Youre so pale, Blair says to Clay near the end of Imperial Bedrooms, the highly-anticipated sequel to Bret Easton Elliss seminal 1985 book Less Than Zero. Fans will remember that Blair made the same off-handed comment to Clay near the beginning of the earlier book, only this time theres a touch of menace to it, because after all hes seen by the end... Read More
Twilight fans hang on Kristen Stewart's every word, so she has to be careful what she says. On her first press rounds for Twilight, some of Stewart's thoughts got taken out of context and the fans got upset. That still happens, but now she chooses her words carefully and you can tell she's much more poised and polished about what she says.
Election Day 2008 was bittersweet for any Californian with a heart. It was exciting to see America elect its first African-American president, and all the hope for reasonable politics Barack Obama promised. A few hours later though, we found out that Proposition 8 had passed. Prop 8 called for legislation defining marriage as between a man and a woman exclusively. This rendered invalid previous legislation... Read More
Peter Bagge has been one of the funniest cartoonists in America for so long its hard to remember when it was otherwise. In comics like Neat Stuff in the 1980s and Hate in the 1990s he skewered the nuclear family, the grunge scene in Seattle, getting older, and life in America. Since then hes written two series for DC Comics, Yeah! and Sweatshop and wrote... Read More
Election Day 2008 was bittersweet for any Californian with a heart. It was exciting to see America elect its first African-American president, and all the hope for reasonable politics Barack Obama promised. A few hours later though, we found out that Proposition 8 had passed. Prop 8 called for legislation defining marriage as between a man and a woman exclusively. This rendered invalid previous legislation... Read More
Its close to the year 2020. Americas slow, arduous decline is accelerating thanks to a protracted war with Iran and other ill-conceived military adventures. Interior states now have their own border checkpoints, manned by farm boys in Kevlar vests. GovTV comes with your standard cable package. What few technological and scientific advances have occurred seem to be exclusively in the realm of surveillance and gadgetry,... Read More
Pink Flag- Wire: 12XU: (1977) It sounds like every Ramones song ever made, but done the right way. Its gritty and fuels emotion. Pink Flag is one of my all time favorite albums because of its diversity. Its an album that obviously... Read More
During the Detroit Motor City Expo, I talked to the guys fromBlack 13 Tattoo Parlor about doing an interview with us. They were excited about the idea, and it took a few weeks for everything to come together. The real time delay was on my part, as I had to come up with a handful of questions that really showed what a unique shop Black... Read More
