By Jason Lipshin Glow is one of those art festivals that doesn’t feel like an art festival. When I first heard about the event from my boyfriend, I was imagining a night out on the town with the stereotypical art crowd – brightly colored scarves, turtleneck sweaters, horn-rimmed glasses, and the like. And yet while these folks were certainly present (I was probably one of … [Read more...] about Re:Play – Reporting from Glow
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Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Deadly Lessons
By Sarah Ingerson I hate zombie movies. Let me repeat that. I HATE them. I just don’t find the whole decaying flesh and brain eating thing appealing, or scary. The only exception to this rule of zombie hate is 28 Days Later because those zombies are disturbingly fast and Cilian Murphy is disturbingly attractive. Oh, and Shaun of the Dead because I want a zombie to play video … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Deadly Lessons
Dumb It Down: I Am Not A Role Model
The American fascination with celebrity has gone too far. It encompasses nearly everybody in the public spotlight and robs them of their privacy while hindering them from performing the duties for which we elevated them to the stature of demigods in the first place. When somebody gets paid a large sum of money for a certain skill, people start to think that they now have the … [Read more...] about Dumb It Down: I Am Not A Role Model
Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Lessons From Gotham
By Sarah Ingerson Over the summer, my geeky coworkers kept saying how much they loved Batman: Under the Red Hood. Since I happened to see it while browsing the Sci-fi section of Netflix, I thought I’d give it a try, especially when I realized Jensen Ackles voiced the Red Hood. And I love me some Jensen Ackles even though Supernatural isn’t very good this year…Sadness. But, I … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Lessons From Gotham
What We Talk About When We Talk About Los Angeles: Chong/Trong
Chong/Trong By Andrew Ramirez * The Pasadena library was closed because a bullet was found lodged in the wooden door. It got people nervous. A couple of cops were walking around, talking into their radios. Since I couldn’t go in I was sitting on the concrete steps, trading words with a homeless guy bundled in sweaters and sweat pants and talking through his … [Read more...] about What We Talk About When We Talk About Los Angeles: Chong/Trong