Archive - Cultural Insomnia

Practical Musical Analysis

A Guide for Perplexed Performers

May 29 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

May 22 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

Bennett Miller, 1998

May 14 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

January 2025

It has been one month since my last concert, and thanks to a particularly hectic holiday season, my air and fingers have become a little rusty.

Jan 25 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

May 2023

Alice in the Cities

Wim Wenders, 1974

May 10, 2023 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

March 2022

Serendipity in the Stacks

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

Mar 30, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

January 2022

How to Not Be a Screen Junkie

Why should we move to find

Jan 31, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

December 2021

A Toast to Christopher Hitchens

I stand between you and your next drink, and have no intention of being brief.

Dec 20, 2021 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

December 2020

The Novel Virus

In Defense of Fiction

Dec 11, 2020 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

July 2020

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Werner Herzog, 1974

Jul 19, 2020 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

May 2020

Classical music has become ridiculous. Concerts are largely nonevents in which any real expression or interpretation is avoided in the name of…

May 18, 2020 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

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