Americans are increasingly coming around to a frugal way of thinking when it comes to drinking. Alcohol dollars spent outside the home are down, and home consumption is up. Let's celebrate this rather 'spiritual' zeitgeist.
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The Renaissance Faire can be odd and wonderful and welcoming and encompassing all at once. You can experience its history and more through an extremely charming documentary called 'Faire: An American Renaissance.' Producer/director Doug Jacobson was kind enough talk with us about the film.
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Neil Brideau produces several interesting comic projects, but what really caught my eye was the long-running Web strip, Sock-Monster. (www.sock-monster.com)
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Not even Peeps can save you now! It's Apocalypse Meh!
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Christopher Nolan's 'Inception' had such promise based on the trailer. But in this dreamscape-laden film, where realities are nested like Russian babushka dolls, perhaps that promise is not quite fulfilled.
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So . . . what happens at the three-day Landmark Forum? How about two days of chipping away at your personal identity, in preparation for it to be replaced on day three?
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Eugene Ahn, a.k.a. Adam WarRock, describes himself (or at least his lyric-spittin', mad-rhyming alter ego) as a "geek emcee." It may be accurate, but it by no means encompasses the many aspects of the 29-year-old Metro Washington, D.C. resident.
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The title pretty much says it all, no? A giant shuttlecock! Learn slightly more after the jump. Pic by Mr. Charles Hodgkins.
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Japanese comics are at the same time awesome and a wholly different beast from American comics. We talked to MangaBookshelf's Melinda Beasi, who offered her insight on reading manga, scanlation sites, and how reading changes when one becomes a critic.
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Hell on Earth, or something very like it, continues. It's Apocalypse Meh!
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I spent $420 for the privilege of spending a holiday weekend — three 13-hour days — sitting in a conference room near LAX with 75 strangers. That was the price of admission to The Landmark Forum, a seminar that promises to transform the lives of its attendees in profound, permanent and meaningful ways.
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Ok I'll admit that even I sometimes grow weary of the angst and philosophizing that is often associated with being an artist. All of that introspection can get exhausting after a while. And the wine hangovers from all of the gallery exhibitions? Those are the worst.
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