“Giving the Finger” to Ronald Reagan

from The LA Times Hero Complex John Carpenter: ‘They Live’ was about ‘giving the finger to Reagan’ The Hero Complex Film Festival kicked off Friday evening with a 25th anniversary screening of “They Live,” a 35th anniversary screening of “Halloween” and an onstage...

“Who the f†ck’s Lenny?”

from EXBERLINER Tricky of the trade by Gabriella Seemann Photo by Jarka Snajberk Tricky was trip hop’s anti-poster boy, first making his mark with his moody sprechgesang on Massive Attack’s “Blue Lines” (Virgin) in 1991. You must still run into celebrity a...

The Mega-rrection

from FORBES Inside Mega: The Second Coming Of Kim Dotcom Kim Dotcom, a.k.a. Kim Tim Jim Vestor, a.k.a. Kim Schmitz, doesn’t act much like a man with a net worth in the negative. At 11 a.m. on a Tuesday he’s driving me around on a golf cart “safari” of his 60-acre...