Chet Zar, Jason D’Aquino and Isabel Samaras(all of whom are held in high regard by this blog) are among the dozens of artists that have contributed works to the Monster? exhibition at the Copro Gallery in Santa Monica. The show was curated by native New Yorker and fellow artist Travis Louie. The exhibition comes on the heels of the upcoming publication of Louie’s new book, Curiosities.
To view a slide show of some of the pieces featured in the exhibition, click here. If you’re attending Comicon in San Diego this weekend, Louie will be signing copies of Curiosities over the four day festival. You also might want to keep an eye out for another obsession of this blog, Mickey Rourke. Rourke is attending Comicon to promote Iron Man II.
Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle, wrote a dead-on take on what makes Sarah Palin tick. Or should I say, why this bitch ticks us off so much. Below, Schwartz delves into Palin’s recent rambling resignation speech to make a point regarding one of Palin’s key downfalls; her extreme narcissism:
Her speech about “Not being a quitter” just because she was deserting the governor’s office in mid-term, was a miracle of contempt for her audience. Her desire to stay on the road and in the spotlight without consideration for her large young family, a special needs baby and a teenage mother of her grandchild, is ambition without the slightest nod to other’s needs. She is as ruthlessly self-indulgent and narcissistic as any man ever born. She reconfigures my previous thinking about gender and narcissism.
This article really struck a cord with me, especially since “Screech”(as my liberal-minded Father refers to her) was just on the cover of TIME Magazine with the words “THE RENEGADE” emblazoned across her photo. A word generally reserved for a higher echelon of human being. People like MLK, Nelson Mandela or Ghandi. Is Sarah Palin a renegade? Only when it comes to her unfiltered, non-fact-based communication style and her penchant for shooting stuff. An activity generally reserved for her male counterparts. Or Dick Cheney.
I implore you to read the rest of Dr. Schwartz’s article, and then figure out what you will personally do to ensure this woman gets nowhere near the White House (or any other house with a zip code outside of Alaska actually) in 2012.
Thanks to AFJ for the fascinating, yet horrifying link…
WBCN Ballbusters Baseball jersey. Circa 1989. For Chuckaluckaducka…
I played softball for the WBCN Ballbusters when I worked at WBCN back in the late 80’s. I can’t tell you how many balls I signed at games, even after telling fans that I wasn’t worthy of signing their balls, soft or otherwise. Those were good times.
I’ll be posting photos of some of my cooler WBCN memorabilia over the next few weeks so stay tuned.
Hamaguri Bomber! The new single from Yazima Beauty Salon. If you’re not singing this song all day after watching this video, there is something wrong with your ears. For AFJ.
Is it just me, or is that blonde dude chick kinda hot? Anyway, I don’t know what they are putting in the water in Japan these days, but I want some.
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