Stories by Chris Fitzpatrick

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To Have Our Lives Taped

Posted on Jul 19, 2002, Source: PopMatters

MTV's faux documentary series, "Real World," is more pre-fab than ever, with self-conscious cast members who deliver exactly what is required of them.

Boom Go the Bombs, Boom Goes the Bass

Posted on Jun 14, 2002, Source: PopMatters

Music producers set imperialism to a new bass-heavy beat, claiming traditional "third world" art forms as hot commodities.

Paranoia over Privacy

Posted on Apr 24, 2002, Source: PopMatters

How is a sense of security retained in an environment embedded with hidden policies and clauses that come to the foreground only after the fact? The same security measures put in place to protect our privacy have the capacity to strip them.

Privacy and Paranoia

Posted on Apr 22, 2002, Source: PopMatters

Post-Sept. 11 paranoia affects the way we view everything. What may be art to a photographer may look like a bomb threat to a Walgreens' clerk.

The Selling of 9-11

Posted on Mar 21, 2002, Source: PopMatters

The recent CBS documentary on 9-11 is damning proof how a national tragedy has been turned into a marketing bonanza for corporations.
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