Scott was my first crush and the last “typical” boy that I remember liking. He was tall, smart, and he didn’t know who his father was and for some reason that little bit of damage made him seem attainable. It made me think I had a chance with a quarterback. …
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Wolf Children Premiere at MIT with Mamoru Hosoda
Following MIT’s launch party for Professor Ian Condry‘s new book The Soul of Anime, there was a screening of director Mamoru Hosoda’s third full-length anime feature Wolf Children (2012). Hosoda’s first two features The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009) established him as a top animator, …
Read More »John Sinclair Interview
I call John Sinclair at 7p.m. He kindly asks me to call back in ten minutes because he’s riding his bicycle to a coffee shop a few blocks away. I call back in ten minutes and he asks for another ten and apologizes for being a pain. From just those …
Read More »Justin Timberlake–The New Millennium Frank Sinatra Tour
In my opinion, modern, American Pop music owes it’s essence to the Blues and Frank Sinatra. The Blues informed us of our very souls, the true root of American artistry, including the anger, the sex, the fight for the right to be free, but Frank gave us the template for …
Read More »Spotlight on Luke Radl: Citizen Radio Comic Artist, Illustrator and Connoisseur of Fine Teas
I recently had the chance to catch up with my friend Luke Radl, an incredible Illustrator, Comic Artist and Designer. He is one of the most endearing human beings I’ve ever met and has the most elaborate collection of teas I’ve ever seen. His most recent project was designing t-shirts for …
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