Category Archives: art and humor

Why “every little bit helps” may not with climate change

Marc Gunther runs a new sustainability blog for The Guardian, and brings an acerbic intelligence to the topic — no little b.s. stories about how a tiny innovation or change will save us from a big problem.  Example: plastic bags. Adam Corner for the blog writes: In 2014, England will follow the example set by WalesContinue reading “Why “every little bit helps” may not with climate change”

FREEDOM, by Yoko Ono and John Lennon

"Yoko Ono’s films tend to deal with themes of sexuality, intimacy, and the navigation of public life." "1969’s Rape is" [reports book/rock critic David Ulin] "her most famous work, a disturbing first-person perspective from the eyes of the film crew, who chase, harass, and assault a German woman as she flees through the streets ofContinue reading “FREEDOM, by Yoko Ono and John Lennon”

Global warming conference in Geneva “fizzles”: LA Times

Sometimes a picture is enough: The AP photo depicts the French president, the Japanese Prime Minister, the American President, and the German Chancellor unable to agree.  An LA Times story tells of how the conference "fizzled to an inconclusive end," but allowed the conferees to avoid the embarrassment of total failure.  Nice puppets, tho. 

Sexy “rock art” in the Sespe wilderness: 2013

While I'm working up a post on "invasion biology," the monstering of tamarisk, and what it means for us to care for our local wilderness in the 21st century, I cannot resist posting this daring "rock art" photographed just this week in the Sespe Wilderness…. I wonder who the anonymous rock artist is — IContinue reading “Sexy “rock art” in the Sespe wilderness: 2013″

So many great Tenn Williams productions, so little time.

10 Williams still rules, sez the Los Angeles Times, writing of the new Broadway production of "The Glass Menagerie": NEW YORK — The revival of "The Glass Menagerie" that has Broadway abuzz boasts two-time Tony winner Cherry Jones in the role of the Southern gothic matriarch Amanda Wingfield, among the greatest parts in the repertoireContinue reading “So many great Tenn Williams productions, so little time.”

What Google and John Muir have in common: Connection

Much attention has been focused in recent weeks on a mysterious barge floating off Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. On Monday the LA Times ran on the top of the front page a remarkably thin story written in the first person about the mystery of this barge, a Google effort. By the time oneContinue reading “What Google and John Muir have in common: Connection”

Good news: Coen brothers to bring folk scene to life

While I'm on the trail, let me shamelessly plug the upcoming Coen Brothers movie, which sounds utterly irresistibly to folk music lovers.  Some say it's good (from a review at Cannes via The Playlist): Arguably the least plot driven film from the Coens since "The Big Lebowski," which still provided the journey for a newContinue reading “Good news: Coen brothers to bring folk scene to life”