Dear Science, TV on the Radio’s previous album, was the last physical CD I bought. That was 2008. Three years later, I accidentally second-degree murdered my laptop in my sleep. Its passing left considerable voids […]
Critical Analyses: April 12th 2011-May 10th 2011, In Terms of Music
Like a person, I from time to time enjoy listening to music in my car on my way to work. Most times I’ll listen to music on my way home from work, too. My car […]
Take a Gander: Gene Sardoni Interviews Me Carmen Petaccio
In an homage to BABY PICTURES OF FAMOUS DICTATORS’ now infamous Interview Series, Gene Sardoni is doing a series of interviews at his blog, the BPoFD favorited Genesar: A Day in the Life. You can read his interview […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Thor
All the makings of a bad, bad movie are present in Thor. There are landfills of exposition, underdeveloped characters, undeveloped characters, voice over, product placement, narrational meandering, Deus Ex Machina after Deus Ex Machina, laughable […]
Congratulations in Order: The 100th Post
This marks the 100th post of Baby Pictures of Famous Dictators. In hindsight, I never intended to start a cultural phenomenon. But a phenomenon I have started nonetheless. Whether I determine the zeitgeist, or the […]
Critical Analyses: The Caruso Collection
Past BABY PICTURES OF FAMOUS DICTATORS interviewee and musical polymath Rico Caruso recently updated the photos section of his official website. In the wake of this momentous occurrence, my inbox has been flooded with emails from people pleading that […]
Take a Gander: Video Response
This is a video made in response to what the videographer deemed my “super homo treason rant.” I take it all back, United States. You were right. I, once again, was wrong. See video.
Congratulations in Order: The United States of America Ends Terrorism Forever
After nearly a decade of pursuit, the United States military has killed Osama Bin Laden, the self-professed mastermind behind the terrorist attacks on September 11th and a multitude of other such attacks around the world. […]
Memento Mori: Gerard Smith
Dying is iffy business, and I’m not looking forward to it. Other peoples’ dying is doubly downing, as not only are you suddenly forever without the deceased, but that dying induces rumination on your own […]
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