A couple of interesting things I’ve read recently: Should we tinker with plants genes. Includes a couple insightful letters the blogger, Pamela Ronald, received after writing an op-ed in the NY Times. She makes a couple great points about contradictions in what we consider organic agriculture and why we need to disentangle the ideas of [...]
Marina Abramovic is doing a live, interactive show at the MoMa in NYC this month where works will be on display. But you can also “meet” her so to speak. As far as I understand you just sit across from her and have a staring contest. People have sat for hours and stared at her [...]
I can’t believe I’m writing about this, but there’s been a leak of some of the photos scheduled to appear in Playboy this friday by the Village Voice. They say it’s news so…ok. But why do we care other than the obvious? The Centerfold is Ashley Alexander Dupre, the highly paid (2000$/hr!) escort that got [...]
One of things I find most fascinating is when people believe things for really bad reasons. I find homeopathy pretty bad. If you read up on it you’ll find that there isn’t one single part of it that makes sense. But there’s worse: Shenton turns out to have resolutely mainstream views on most issues. The [...]
I just caught wind of of a new musical style sweeping the nation of Mexico, songs about drugs and gangterism! Crazy huh? I know what you’re thinking, “yeah Ese, I’ve heard Cock The Hammer by Cypress Hill, I had Black Sunday in the eighth grade!” But I’m not talking about gangsta rap. No, it’s the [...]
Petra Mrkyz & Jean-François Moriceau are French artists who have done a lot of art shows. I like them because of their art, but also it’s really hard to find any information on them. They’re more mysterious than the catacombs of Paris. They did this crazy show last year called Ephemeride 2009 where illustrated an [...]
Two years ago I saw Lhasa de Sela perform two songs with some friends of mine at a birthday party on a Sunday night. I was blown away. Blown. Away. I proclaimed, ‘That’s the best singer I’ve ever seen’. I had heard this from other friends who loved her. I was mad at myself that [...]
tUnE-YaRdS is one of the best shows I’ve seen in my life. It was during Pop Montreal this year. It took place at a museum. There were two bass clarinets (what?). It was amazing. Dublabs.com is also amazing. They are a web radio collective that plays awesome music, takes awesome photos, make awesome live videos. [...]
