Shot from ‘Pull My Daisy’ This intimate 1959 footage of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Lucien Carr and his wife Francesca (with their three sons, Simon, Caleb and…
I tend to avoid writing anything about the Westboro Baptist Church, simply because they’re just not that funny anymore. The futile comedy of right-wing fringe…
Betty Davis cares not for your notions of respectability It really is an injustice that Betty Davis (born Betty Mabry) is perceived primarily as Miles…
The Watts Riots are often referred to by lefties as “The Watts Rebellion.” While both are technically accurate descriptions, “rebellion” is considered the preferable word…
You are in no position to give health advice, Mr. Johnny Cash! Johnny Cash certainly lived his paradoxes–a champion of the rebel, yet oddly reverent…
As you can see, subtlety is a valued principle in today’s contemporary art. Graphic designer Kimberly Linn and writer/actor Katie Streeter have breached the latest…
Richard Nixon’s presidency was marked by a legendarily thick air of paranoia. Dick feared the Democrats–sure, but he also feared Jews, intellectuals, black people, Mexicans…
Godfrey Reggio is best known for the first installment of his avant-garde “Qatsi” trilogy, Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance. The 1982 film was a Philip…
Russian designers Constantin Bolimond and Dmitry Patsukevich have created these awesome wine bottles depicting Marge and Homer Simpson in the style of Piet Mondrian–arguably the…
George Harrison’s 1966 trip to India was a major catalyst in the development of the Beatles’ sound, and pop music was forever changed by his…