Tag: america

Soundtracking a Mulholland Ave. SolarDrive : Balthazar Getty (Interview)

SolarDrive's Balthazar Getty talks Angelino car culture, film and music...

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A Reliquary for Eros in Ruin: David John Attyah

Two installations in mixed media offer an insight into the male psyche via classicist symbolism...

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A Sheepdog’s Trials: Bernie Bows Out

True to form, the sheepdog that is Bernie Sanders rolls over for Mummy. ...

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A Farewell to Bernie, the Two-Legged Democrat Sheepdog

Subdued by Hillary, Sanders joins the lengthy list of Democrat fallguys...

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Congressman John Lewis: You Can Sit, But What Do You Stand For?

A recent Washington sit-in by the Civil Rights veteran offers little but an entrenchment of the establishment...

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Sun, Sea and… Pebbles? Saving Your Summer With A Coarser Response to Beach Erosion

Beach replenishment helps protect against storm erosion during El Niño ...

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Post-Sanders Disillusionment? Not if You Know Your Democrat History

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphere is speculation that Bernie’s Big Misadventure in the sucker-fleecing, traveling carnival of the Democratic Party Primary...

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An Iconography Of Chance (99 Photographs Of The Evanescent South)

Tav Falco presents a lifetime's worth of photography from a colourful and cool past and present...

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Machismo and Violence – The Heavy Doors of Another Closet

Trump calling Obama a closeted Muslim misses the point. Obama's presidency uses Muslims as cannon fodder ...

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For the Love of Carmine (Lena Moross)

With offhand virtuosity, painter Lena Moross captures her intriguing muse. Preview...

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Alaska and Asia: The Trans-Pacific Trading Partnership that Pre-dates Columbus

Old World metals traded on Alaska coast hundreds of years before contact with Europeans ...

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And then there was just Madame Hillary. Hold the Champagne.

Hillary Clinton may have taken the Democratic nomination, but that leaves little to celebrate...

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Yearning for Pet Sounds

Predating instant gratification by decades, Pet Sounds expresses a yearning which still makes for emotional listening. Essay...

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Deeper Into the Hepatitis Bathtub

A booksigning followed by dinner should be simple. In newly-cleansed Manhattan, it's anything but...

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Upwardly immobile? Top Income Earners Don’t Move About Much

Study dispels myth about millionaire migration in the US ...

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In New York City with the Hepatitis Bathtub

En route to NYC for a NOFX book signing, Scott Laudati takes the Red Sox and racism trail...

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Killer Hillary or the Lumpentrumpetariat; On Choosing the Lesser of two Evils

A presidency headed by either Donald Trump or the Clinton Cartel will make the world a more dangerous place. Essay...

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Does Bernie Have the Balls for an Independent Sanders Bid?

Beaten by the occult machinations of the Democratic National Committee, should Sanders mount his own campaign?...

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Oil and Acrylic In Your Face Icons (Darby Krow)

Spit, sawdust and an eye for colour - Los Angeles artist Darby Krow is no Hollywood hipster...

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Madam Hillary: A Timeline of Serving the Powerful

A presidential hopeful reserves the right to change her mind, but Hillary Clinton repeatedly shows that this lady IS for turning....

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Losers, Lawnmowers and The Grave of Jack Kerouac

Hitting the road for the birthday of Jack Kerouac, Scott Laudati wends a weary way to the writer's graveside...

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Sanders’ Super Tuesday Smackdown? The Surprise is that he made it this far.

Still Hope for Sanders? Not unless you hope he'll roll over for Hillary. Super Tuesday, reaction....

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The Right Business: Politics and the Randian Hero

Wealth does not denote moral worth, so why does it make politicians popular? Essay...

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Adios, Sandernistas, Clintons Don’t Take Kindly to Revolution

Slurs and superdelegates. Now that Sanders has rattled the Clinton camp, the slapdown begins. Essay...

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One of Us? Identity Politics and How Donald Trump Rides Them

Still trying to understand the appeal of Donald Trump? The slick shortcut of identity politics, explained....

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Groovy Oop North : The Flamin’ Groovies, Manchester Gig

A rare UK gig at Manchester's Club Academy by San Fransisco proto-rockers The Flamin' Groovies...

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Trumped, But Not Out. Identity Politics in America, and the new Other

An essay on how demographics have changed America, and how this affects the politics of identity....

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The Tr(i)ump(h) of Identity Politics

Something about Donald Trump appeals to a large number of American voters. What is it? Douglas Bulloch offers some answers....

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Star Wars and the Escapism of the Mindless

What will a future Democratic president's agenda will entail? Hint: Take note of which Republican declarations Democratic partisans are fuming in self-righteous outrage against now....

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Weapon Wielding White Males and Imperial Warmongers

Homegrown terrorists perpetrate rampage after rampage. And yet again: Mainstream pundits ask why...

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