Popmatters has published a very objective account of "The Party in Taylor Mead's Kitchen" in tandem with its familiar partner "The Girl with Black Balloons" by Cynthia Fuchs, Director of Film & Media Studies at George Mason University. Just scroll down a way. The Syndicate lurks in the shadows. Popmatters Review
The Praise of Motherfuckers, an article on the Occupy Wall Street protests by Jeffrey Wengrofsky, was reviewed this way:
"As a member of The White Panther Party after The MC5 were signed and out on tour, I found myself repeatedly being called to defend the use of such a profane term by a 'revolutionary' ensemble. If this writer had been around back then it would have made that part of the struggle a lot easier! Anyway keep up the good work and always remember to.....KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHERFUCKERS!"
- Hiawatha Bailey, Ministry of Information, The White Panther Party
Jeffrey Wengrofsky was recently interviewed by National Magazine Award-winning Tablet magazine for their Long Story Short podcast about how punk relates to Jewish history: http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/music/78206/rejects/
Here's what George Petros (former editor of Juxtapoz) said about it: "Very cool. Jeff Wengrofsky is to be congratulated for his panoramic overview of Punk's early history. He authoritatively articulates the genre's alienation and triumphs. Keep up the good work."
On the Occasion of Walter Benjamin's 119th Birthday was reviewed as follows:
"The article is a delight to read and recalls a richer, earthier, more ironic era of Mitteleuropa culture. Wengrofsky is an emissary from a vanishing world of New York intellectualism. The piece is a gem.
- Jonathan Engel, Baruch College, CUNY
"Great article" - RIchard Lloyd, Television
"Beautifully written, pointed and poignant, capturing his both elusive and appealing spirit and intellect."
- Ira Katznelson, Columbia University
Our recent films include "The Gospel According to Reverend Billy," a conversation with the 2009 Green Party candidate for mayor of New York City. Dr. Ira Katznelson, the Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University and former President of the American Political Science Association, reviewed the film and its corresponding essay as follows:
"This film is fascinating at more than one level, including the integration of performance and politics, religion and essentially secular positions, malleability and hard views. The film and essay are very well done, and provoke thought by inviting attention to a person and sets of identities and views that are not ordinarily foregrounded."
- Dr. Ira Katznelson, Columbia University
"SHIT is dope !"
- Professor Christian Davenport, University of Notre Dame
Jo Boobs Teaches the Va-Va Voom "exude[s] a healthy nostalgia for an age in which the transgressive could be easily performed and isolated. Jo has the depth to bracket feminism by her insistence on /performing/ gender; by projecting her body and its power to entertain, to become an object of fascination and adoration, and by owning and controlling that process."
- Dr. William Cipolla, Dean, Berkeley School of Business