Category: Culture Corner

Bernie Langs David Bowie’s music always showcased complex arrangements, alongside lyrics reflecting the turmoil of our world. To…

Concert Review: Paul Simon at the Prudential Center (Newark, NJ), September 15, 2018 By Bernie Langs Paul Simon…

Aileen Marshall Kelvin Droegemeier, November 19, 2014. Credit: Wikimedia Commons On July 31 of this year, Trump nominated…

Camila Cabello’s Havana Wows Pop Music Bernie Langs   Photo: Sony Music Entertainment The first time I heard…

Visiting Michelangelo’s Sculptures in Florence Bernie Langs One of my personal goals during a late May 2018 visit…

Emotional Immediacy in Recent Movies Bernie Langs Warning: Spoilers ahead! (Source: Wikipedia) The powerful lessons of the arts,…

My Thoughts On Two Documentaries: Long Strange Trip (Amazon Studios, 2017) and Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars…

  “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer” (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 13, 2017 – February 12, 2018)…

  “Airbag” by Radiohead Bernie Langs I’ve come to believe that there are two masterpiece records that not…

Book Review: Compass by Mathias Énard (New Directions, 2015; translated into English, 2017) Bernie Langs There are novels…

  Television review: The Defiant Ones (HBO documentary) Bernie Langs Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, featured in HBO’s…

  Ubiquitous Art Bernie Langs I have of late—but wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth, forgone all…

Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism and the 2016 Presidential Election Bernie Langs I am close to finishing…