Recent Blog Posts

Is Hell Other People?

Clayton Morgareidge, for the Old Mole Variety Hour Sartre’s play No Exit is playing just across the street from Kboo at the Imago Theater in a re-run of their wonderful 2005 production, though with different actors. The play’s three main characters arrive i... Read more

Modou Dieng

Modou Dieng has a show called Black Star at the Marylhurst Art Gym - comprising of collages of records and record sleeves. He is my guest on November 10th... Listen to the interview here. Read more

Review of "The Men Who Stare at Goats," now playing

The Men Who Stare at GoatsDirector: Grant HeslovWith: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen LangGeorge Clooney has made a career of doing films both funny and serious about social issues and politics. Goats is one of those funny ones, just n... Read more

Review of (Untitled), now showing at the Fox Tower

(Untitled)Director: Jonathan ParkerWith: Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Zak Orth, Vinnie JonesEvery few years someone takes on the burden of satirizing avant-garde art and the fawning scene that supports it. I guess each generation has to redisc... Read more

Creating the World Anew, Together-- Here and Now

This morning on Positively Revolting talk radio, I hosted a discussion on revolutionary spirit and radical social change. You can listen to the audio for that program here. Remember, remember the fifth of November The gunpowder, treason and plot I see no reason the gunpowd... Read more

Review of "A Christmas Carol," in area theaters 11/6

A Christmas Carol (Computer Animation)Director: Robert ZemeckisVoices of: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins, etc.First, let me save you some money. You do not have to see this movie in IMAX or 3-D. I saw it in regular old 2-D, and its... Read more

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