Monday, August 5, 2013

The Society of Magical Thinking

›
"Bright Sided – How Positive Thinking is Undermining America,” by Barbara Ehrenreich, 2009 Ehrenreich is a well-known progressive ...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Orange Has Been the New Black ... for a Long Time

›
“ Are Prisons Obsolete?” by Angela Davis, 2003 Prisoners in Guantanamo on hunger strike.  Prisoners in California on hunger strike.  V...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Block 17 on the El Camino Real

›
“Camino Real,” play by Tennessee Williams.  Girl Friday Productions, July 19, 2013 Minneapolis is reputed to be second to NYC in nu...
1 comment:
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Night Witches, Soviet Amazons and the Red Venus

›
“Women in Soviet Art” Exhibition at the Museum of Russian Art (“MORA”), Minneapolis , through November 10, 2013 The MORA has put on a...
1 comment:
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

"God is the Better Story ...? "

›
“Life of Pi,” film by Ang Lee, 2012 I heard this film once described as a very long screen-saver and I had to see it.  After all, what...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

The Village Anarchist

›
“The Five Stages of Collapse – Survivor’s Toolkit,” by Dimitri Orlov, 2013.  Orlov is the village anarchist. At least that’s the soluti...
1 comment:
Monday, July 1, 2013

Every Musicians’ Connected: 150 Guitars

›
"Life,” Biography of Keith Richards, 2013 The Rolling Stones are the most long-lived top rock band in the world.   In the U.S. the ...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Proof 'Progress" Isn't

›
Really? Rape? Still? I don’t know about you, but the massive amount of stories about rape in the last year is something out of the ordinary...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

A Working-Class Hero Is Something To Be

›
“Searching for Sugar Man,” Documentary by Malik Bendjelloul, 2012 This British/Swedish documentary is a heartbreaker.  Sixto Rodrique...