Author Archives: Cam Hassard

Nessus: The Buck Stops Here

Editor’s Note: It seemed that every bar, supermarket, streetcorner and subwoofer in town had Jacko blaring through the city over the weekend. The shockwave of MJ’s passing continues to linger throughout the world, his back catalogue wailing ubiquitously through the … Continue reading

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The Dwarf Planet Docket for 2009

By Philip Sedgwick from Next World Stories, published in January 2009. As part of our annual edition, this article looks at all of 2009 and all of it is relevant for today. Philip Sedgwick is one of the leading minor … Continue reading

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Managing Despair

By Jeanne Treadway from Next World Stories, published in January 2009. FOR MORE THAN 20 years I’ve relied on three musical traditions to carry me through the ferociously maniacal holidays. On Thanksgiving, Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant Massacree makes me laugh … Continue reading

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Our Aquarian Moment

By ERIC FRANCIS from Next World Stories, published in January 2009. So here we are. Where exactly? It seems like a few people have noticed that in the geography of time, we’ve arrived at a mountain pass in late autumn. … Continue reading

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The Audacity of Star Trek

By Savas Abadsidis I had the pleasure of being one of the first New Yorkers to attend a screening of the new Star Trek movie, the eleventh film in the series and a reboot of the entire franchise. I thought … Continue reading

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Wag the Pig

Hi Folks, This is Planet Waves shortstop Cam Hassard chiming in with some of the day’s juicier nuggets. If you have other bits of exciting or odd news, please do post them to the comments area below or email me … Continue reading

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‘Looking’ at the Image

By Kelly Cowan Editor’s Note: I have acquired my photographic education, such as it is, from a number of talented artists and photographers over the years, and someone I spend a lot of time communicating with about images these days … Continue reading

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UPD: Planet Waves Radio

Hey all, we got disconnected three times…so I am calling it a night…the problem appears to be with Verizon on my end…so we will resume this excellent interview next week on Planet Waves Radio. The beginning of the program is … Continue reading

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The Ethics of Torture, Part 1

Dear Friend and Reader: It’s confirmed — the Bush administration approved and conducted torture to extract information from prisoners during the “War on Terror.” The methods violated international and American law, and were widely considered illegal by everyone except the … Continue reading

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Safe, Sane and Consensual

Twenty-five years since Richard Berkowitz and Michael Callen coined ‘safe sex’ in their brochureВ  “How to Have Sex in an Epidemic,” the safe gay sex message no longer seems to be working. As the culture of ‘bareback’ sex (an erotic … Continue reading

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