Along with Bob Garfield of National Public Radio and the pretty hilarious Bobosphere, perhaps the most thoughtful media columnist around must be David Carr, who last week had a great column on the helplessness of print media in the face of the firehouse of information that is 24-hour television and the Internet. In a modeContinue reading “The future vs. here and now: NYTimes + Carl Jung”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Why is Oxy spinning off new California oilco?
One question regarding this news from last week (reported in the LA Times): A little more than a month after filing documents to spin off its California operations, Occidental Petroleum Corp. has named the leadership team for its proposed subsidiary. The longtime Los Angeles company announced in February that it was moving its headquarters toContinue reading “Why is Oxy spinning off new California oilco?”
Overrated movie of the year: Snowpiercer
Yours truly sees all sorts of movies with alleged environmental messages (even the recent Godzilla, for crying out loud) to see how pop culture understands the on-coming prospect of planetary disaster. One of the best such movies in recent years was "The Host," from South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho, which at least one other criticContinue reading “Overrated movie of the year: Snowpiercer”
Neil Young versus Crosby Stills and Nash: the Doom tour
Here’s an example of a forgotten little classic from that l974 tour, with Stills playing a countryish piano cunterpart, from the last performance on the road in Wembley England.
The grit of SoCal beach culture: Britt Ehringer
“..in this show I thought he found a true wildness, a connection between punk and surfing, that was raw, edgy, and beautiful, both in composition and material.”
NASA’s $800 million question: Where is the CO2 going?
A week ago tonight, NASA put about a half a billion dollars on a chip fired into space. The mission for the OCO-2 satellite? To find out where the carbon dioxide we emit is coming from, exactly, and where it is going, exactly, and why the uptake varies so enormously from year to year.
It’s one of the biggest questions in climate science.
Bigfoot existence disproven by DNA evidence?
A cow is not Bigfoot. Nor is a wolf, a bear, or a racoon — but all of these creatures were given to an pair of academics looking for the truth behind the Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti legend.
Ojai “too conservative” w/water: California DWR
From a panel discussion I covered, here's a fascinating anecdote from Steve Wickstrum, who has managed Ojai's Casitas Municipal Water District for many years. Ojai actually is doing okay with water through the drought right now — unlike many communities in the state. According to Wickstrum, Casitas water costs about $400 an acre-foot, which isContinue reading “Ojai “too conservative” w/water: California DWR”
That’s one cool looking rocket: launch of the OSO-2
Wish I could be there: Twas the night before launch… #OCO2 is ready for its 5:56am ET launch! Watch live: http://t.co/1mKUqiX0S4 — NASA (@NASA) July 2, 2014 Will do my best to cover, as I did once before – even if it meaning staying up to all hours.
Sometimes a picture (of a dancer) is enough
When I was growing up in Mill Valley, California, our local record shop — the late great Village Music — had a prominent bin of miscellaneous and often odd (but spectacular-looking) LPs entitled simply: "Sometimes a cover is enough." And such is the case today. The story on this remarkable young "jookin" dancer who goesContinue reading “Sometimes a picture (of a dancer) is enough”
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