http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/posts/2008/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 12 May 2008 00:17:15 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/post/17---rich-kid-blues-2004.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(C. M. Barons) http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/post/17---rich-kid-blues-2004.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/post/17---rich-kid-blues-2004.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 12 May 2008 00:17:15 -0700 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00f48cf47a2e000300f48cf734bd0002" at:format="small" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-small audio-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item audio-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/audio/6a00f48cf47a2e000300f48cf734bd0002.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00f48cf47a2e000300f48cf734bd0002-120pi" alt="17 - Rich Kid Blues (2004 Digital Remaster)" title="17 - Rich Kid Blues (2004 Digital Remaster)" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/audio/6a00f48cf47a2e000300f48cf734bd0002.html" title="17 - Rich Kid Blues (2004 Digital Remaster)">17 - Rich Kid Blues (2004 Digital Remaster)</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/post/17---rich-kid-blues-2004.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cf47a2e000300f48d15efb20001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/post/in-the-midst-of.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(C. 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Barons) http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/post/in-the-midst-of.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/post/in-the-midst-of.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 10 May 2008 09:40:27 -0700 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00f48cf47a2e000300e398f847620004" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large link-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item link-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/link/6a00f48cf47a2e000300e398f847620004.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00f48cf47a2e000300e398f847620004-320pi" alt="In the Midst Of" title="In the Midst Of" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://cmbarons.vox.com/library/link/6a00f48cf47a2e000300e398f847620004.html" title="In the Midst Of">In the Midst Of</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle link-subtitle"><a href="http://www.inthemidstof.info/" target="new">http://www.inthemidstof.info/</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-description">In the Midst Of by C. M. Barons ...if &quot;Boogie Nights&quot; warmed your cockles, this'll really get your rocks off: Sticker price on a 1975 Corvette was $6,550. A bag of Columbian: $30. In the Midst Of features a barefaced ensemble of true-to-age characters. Brian connects with an offbeat mentor cum older brother named Hollis in a lopsided relationship. Hollis moves on, but Brian will not let go. He clings to a myth perpetuated by dependency and self-denial. The 1970s was an era of global hang-time; the 60s pendulum had swung as far as the silent majority would allow. Poised to back swing, the repercussions were unclear. The shock value of the previous decade had been commercialized. Like pre-faded jeans: off-the-rack and ready-to-wear. “How's your love life?” “Try it... You’ll like it!” ...Couldn’t raise the eyebrows of the Tidy-Bowl man. The nation was in transition, post Watergate-pre AIDS. The war was over, and Disco was an urban anomaly. Americans shimmied into hip-huggers, submitted to analysis and shucked inhibitions. Suburban cool: Naugahyde living room set, Tiki-lit backyard and coveting the neighbor's spouse. ...Cocaine for your groove and a doobie to unwind. What distinguishes In the Midst Of? Barons’ characters are not trite icons typically enlisted to resemble the 70s. Brian, et al, leap beyond stereotypes; video verite, spurred by downright, gut-metered dialogue. The backdrop is unaffected, a Kodacolor © snapshot- definitive 70s. The era pretends to be a character, à la Grand Central Terminal, too epic for the label: train station. Brian and his friends’ lives play out, guided by elements more onerous than the clockworks of society and politics. They are ensconced on a college campus. Co-ed dorms, liberal drinking, open drugs and casual sex. Edge-lurking has always been fashionable. Hollis dangles by his fingertips. Beneath his public facade lies a disturbing void. 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