Will Academy Award nominees include San Diego’s Destin Cretton? By Scott Marks emulsioncompulsion.com When the Motion Picture Academy announces its nominees on Feb. 2, don’t be surprised if San Diego’s “Sundance Kid,” Destin Cretton, turns out to be an Oscar contender. The 31-year-old director of the dramatic short “Short Term 12″ could soon go down in history as South Park’s […]
Oscars 2010
Dream: 5 minutes. 3 producers. 2 main cast members
[Film] “Dream”: In the Making Read the whole article first, then see video embed at the bottom … 😀 Interviews by Lisa Gregory This will be short, though not as short as the film. “Dream” is a short film by Broken Wings Productions. Inspired by a short story by Jaiden Frost. Length: five minutes. Three producers. Two main cast members. […]
Sacred Temple Harlots
[Opinion & History] “Night Moths” … “Girls Who Earn” PROSTITUTION: FROM SACRED TEMPLE HARLOTSTO SIDEWALK CRACK WHORES by Jim Goad (Originally entitled Cash4Gash, this article is reprinted here, with gentle permission, from JimGoad.net.) In our old, battered, ugly English language, the word ‘prostitute’ signifies someone who sells both their body and their soul. To study the array of unsavory nuances […]
Something borrowed, something blew…
Ape Survival of the Fittest Barred Records Reviewed by Kent Manthie Canada’s Ape has just released their first full-length CD, not counting the very limited demo they made, but not for the public at large, although, those who get into Ape will, no doubt, find themselves looking for it. Anyway, the new album is entitled Survival of the Fittest and […]
This Was My Way Of Dying Today
[Necrofeelya] Mirror pleasure death. And suddenly I felt okay, this was my way of dying today. Personal account from New Orleans by Brittany Vipond No one could hurt me, if I just kept walking. I asked him to light my ciggarette, not for advice. “What’s the matta girl, you’re so beautiful. I bet you could have any man you wanted, […]
book review: Grundish and Askew
Ugly Tales and Parables Grundish and Askew, Novel by Lance Carbuncle Vicious and Galoot Publishing, Tampa, FL, 2009 Reviewed by Kent Manthie So many fans, a real “cult-following”, if you will, loved Lance Carbuncle’s first novel, Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed that he was motivated enough to write a follow-up. This came out in the form of the […]
Hidden Lives
The Hidden Lives of Unhappy Hipsters “It was comforting to know that the neighbors had stopped speaking.” ::: “He couldn’t stand another night with that smug hookah.” ::: “He sipped his tepid coffee and pondered how to tell her that, in fact, the pants made the sack dress even less appealing.” ::: [From unhappyhipsters.com. ]
Scott Brown, Pimp
Thanks A Lot Massachusetts Political Analysis by Kent Manthie With the crazy, upset victory of Republican Scott Brown, a jerk who, during his victory speech, even pimped out his daughters, saying “…they’re available”. Well, at least they’re over 18 and he’s not inviting statutory rapists to come sweep them away, but that would be poetic justice. One of his daughters was […]