a dapper (and sometimes disgruntled) take on popular culture
Posted in Celebrities, Entertainment, Pop Culture, San Francisco on Jun 21st, 2010
After reading ‘The Bedwetter’ by Sarah Silverman (it was OK), I was craving something a little bit more…filthy — in a good way of course.
Enter ‘Role Models’ by John Waters, a book where he talks about all of his role models and how they had an impact on his life. From Leslie Van Houten (of [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Nov 25th, 2009
If someone had to put a new spin on stop-motion movie, it had to be Wes Anderson.
Actually, it makes sense. His movies (Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited) all have this stop-motion caricature to them. They are quirky, humorous and as clever as the species of the title character of Fantastic Mr. Fox.
The foxy characters [...]
Posted in Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Pop Culture, Websites on Aug 7th, 2009
Consider this a sidebar for my interview with Julie Powell.
In case you’re wondering about Julie Powell’s original blog, here’s the web address for it: blogs.salon.com/0001399.
Her last entry is from 2004 and by now, her blog can be considered a “contemporary artifact” – or something like that.