Archive for May, 2012
Paul Charlton Talks to Us, the Beeb and Will Shakespeare
by Adam Leipzig
Paul Charlton, one-third of the British comedy group The Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek, was in his London flat, waiting for the BBC to issue a verdict on a TV series, writing a dramatic play, and finishing working on the group's 2012 show, which they'll take to the Edinburgh Fringe in August for their final year there.
We crossed the Atlantic More...
The Amazon You Never See
by Campbell Britton
Americans may envision exotic endangered Indian tribes when they think of the Amazon, but Brazilian-born LA resident Jorge Vismara reveals the life spirit of Amazon River inhabitants that most of us didn’t know existed. With an eye for the communion of souls between artist and subject, and a thirst for the unexpected wherever he goes, Vismara i More...
Space Walk With Turkeys
by Lee Rossi
Motel sex, no matter how good with your own wife, is better with someone else’s, the ghosts of all those horny strangers, a cheering section of lingering sweetness, infecting the sheets. 30 minutes north of the Johnson Space Center, I was watching football and thinking of the Mrs. back home. Outside, the interstate vibrated with the hum More...Tanya Wexler and ‘Hysteria’
by Sophia Stein
Hysteria is a romantic comedy set in Victorian England about the birth of the vibrator and the choice that Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) faces between a life of comfort and complacency versus one of meaning and conviction. Mortimer Granville is enlisted by Dr. Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce) to assist in Dalrymple’s wildly successful medical practic More...
A City’s Living Room
by Rick Meghiddo
Rick Meghiddo is an architect and urban designer, who is dedicated to informing and educating people about the meaning and value of architecture. His new series of architecture documentaries, Spaces for People, is focused on revealing the joy and hidden messages in architectural works.
Here's Rick's look at Disney Hall.
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Welcome Back, John Steppling!
John Steppling, playwright, thinker, cultural critic and activist, is back.
No, he's not back in Los Angeles, or even in the United States. John has returned to us virtually, from his current abode in Namna, Norway, with the launch of his new website, http://john-steppling.com/
John is more than a great playwright. He is one of the major More...
Lianne La Havas, ‘Is Your Love Big Enough?’
Liane La Havas, English soul singer, folk singer, and songwriter makes a stunning debut in this video. Her first album will be released July 9, 2012. More...Happy Birthday Week, Mel Blanc!
Mel Blanc, great voice creator of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Foghorn Leghorn and Barney Rubble, was born May 30, 1908. He died July 10, 1989. In this classic 1978 cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and available here in full HD, Bugs gets some misdirections from Ray Bradbury and ends up in the middle More...Let There Be Light, Once Again
by Adam Leipzig
Long after my father had forgotten my name, he remembered being a soldier.
My dad served in World War II. As an Army lieutenant, he navigated bombing runs in the European theatre. Like so many men of his time and generation, he never talked much about the war, although in his final years, even as he lost awareness of the world, fragments of More...
