid, and my memories of these dying (or already dead) retail cathedrals are fading. Today, I just walk them to stay fit. And maybe buy some underwear.
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Trump II: The Shitty Sequel (ft. oligarchs, mobs, and Nazi salutes)
We all knew Trump’s return would mean new ugliness, stupidity, and evil, but this ramped-up level of oligarch ass-kissing is (almost) surprising
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With Trump’s impending inauguration, the cold dread of Nosferatu nears
It’s easier to respect a beastly fictional vampire because at least he lives the courage of his evil convictions
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Happy New Year, my ass
The quarter pole of the 21st century is not off to an auspicious start and worse is to come, but I’m trying like a motherfucker to find Camus’ invincible summer within me
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Why I (temporarily) joined the Un-Athletic
Detroit Metro Times, the city’s venerable alt-weekly, asked me to fill in this month while their regular columnist is away on assignment. This is my first column for Metro Times, published earlier this week.
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Midlife Crisis Actor’s Studio: My favorite pathetic fictional men
For better or worse, and probably mostly worse, I’ve always been drawn to fictious characters who can best and most charitably be described as antiheroes.
