With the release of a new Star Wars movie it was inevitable that my closest friends and I would end up re-watching the original trilogy. Like the countless other fans who did this, we wanted to too boost that feeling of nostalgia and excitement before JJ Abrams blew our minds with new characters, a new story … More Star Wars and the Death Throes of the White Male Hero Trope
So, true to my word, I finally stumbled in to the theatres to see the new James Bond film, SPECTRE. With all of its sensuously glorious pans of semi-exotic locales by Sam Mendes (can any locale be exotic in the internet age?), mixed in with the bludgeoning of entire herds of dead horses and the … More A Review Of SPECTRE: Being Saga’d to Death
On Sunday, around 200 marchers taking part in Portland’s 3rd annual Slutwalk enthusiastically chanted, “whatever we wear, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no” as their party wove through the mostly empty streets of downtown. The contrast between the colorful, passionate and often topless protesters and the starchy clean, empty sidewalks gave … More Slutwalk Meets Portland For Its Third Year
On Monday, Liberty University did something increasingly peculiar for a college campus these days. The conservative Christian school hosted presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a declared socialist who supports woman’s abortion rights and gay marriage, in an auditorium of 12,000 students and faculty. Attendance was mandatory. It is not that it is strange for a politician … More How Modern ‘PC Culture’ Explains The Rise Of Trump
Pumps isn’t working with a whole lot of space, but the mirrors on every wall give you the sense of hidden corners, side rooms and secret doors. Dirt bikes decorate the walls as mementos from the owner’s childhood. The stage is a simple set-up behind the bar with three poles in a line, each continuously … More Pumps: Where Old And New Brooklyn Meet And People Get Drunk, Naked And Happy
“I’ve Had Pinkeye like 6 Times This Year,” Shares NSFW Writer, Henry Miller with the Bushwick Daily Written and Posted By : Katarina Hybenova Posted Date :6.22.15 In Bushwick, Featured. Photo: Sarah Sitzler Every contributor agrees that perhaps the best thing about the involvement with Bushwick Daily is the community. The serendipity brought together a … More Bushwick Daily Contributor of the Month
A little over a month ago at Pinewood Studios Director Sam Mendes, James Bond… er, Daniel Craig and several other actors announced the name of the 24th canonical Bond film to be released on 11/6/15: SPECTRE. It took me about a month to calm my nerves and let the excitement wash over me like a … More My Thoughts On The Next James Bond- 2015’s SPECTRE
Standing on the sidewalk between Myrtle and Putnam avenues on Wyckoff is not much of a heartwarming experience, unless you have an urban wasteland fetish or miss the sight of block sized car parks from the surburbs. Looking East is the almost barren lot of a tire shop. Nothing but a kids upturned tricycle occupies … More Honoring The Goddess Within: Groundswell And Artists Reveal A Powerful Mural
I photographed one of the at least three marches going on downtown last night, which began at Foley Square and ended up underneath the FDR before heading up 1st Ave to Times Square. I witnessed the shut down of the Holland Tunnel, Canal Street, Broadway, both directions of the West Side Highway, W 14th Street, … More Eric Garner Protest March, Manhattan (12/4/14)
“The well off… it’s the kids, that are to pity. They are born with arms filled with marbles, you see, and each one, to them, means so much. Because they have so many and figure that is what makes them happy, you see… And poor buggers, because it is impossible to suffer living without losing … More A Night in Glasgow
