Almost Never Backstage: 2 Years Of Bushwick Avant Garde
January 30, 2016
A collection of photos of Bushwick, Brooklyn from 2014-15 … More Almost Never Backstage: 2 Years Of Bushwick Avant Garde
Life Is A Highway: Why Americans Don’t Need Passports To See The World
December 30, 2015
I don’t show my patriotic colors all that often, but I’ll never forget how furiously I defended Americans’ love of travel when my multi-national friend told me the statistic that only 30% of us have passports (today it is closer to 46%). At the time, I had just taken a fifteen-day Amtrak ride around the … More Life Is A Highway: Why Americans Don’t Need Passports To See The World
Star Wars and the Death Throes of the White Male Hero Trope
December 23, 2015
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
A Review Of SPECTRE: Being Saga’d to Death
December 1, 2015
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
Boobs on Broadway: Slutwalk Takes Portland For Its Third Year
September 22, 2015
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 Boobs on Broadway: Slutwalk Takes Portland For Its Third Year
How Modern ‘PC Culture’ Explains The Rise Of Trump
September 19, 2015
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: Where Old And New Brooklyn Meet And People Get Drunk, Naked And Happy
July 30, 2015
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
