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Pop Culture Archive
Interview with John Waters about his new book Role Models
Posted on June 8, 2010 | 4 CommentsHow lucky we are that John Waters grew up with such a strong obsessive streak and that he has befriended his neuroses and harnessed the little buggers’ energy to shine...
Haley Barbour As Mayor of “Jaws” Amity Island
Posted on June 6, 2010 | 3 CommentsMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is saying the Gulf oil spill is overblown and that sensational reporting is destroying Gulf Coast tourism. Who does this remind us of? Maybe the best...
Boehner Blasts Beatle McCartney
Posted on June 4, 2010 | 4 CommentsI read the news today oh boy, and I can report it’s a long and winding road downhill for Republicans like John Boehner, who has now demanded that former Beatle...
Interview with Paul F. Tompkins
Posted on June 2, 2010 | 8 CommentsOr: How PFT Learned To Stop Playing The Comedy Clubs. Paul F. Tompkins performs in Austin on Saturday, June 5th at 8pm & 10pm, at the United States Art Authority,...
Broken Embraces: a love affair with the films of Almodovar
Posted on June 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsMy love affair with the films of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar began when I was 14 years old. That summer, my mother, stepfather and I went to see Tie Me...
Love and “Lost” in a Brokedown Palace
Posted on May 31, 2010 | 4 CommentsFare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell. Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul. Grateful Dead, Brokedown Palace The...
What the F#*k Are You Looking At?: Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill & the Alien She
Posted on May 28, 2010 | 5 CommentsKathleen Hanna, noted feminist, punk rock diva, former lead singer of Bikini Kill, and lead singer of the band Le Tigre, made a sizeable donation to the NYU library in...
And isn’t it ironic? No, not really.
Posted on May 27, 2010 | 5 CommentsHeading back to Seattle from Bainbridge Island this weekend, I chose a deep red seat on the sunny side of the ferry. Soon some hipsters, I like to call them...
Lindsay Lohan, Tracy Morgan and the SCRAM Bracelet
Posted on May 25, 2010 | 2 CommentsLindsay Lohan–looking like the posterchild for eyelash extensions–was in court yesterday to receive bail conditions for alchohol-related offenses. Lohan is perhaps best-known for her role in the film Mean Girls...
Muscle Beach: Confessions of a Meathead
Posted on May 18, 2010 | 11 CommentsOn my recent trip to L.A., I headed to Muscle Beach to check out the birthplace of American weightlifting culture. I’d like to say the outing was purely voyeuristic, but...