What is the endless fascination we have with giving over our own personal power to others? Why do we choose not to hook up with others in w...

A small table today cuz I didn't have the energy to sit through 2+ hours of grinding. Given that, the head's up with "penske5...

I've been getting back into it, chump change little sit 'n gos, but it's still good to know I can make my way through a field. ...

Noel Burch, the greatest of film theoreticians, says that the way a filmmaker approaches filmmaking is influenced by his language. Thus, th...

This is too long overdue, but brotha Glen Ford and his Black Agenda Report hold it down on the real. If you don't know then don't a...

What a game. Renee and I were yelling and rooting for the Giants big time. I normally don't diary my blog [sic], because it's fucki...

I slam my country so much for being shitheads, that it's about time I said something positive about America. And one of them is indeed ...

Fish and I went to the Third LA Biennial at Bergamot Station last week. At the end of this entry is the LA Weekly cover story that prom...

I remember the first time I saw Chrissie Hynde as the waitress in the Brass in Pocket video - I was, like, Who the hell is this broad? I ...

Watched PBS's excellent doc series, "Independent Lens," who showed Sisters in Law , a play on the strong sistas meting out jus...

It's about time I wrote about Mikey DelCampo, aka, Sour Shoes, a Stern misfit. Unlike the Wack Pack, SS is talented and has a sense of ...

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. -T.S. Eliot I've just watched Naomi Klein on her Charlie Rose book flacking tour, and I must...

Beware of those in whom the urge to punish is powerful. -Goethe Zero Degrees of Separation looks at the Middle East conflict and the Palesti...

Two more screenings: CWW was Monday with Aaron Sorkin guesting, ST was tonight, John Logan guesting. While I'm all for ignorant Amerika...

Well, this is the "Academy rush" and the screenings are piling up. So, Fish and I saw a screening of The Kite Runner Wednesday, ...

Short one here on Nuno - saw an exhibit on them and was impressed. In a documentary on the company, it showed the meticulous, artisanly ap...

One of the fortunate things about living in LA is that if you're into movies, this is the place. Well, truth be told, les enfants de la...

I forgot to mention I went to this thing . Kucinich, Hilary and John Edwards showed up out of all the candidates on both sides of the aisle...

Something that I think is important to be inculcating our young folks with are the ramifications of our actions as consumers. While certain...