Daedalus Howell
The End Is Meh
Any other Gen Xers remember, back in the ’80s, when the Gipper was going to push the Button, causing the world to bloom with...
Popular Box Show Is Back
Any culturenaut worth their liberal arts degree knows that the premiere gallery experience to be had in the wilds of West Marin is at...
Inauthenticity cure
Some flack from West L.A. beamed me a release for a premium, naturally-alkaline spring water from some Nordic country that hopes to inspire individuals...
Crazy Artist Types
Artists are better at coping with challenges—because we’re crazy. Last spring, Artnet News published an interesting piece about researchers from the Yale Center for...
Crisis Is Our Brand
In times of crisis, some Westerners are fond of saying that “crisis,” when written in Chinese, consists of the characters for “danger” and “opportunity.”...
When should movie theaters reopen?
Netflix fatigue. It’s practically a pandemic itself. The remedy? A shot of real-life cinema—square in the eye—coming soon to a theater near you. Someday....
Apres Nous
Je dis ça, je dis rien is a French idiom that translates literally as, “I say that, I say nothing.” Its nearest English counterpart...
Purple Haze
This week marks the 34th anniversary of the theatrical release of the David Bowie star vehicle Labyrinth. How better to commemorate the moment than...
Twin City Tacos
I used to gauge the relative coolness of a town by the quality of a random cup of coffee. At the time, coffee seemed...
Windsor’s Open
Eighteen years ago, Windsor officially incorporated into a town. What’s in store as it heads into its next decade? At this point, who knows...
