So a few weeks ago I mentioned that my favorite of the cinematic boogeymen is Freddy Krueger.  What can I say, he got me young.  From the boxes in the video store to the bits and pieces I’d catch on late night television, that fictitious son of a bitch freaked me out.  Now I’m an [...]

The work of the Arizona police force just got more involved as Arizona passed an extremely controversial immigration bill into legislation this past week. The law would require the police “when practicable” to detain people they reasonably suspected were in the country without authorization. It would also allow the police to charge immigrants with a [...]

Tattiya Kliengklom (c) This is, and always will be, my favorite question. I don’t need to tell you that everything is constantly in motion – time, space, your mind – all that, and this question forces you to figuratively “stop” and reflect on what that movement means and ultimately evaluate your priorities. Are you moving [...]

I saw a movie this past week (actually three but only one is relevant to this particular op-ed).  It was a madcap comedy about the many things that go wrong at a funeral.  It is called Death at a Funeral and though I saw it opening night but I had seen it before. Death at [...]

I was waking up Tuesday morning and reading tweets when I got word that he was gone. Not long after the confirmation came speculation surrounding the cause of his death. Then there was written anger about the circumstances which I will not detail here (there are a lot of things I am, none of which [...]

ma·na (män) n. 1. A supernatural force believed to dwell in a person or sacred object. 2. Power; authority. An indigenous word; concept of an impersonal force. It resides in people, animals, and inanimate objects. It has commonly been interpreted as “the stuff of which magic is formed” According to best –selling author, MALCOLM GLADWELL, [...]

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That adorable blood-soaked youngster would be Hit Girl, one of the “superheroes” from Mark Millar & John Romita Jr.’s Kick-Ass, currently available where comic books [or "graphic novels" as some call them] are sold.  I’ve dug Mark Millar’s work (what I’ve read of it) including Ultimate X-Men and The Ultimates for Marvel, but the book [...]

Tattoos that is. Last weekend I found myself driving down the 5, California HWY 5 that is, to go spread the ashes of my Great Aunt and Uncle. I didn’t think there was much hope for the weekend as I was driving down to Monterey only to get on a boat and say goodbye to Elaine [...]

In an age of polished records, intentional overuse and abuse of Auto-Tune, fair-weather fans, and formulaic “overnight” pop sensations, BECK HANSEN, challenges the current state of our rapidly transforming music industry with his quirky sense of experimentation. Beck’s latest music project, RECORD CLUB, recaptures the essence of music with live recordings of multiple artists in [...]