Archive - Cultural Insomnia

Karajan: Metronomes, Memoirs, and Recordings

Marginalia on a "Times" Profile

May 17 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

May 2023

Alice in the Cities

Wim Wenders, 1974

May 10, 2023 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

October 2022

S. walked alone under the falling sun, looking into the luxurious windows of Clearwater Avenue’s old brick houses. Lights seeped out of them…

Oct 18, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

August 2022

On Indianapolis' Public Transit

I hate cars. I hate driving them, I hate being driven in them, and I hate the anti-urban effect they have on cities that depend on them. Unfortunately I…

Aug 11, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

March 2022

Why Bookstores Matter

Algorithms Are Convenient--but What Are We Giving Up?

Mar 30, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

The Propaganda War Over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin, who has been a tyrant for decades, is at last facing unified global resistance: the UN general assembly voted 141 to 5, with 35…

Mar 8, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

January 2022

How to Not Be a Screen Junkie

Why should we move to find

Jan 31, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

December 2020

In Defense of Fiction

As 2020 draws to a close, there is a pre-echo of normalcy in the air, the possibility of a return to a glorious summer even as we head into what will…

Dec 11, 2020 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

July 2020

Musicians, especially flutists, are ridiculous. The field is populated by garden-variety village idiots, and the profession is largely a closed circle…

Jul 19, 2020 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

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