American artist Robert Riggs ran away from home and joined the circus. Born 1896 in Decatur, Illinois, Riggs first started studying art in 1915. He later served with the Red Cross in France at the beginning of World War I. He was best known for his paintings of prize-fighting boxing matches, circus-genre scenes, and giant lithographs. He had a long and storied career. Riggs died at 74 in 1970. …
Month: May 2014
Don’t let the missionary bit fool you. The cinematography is worth the watch alone. SYNOPSISSteven Crosby wakes up in Antigua, Guatemala with a mission: to convert as many locals as he can, armed with only some religious comic books and a couple words of high school Spanish. If he fails, his father, a preacher, will make Steven pack his things and return to Ohio to a life of menial work in the church. His attempts to bring the locals the …
German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder made World On A Wire at a time when the idea of man and machine merging was at an all time peak. Based on Daniel F. Galouye’s 1964 sci-fi novel Simulacron-3, this flick was decades ahead of its time. Stupid buggy. Although the film has hardly been seen, it got digitally restored and will be in select theaters during the summer. Can’t wait to see this. From Janus Films’ website, here’s the film’s description: A dystopic science-fiction epic, World on a Wire is German …
Yesterday, through their Kickstarter campaign, filmmaker Rosylyn Rhee and company reached their goal of raising $50,000 for their documentary, Supernatural. …
Last Friday Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Teebs, Taylor McFerrin and Mono/Poly played Tokyo, Skinkiba at ageHa. No cameras were allowed. Foreigners were spotted throughout the crowd. When I walked into the venue Simi Lab, a Japanese hip-hop group was on stage. Man, they tried, but their music and performance didn’t offer anything original. It just wasn’t interesting, but at least they weren’t embarrassing. I wasn’t cringing, put it that way. Artist and producer Teebs greeted the crowd with a Japanese thank …
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