by | Nov 10, 2015 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Projects
from VARIETY Amazon Picks Up ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Special, Greenlights 3 Kids’ Series Original shows ‘Dino Dana,’ ‘The Kicks’ and ‘Lost in Oz’ coming to Prime in 2016 Todd Spangler / NY Digital Editor Amazon is tapping more tyke TV:...
by | Nov 8, 2015 | Culture Music Art
from WIRED The Land That the Internet Era Forgot by W. RALPH EUBANKS Photo by TABITHA SOREN FOR A GUY born and raised in Mexico, Roberto Gallardo has an exquisite knack for Southern manners. That’s one of the first things I notice about him when we meet up one recent...
by | Nov 6, 2015 | Culture Music Art
from PASTE Magazine The Feeling Of Space: How Sun Ra Integrated Sci-Fi in Music BY GEOFFREY HIMES “Some people call me Mr. Ra,” Sun Ra often told interviewers, “and some call me Mr. Ree.” Sun Ra was a man of many mysteries, not the least of which was how much he...
by | Nov 5, 2015 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The Los Angeles Times George Barris, creator of the Batmobile, dies at 89 By Elaine Woo and W.J. Hennigan (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) In 1965, producers of the “Batman” television show needed a supercar that Adam West could wield to battle the Joker and the...
by | Nov 3, 2015 | Culture Music Art
from INTERVIEW LAURIE ANDERSON By A.M. HOMES / Photography CRAIG MCDEAN Laurie Anderson is a cultural archeologist, explorer of ideas, of experiences, big and small. She takes it all in, and she takes it all on—everything from asking exactly who and what is America to...
by | Oct 30, 2015 | Culture Music Art
from The New Yorker In the Outlaw Area BY CALVIN TOQKINS CREDITPHOTOGRAPH COURTESY CSU ARCHIVES / EVERETT When Richard Buckminster Fuller was in New Zealand a year ago, he spent several rewarding hours at the University of Auckland with a friend of his, a cultural...