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Issue 8

Birds, prosthetic legs filled with ping pong balls, Van Gogh, Jennifer Anniston, Descartes, Derrida, Godard, Jane Fonda, the Dead Monk Bench, and the Charles Bukowski of 19th Century Japan: all can be found in this issue of HoW. more

Issue 7

Sir Roger Bannister is wrong. It’s not that the question “do you prefer cheese or chocolate?” is important; in fact, it’s an everyday, boring sort of question. But it’s not Sir Roger’s record-breaking run that makes him who he is, nor is it his medical career, etc. It’s the everyday stuff. more

Issue 6

Do music genres and social/political borders have something in common? After talking with Miho Hatori, we’re persuaded to think so. more

Issue 5

HoW wants to tell you a story. But we can’t, quite. For one thing, we’re too preoccupied. more

Issue 4

HoW just can't seem to shake the trans-Atlantic habit. Recently, we were on a train between Milan and Venice. We got in an empty compartment on one of the cars, the sort of compartment like in A Hard Day's Night. more

Issue 3

In Spring of 2002, HoW find themselves in London to better understand the transcontinental manifestations of popular culture (particularly in pubs).  We are at our table, two pints of stout in front of us, while the DJ spins an impossibly eclectic collection of music. One of us turns to the other and says, “this is quite good”; the other replies, “it’s what I dream about.” more

Issue 2

In this issue of HoW, we're pleased to feature an interview with Alex Shakar, author of The Savage Girl. Set amongst a group of professional trendspotters, Shakar portrays a world where the idea of marketing "diet water" is a real possibility. That's right, a world much like our own. Beyond that, in this issue we try to demonstrate why observing pop culture is sometimes like watching a train wreck. more

Issue 1

So you've found us: Habits of Waste: A Quarterly Review of Pop Culture. And how do we reward you? Despite our announced focus on "popular culture," right out of the gate we seem to have steered more towards the cult and obscure. Only a few of the bands, movies and books examined here will have much name recognition. more