What if Werner Herzog wrote inspirational greeting card messages?
Werner Herzog does not like social media. He thinks it is “stupid.” In fact he’s none too keen on the Internet overall describing it as…
Thinkers
Visionary artist and genius Paul Laffoley has died
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be . . . ” Henry…
‘Seven Up’: The mind-expanding Krautrock album Timothy Leary made on the run from the law
The tale of acid sage Dr. Timothy Leary’s prison escape and subsequent exile is among the most amusing stories in the annals of drug culture…
Paul Laffoley: Penetrating the Kitsch Barrier
For those of you lucky to be in NYC this month, there’s an especially exciting new Paul Laffoley exhibit opening at Kent Fine Art (210…
David Byrne, Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg on Arthur Russell
It’s cellist/composer Arthur Russell’s great triumph that his influence became so massively widespread, and his great tragedy that he never knew it. His AIDS-related death…
Ayn Rand ‘objectively’ explains to ‘Cat Fancy’ that cats are awesome, 1966
It’s difficult to think of something–anything–that could endear Ayn Rand to me, but the news that she was a cat person certainly would be in…
God save the teens: the insane YouTube channel of mall goths Raven and Tara
Raven, Your Acid Bath Princess of the Darkness and her pal Tara are on a goth-lite freakout! Meet the new store-bought modern angst. The truth…
DM interviews Alex van Warmerdam, director of the surreal thriller ‘Borgman’
With his latest movie Borgman, award-winning Dutch filmmaker Alex van Warmerdam has created a dark, comic, incredibly thrilling, and haunting tale that holds the attention…
Douglas Rushkoff: Media Theorist for the Age of Occupy
Congratulations are in order for Dangerous Minds pal Douglas Rushkoff, make that Professor Douglas Rushkoff, as he’ll now be called in his new position at…
Slavoj Žižek: Ayn Rand’s ‘John Galts’ are the idiots who crashed the economy & they’ll do it again
I had to laugh at the way Slavoj Žižek so masterfully ended his Guardian op ed piece, “Who is responsible for the US shutdown? The…