Foreword by Stan Lerner: I’ve heard people are dying to get into this place. Thanks for checking it out Sumner! It took a while to convince her that relics of the underworld would not haunt her for the next week, but my girlfriend finally agreed to accompany me to a Sunday night movie showing at [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
PONTYPOOL — GOOD!
It takes quite a bit for a film to really drive my intellect and have me so engrossed philosophically that I tune out everything and everyone around me, but that’s exactly what PONTYPOOL does. An extremely fascinating story that is not only intriguing, immersive and intelligent, but psychologically conceptualized exhilaration with a wicked wryness and [...]
Nancy Pelosi Might Have Lied About Torture – Get Over It!
A friend and I were having lunch the other day when the topic of our most recently discredited politician joined us in conversation. I suggested – and still believe – that President Obama will marginalize the issue of whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew the CIA was using techniques labeled “enhanced interrogation.” Digging through past [...]
LA Marathon
Sweaty and disoriented, I go to grab some water. My legs ache, my vision is blurry and I’m out of breath. I adjust my shorts, grab a quick stretch and walk for a bit… to the fridge for some orange juice. I wake up about the same time most elite entrants are nearing the finish [...]
New Kid on the Block: D-Town Burger Bar
The first time I noticed a little Burger Bar had opened on 6th and Spring was a few weeks ago. It was around 2am, and I was still out from a night on the town. How sad, my friends said, pointing to empty countertops, and empty booths. Reminiscent of Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a lone [...]
Richard Sera, Now That’s a Way to Go
I finally did it. I swallowed my pride and returned to the LACMA after a falling out that produced this prodigal art viewer. I think too highly of myself and the LACMA and the director, and for that matter, Mr. Broad, continued their work, completely unaware of my absence. I, however, stewed in it, tapping [...]
The Hockey BeardPart 2
The Hockey Beard is a phenomenon I’d only just heard about. It came up when some friends and I were ganging up on my roommate to try and convince him to shave his wretched beard that his girlfriend proclaims “smells like wet cheese.” “I can’t shave now.” He declared, “It’s the playoffs.” “What in god’s [...]
San Francisco “Clean-Up” Tax
It seems there is nary an issue Californians will not legislate. And, as it turns out, there are other problems to be faced apart from the abysmal state of the economy. Cigarette butts have been dirtying the streets of San Francisco for years and, smokers be warned, Mayor Gavin Newsom has finally decided to put [...]
MOVIE REVIEW: THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE–UGLY
Take heed readers and moviegoers. Do not be deluded by the fact that this is a Steven Soderbergh film and should have a standard of “excellence” attached to it. Do not be led down the primrose path and into the theater because porn star Sasha Gray is making her “legitimate” acting debut (down boys, down). [...]
THE GOLDEN STATE SHINES AGAIN
Thankfully California voters made their will clear, as if it needed to be made clear, that the state’s government needs to come up with a solution to balancing its’ budget that does not involve borrowing money or raising taxes. Unfortunately, unlike the Governor, many politicians and big labor leaders have failed to embrace this mandate [...]
