New #culturerover: The Play of Levels, hypothesizing cultural criticism in US intellectual history. www.michaeljkramer.net/the-play-of-...
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New #culturerover: The Play of Levels, hypothesizing cultural criticism in US intellectual history. www.michaeljkramer.net/the-play-of-...
New #culturerover: The Dissonance of Dissidence—Theater Apparatus, Václav Havel’s Protest @ MuCCC/Rochester Fringe Festival @rochesterfringe.bsky.social, 10 september 2025. www.michaeljkramer.net/the-dissonan...
September 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
New #culturerover: The Dissonance of Dissidence—Theater Apparatus, Václav Havel’s Protest @ MuCCC/Rochester Fringe Festival @rochesterfringe.bsky.social, 10 september 2025. www.michaeljkramer.net/the-dissonan...
New #culturerover: Outstretched—Commotion Dance reaches out in Opus @ MuCC/Rochester Fringe Festival @rochesterfringe.bsky.social, 9 September 2025. www.michaeljkramer.net/outstretched/
September 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New #culturerover: Outstretched—Commotion Dance reaches out in Opus @ MuCC/Rochester Fringe Festival @rochesterfringe.bsky.social, 9 September 2025. www.michaeljkramer.net/outstretched/
New #culturerover: Those Times of Revolution—In Los Lobos’s 1996 “Revolution,” the words say one thing, the music another. www.michaeljkramer.net/those-times
September 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New #culturerover: Those Times of Revolution—In Los Lobos’s 1996 “Revolution,” the words say one thing, the music another. www.michaeljkramer.net/those-times
New #culturerover: Get Out the Way, Old Dan Tucker returns as ICE agent? www.michaeljkramer.net/get-out-the-...
August 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
New #culturerover: Get Out the Way, Old Dan Tucker returns as ICE agent? www.michaeljkramer.net/get-out-the-...
Over at @newyorker.com, the always-sharp Vinson Cunningham has a nice piece on those super-weird Apple AI ads, www.newyorker.com/culture/crit..., something I was thinking a lot about too in the Culture Rover post Phonies, www.michaeljkramer.net/phonies/. #culturerover
What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise?
If human workers don’t have to read, write, or even think, it’s unclear what’s left for them to do.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Over at @newyorker.com, the always-sharp Vinson Cunningham has a nice piece on those super-weird Apple AI ads, www.newyorker.com/culture/crit..., something I was thinking a lot about too in the Culture Rover post Phonies, www.michaeljkramer.net/phonies/. #culturerover
New #culturerover: More Than a Face—the gaze & the visage. Unmasking masking in the 2020s. www.michaeljkramer.net/more-than-a-...
June 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New #culturerover: More Than a Face—the gaze & the visage. Unmasking masking in the 2020s. www.michaeljkramer.net/more-than-a-...
New #culturerover: Brushing Against the Body, on
The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020, @mcachicago.bsky.social www.michaeljkramer.net/brushing-aga...
The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020, @mcachicago.bsky.social www.michaeljkramer.net/brushing-aga...
May 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
New #culturerover: Brushing Against the Body, on
The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020, @mcachicago.bsky.social www.michaeljkramer.net/brushing-aga...
The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020, @mcachicago.bsky.social www.michaeljkramer.net/brushing-aga...
New #culturerover: X Musks the Spot—on Jill Lepore’s sci-fi history of Elon Musk. www.michaeljkramer.net/x-musks-the-...
May 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New #culturerover: X Musks the Spot—on Jill Lepore’s sci-fi history of Elon Musk. www.michaeljkramer.net/x-musks-the-...
New #culturerover: Sam Shepard Returns—In two recent productions, Sam Shepard’s plays remind us that family traumas have long afterlives. www.michaeljkramer.net/sam-shepard-...
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New #culturerover: Sam Shepard Returns—In two recent productions, Sam Shepard’s plays remind us that family traumas have long afterlives. www.michaeljkramer.net/sam-shepard-...
New #culturerover: Shades Drawn, Icarus had feathers & wax, but he didn’t have a smartphone, www.michaeljkramer.net/shades-drawn/.
April 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New #culturerover: Shades Drawn, Icarus had feathers & wax, but he didn’t have a smartphone, www.michaeljkramer.net/shades-drawn/.
April 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New #culturerover: Kidsoterica—if you or anyone in your life needs a playlist of weird kids music, proceed.
www.michaeljkramer.net/kidsoterica/
www.michaeljkramer.net/kidsoterica/
April 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
New #culturerover: Kidsoterica—if you or anyone in your life needs a playlist of weird kids music, proceed.
www.michaeljkramer.net/kidsoterica/
www.michaeljkramer.net/kidsoterica/
New #culturerover: Love In, @aimbykyleabraham.bsky.social “love on one another” in An Untitled Love @ Nazareth College Arts Center, 24 January 2025. www.michaeljkramer.net/love-in/
January 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
New #culturerover: Love In, @aimbykyleabraham.bsky.social “love on one another” in An Untitled Love @ Nazareth College Arts Center, 24 January 2025. www.michaeljkramer.net/love-in/
New #culturerover: A Fast One, was the image that won the presidency in 2024 not a fist raised after an assassination attempt, but a hand holding out french fries at Mcdonald’s? www.michaeljkramer.net/a-fast-one/
January 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
New #culturerover: A Fast One, was the image that won the presidency in 2024 not a fist raised after an assassination attempt, but a hand holding out french fries at Mcdonald’s? www.michaeljkramer.net/a-fast-one/
New #culturerover #photojournal: The Dismantling of Higher Education. www.michaeljkramer.net/the-dismantl...
January 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
New #culturerover #photojournal: The Dismantling of Higher Education. www.michaeljkramer.net/the-dismantl...
January 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
December 25, 2024 at 9:01 PM
New #culturerover: Phonies—in the new Apple “Intelligence” ads, AI is actually about artificial affect. www.michaeljkramer.net/phonies/
November 20, 2024 at 10:41 PM
New #culturerover: Phonies—in the new Apple “Intelligence” ads, AI is actually about artificial affect. www.michaeljkramer.net/phonies/
New #culturerover: Tents—abodes that forebode. www.michaeljkramer.net/tents/
November 20, 2024 at 10:40 PM
New #culturerover: Tents—abodes that forebode. www.michaeljkramer.net/tents/
New #culturerover: Exceptionally Unexceptional—in Civil War, there is no american exceptionalism. www.michaeljkramer.net/exceptionall...
November 20, 2024 at 10:39 PM
New #culturerover: Exceptionally Unexceptional—in Civil War, there is no american exceptionalism. www.michaeljkramer.net/exceptionall...
New #culturerover: Rattle & Hum—on Jim White’s drumming. www.michaeljkramer.net/rattle-hum/
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
New #culturerover: Rattle & Hum—on Jim White’s drumming. www.michaeljkramer.net/rattle-hum/
New #culturerover: Big Shoes to Fill—Bridgman Packer Dance, Ghost Factory @ Sloan Performing Arts Center, University of Rochester, 25 October 2024. www.michaeljkramer.net/big-shoes-to...
November 20, 2024 at 10:35 PM
New #culturerover: Big Shoes to Fill—Bridgman Packer Dance, Ghost Factory @ Sloan Performing Arts Center, University of Rochester, 25 October 2024. www.michaeljkramer.net/big-shoes-to...