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As you may have heard, the remake of the 1984 cult classic “Red Dawn” is a terrible film. Watching it isn’t worth the time and trouble it takes, and it makes me cry for the earth’s resources that were wasted in constructing this bomb. It’s currently in the theater, where name recognition alone may hoodwink innocent eyeballs into paying money to watch this confused mess.
This is one of the many cats in the Western District of Hong Kong, ironically the least “western” area of Hong Kong.
This is one of the figures at one of the many Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong.
For those of you who only go to shows in Austin during SXSW, this is a glimpse of what the “Austin music scene” is like on a Monday in November.
One Saturday afternoon in October I was chilling on Twitter while drinking my coffee, and I decided to take part in someone else’s discussion about whether or not the President of Estonia writes all his own Tweets. This is what happened:
It’s the “I’m mortal” (thus not there this year) Fan Fun Fun Fest flashback #2
It turns out that I’m mortal. (Trust me, it’s news to me.) I really don’t think that my body can take one more festival right now…. So here’s one of my favorite Fun Fun...
Of all the artists playing the 2012 Austin City Limits Music Festival, Abby Torres, 16 and Carla Pantoja 16, may be the only performers who managed to squeeze in a marching band competition that October weekend.
Torres and Pantoja are members of the Lanier High School band who also study music via Anthropos Arts, an Austin-based non-profit providing music lessons to dedicated young performers from at risk backgrounds. The project’s supporters include musician Esperanza Spalding, who popped by the Anthropos booth at ACL to pose for pictures after her Friday afternoon show.
Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas in September 2012. You all know that the movie CLOUD ATLAS opens today, yes? It’s all about time and souls and spirits who...
This summer in Latvia I saw my pal Kristeps play with his Latvian-American band Macitajs on Acid. Coming out in masks, then playing in face paint at the I Love You stage, I was...
