CULTURE

November 22, 2016

CULTURE, MUSIC

Luthier, noun: Individual who creates stringed musical instruments. In the spirit of the US holiday of giving thanks, Shady Lea Guitars is holding Gobblefest to celebrate Thanksgiving and the grand opening...

Projection: A Skate Film In Paris

Jennifer Susan Jones

November 21, 2016

A deft young skater mounts his deck and glides through the wet and dry streets of Paris, his moving image flickering between days and nights, as iconic French architecture decorates the background with beautiful textures and various shades of white and grey. T...

10,000 Things by Erik Ehn: The Wilbury Theatre Group

October 31, 2016

CULTURE, PERFORMANCE

Providence, Rhode Island, USA is the site of the world premier of play "10,000 Things" presented by The Wilbury Group through this Halloween weekend. The Wilbury Group is a theater group of collaborative a...

Strange Books: The Literature of Mike Russell

Rowan Coughlin

October 22, 2016

CULTURE, INTERVIEWS

Mike Russell is the author of Strange Medicine and Nothing is Strange, two collections of short stories that deal in the realm of outlandish peculiarity. The phrase “good things come in small packages” come...

Film: The Neon Demon

Lee Tudor

October 13, 2016

Director and writer Nicholas Winding Refn teams up with screenplay writers, Mary Laws and Polly Stenham, cinematographer, Natasha Braier and composer, Cliff Martinez (of Drive (2011) and Fifth Element (1997) fame). Together they create the visually stunning ...

Swans: Future Destination Unknown

Danai Molocha

September 29, 2016

CULTURE, MUSIC

Michael Gira and his sonic cohorts gave birth to Swans in the famously bleak, dystopian cityscape of early 80's downtown New York. Minimalist, ritualistic and downright brutal, the band delivered a relentle...

Intimate Mini Documentaries by Director Nick Cavalier

September 6, 2016

In only an average of twelve minutes, mini documentaries by Director Nick Cavalier leave you feeling connected to the subjects of the films. Short stories capture the subject's feelings about their passions...

Art Pop Gets Redefined with Anomie Belle’s ‘Flux’

Daniel Barron

August 27, 2016

ART, MUSIC, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

"You know you'll never have to look back now," sings Anomie Belle on the hopeful opening of her latest release 'Flux'. Across multiple EPs and now three full-lengths, the versatile multi-instrumentalist hasn't been afraid to get eclectic or outré as she ex...

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Life of Significant Soil: Interview with Film Director Michael Irish

August 17, 2016

CULTURE, FILM, INTERVIEWS

When the lights dim, and the first scenes of a film splay their light onto the eagerly awaiting faces, I imagine Michael Irish sitting in the back with baited breath. Imagine the exhaustion, excitement, and...

Poetry of the Lens: Contemporary Filmmaker Amiel Courtin-Wilson

Anmarie Soucie

August 10, 2016

Tattooed across the heart with a Bert and Ernie duo, Melbournian filmmaker Amiel Courtin-Wilson has been unapologetically making films since the tenderoni age of single digits, when he was just barely old e...

Interview with Anomie Belle & Redd Walitzki

Kindra Nikole

August 7, 2016

INTERVIEWS, MUSIC, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Seattle-based artists Anomie Belle and Redd Walitzki have come together to create an absolutely decadent collaboration in alignment with Anomie’s newest album, Flux. Readers are invited to experience 'Lovers', the first single from Flux. It is both an audi...

A Look Back on Drive (2011): Movie Review and Commentary

Lee Tudor

July 27, 2016

Out of a house in the L.A. hills, director Nicolas Winding Refn and screenwriter Hossein Amini, produced, cut, and auditioned for a movie about a stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver. Driving for...

Sunn O))) Exposure: Experience the Rays

Kristy Senko-Hall

July 19, 2016

MUSIC

Rarely can music, or moreover, sound, truly enrich life and advance consciousness so instantaneously. Sunn O))) has not only changed my personal perception of music in all of its possibilities, but also has...

Interview with Author Miriam Elia

July 2, 2016

CULTURE

Sex. Death. Contemporary art. I first learned about this London satirical artist, author, filmmaker, and comedian in the New York Times a few months back. I was immediately taken with her apparent silliness and eccentric style. It was also impressive to...

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Surrealism’s Not Dead: Interview with Jan Svankmajer

June 29, 2016

ART, FILM, INTERVIEWS

There are watermelons being thrown out of a window, and Alice is dipping her hands in jam spiked with push-pins. Two bodies, lost in the heat of passion, merge faces then birth a blob, and Satan pulls the s...

Opia: Suku Dance Lab Interview

June 25, 2016

CULTURE, INTERVIEWS, PERFORMANCE

In the background, the music lilts in the air. A voice is saying, "She is the most beautiful thing I have ever met." The lights are low, and send warm glints along the walls. Nuria, Ali, and Amanda, three d...

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Franklin Furnace Burns Strong: Publishing House Interview

June 21, 2016

CULTURE, INTERVIEWS

Harley Spiller, Deputy Director at the famed Franklin Furnace, was kind enough to sit down and have a chat with me just a few days after the organization celebrated its 40th anniversary. We chatted about everything from Nom Wah’s amazing Dim Sum to North K...

Blood Tea and Red String Stop-motion: Christiane Cegavske Interview

June 16, 2016

FILM, INTERVIEWS

Stop-motion animation has always fascinated me. Anything from Wallace & Gromit to the Quay Brothers; it's like a secret, sacred obsession I only indulge in when no one is around. In a world full of fanc...

The Mind Ocean: Interview with ZZYW Studio