Girl’s Life

Name a show that opens with the lullabye “Rock-a-Bye Baby,” contains an electronic version of Ava Maria and a Tim Burton-esque stage of eerie shadowy trees, and ends in the lead singer’s grand finale in a green-jeweled speedo and big pink feather boa. If you guessed Erasure, you are so right. Oh Andy Bell and […]

One of my newest favorites in the realm of art is Tim Biskup. Check out his website for a sample of his work. Or, better yet - if you’re in the Pasadena area, see it for yourself in person at his newly opened Bispop Gallery inside Johnson Motors Store in Old Town. It’s really fun […]

On NPR yesterday, I heard a great story about how the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGI) is sponsoring a “Get Out the Vote” poster design campaign. They ended up with 200 fabulous member-designed posters advocating why voting is rad. Here’s one of my faves. Find a favorite of your own, print it out and […]

I work at an art school. The campus is used often as a blank canvas for students to express their voices. Most of the time it’s not political. But this election seems to have sparked an interest in young voters. Right on!
One of the cool projects around school this week was a huge expanse […]

I just recently finished reading Jay Mohr’s new book Gasping for Airtime : Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live, and I couldn’t stop laughing. For those of you who are already Mohr fans, this book is a hilarious and also dark look into Jay’s life during his two years on SNL. The […]

Many times I gripe about the woes of living in LA, but then I have a night like last night, and I remember why I love it here. We went to World Electronica at the Hollywood Bowl last night. It�s basically a global electronica experience at LA’s coolest outdoor venue. It was the perfect summer […]

I saw the film The Passion of The Christ two weeks ago at a huge pre-release viewing for a couple thousand people at Azusa Pacific University, including a pre-show interview with Director Mel Gibson and a lesson from his media guys on how “you, too, can sell this movie to your friends and peer groups,” […]

I’m in a pretty amazing book club with a handful of good friends. Because of it, I’ve had the opportunity to experience some great reads (soon to be listed in a “Current and Recent Reads” section I’m creating for the blog). Recently, we read Alice Sebold’s Lovely Bones about 14-year-old Susie Salmon who is raped […]