I’m still recovering from last night’s Partly Dave Show, which was a blast, and catching up on various things today. I hope to be back up and blogging by sometime tomorrow. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who came to the show and/or helped promote and support it.
Entries Tagged as 'Culture'
Partly Dave Show Tonight!
May 2nd, 2007 · 7 Comments · Chicago, Comedy, Culture, Fringe, Journal, LGBT, Music, Neo-Futurists, News, Performance, The Partly Dave Show, Theater
This is it — tonight’s the night The Partly Dave Show makes its long-prophesied return, at 7:30pm at The Neo-Futurarium. I’ll dish out one more exciting little fact about tonight’s show: Even in Blackouts will be unveiling* the brand-new Partly Dave Show theme song, hot out of the oven** and never before heard by human […]
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In Chicago: Homolatte, Another Lousy Day, The Joans and More!
May 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Chicago, Comedy, Culture, Fringe, LGBT, News, Performance, The Partly Dave Show, Theater
First up, don’t forget that the Party Mix Edition of The Partly Dave Show is less than 48 hours away! Wednesday night, May 2nd, at The Neo-Futurarium. All the details are here. Tonight, Tuesday May 1st, Scott Free’s fantabulous Homolatte Cabaret presents Samuel Park and Aaron Mayer Frankel, at 7:30pm at Tweet (next door to […]
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Indiana Teacher Punished for Teaching Tolerance
May 1st, 2007 · 5 Comments · Culture, Education, Journalism, LGBT, Media, News, Politics
Andy Towle is right. This is absolutely sickening. The short version of the story: An Indiana journalism teacher is being punished for allowing a high school sophomore to publish an essay in the school paper that essentially said gay people deserve to be treated like human beings. Here’s a quote from the student’s essay: “I […]
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Suzi Quatro Rocks Hard in Times Square
April 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Culture, Film, Journal, LGBT, Music, New Wave, Video
Ah, another thrilling YouTube find! Some of you will know Suzi Quatro as the most prominent female glam rocker of the early 70s, racking up a string of hits with Chapman-Chinn numbers like “Can the Can.” Some will know her only from her soft-rock duet “Stumblin’ In” with Chris Norman, which you have to have […]
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Doctor Who Season Three Debuts July 6 in the US
April 30th, 2007 · Comments Off on Doctor Who Season Three Debuts July 6 in the US · Culture, Doctor Who, History, News, Science Fiction, TV
The Doctor Who two-part story “Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks” wrapped up this weekend on the BBC, with the Doctor and Martha battling Daleks (and their pig-headed assistants) in the newly built Empire State Building in early 1930s New York, against the backdrop of the depression. The episodes featured some great historical background, with […]
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Roundup: Giant Hourglass Edition
April 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Activism, Apple, Blogs, Books, Culture, Education, Fantasy, Foreign Policy, Health, Human Rights, Lit, Media, News, Politics, Science, Science Fiction, Tech, TV
As part of an international day of protest over the genocide in Darfur, campaigners in London displayed a giant hourglass filled with “blood” to symbolize time running out. The image at right is from a video featuring Hugh Grant tied to the campaign. More than 200,000 have died, with 2 million displaced and 4 million […]
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The All-You-Can-Eat Crow Pie Buffet
April 30th, 2007 · Comments Off on The All-You-Can-Eat Crow Pie Buffet · Comics, Culture, Foreign Policy, Media, News, Peace, Politics
Tom Tomorrow had a great “special edition” cartoon up on the Huffington Post last week, revisiting some of the things that pro-war pundits had to say at the start of the war. Here’s a small excerpt from the cartoon. That’s just the first four of 12 panels — click on the cartoon excerpt to go […]
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New Crowded House Album Due in July; Johnny Marr on Two Songs
April 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Culture, Music, New Wave, News, Video
Earlier this year it was announced that Neil Finn was getting back together with bassist Nick Seymour and guitarist Mark Hart to reform Crowded House. The new version will of course be missing its original drummer, the late, lamented Paul Hester, whose duties will be taken over by former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod. The band […]
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Roundup: Zero Gravity Friday Edition
April 27th, 2007 · Comments Off on Roundup: Zero Gravity Friday Edition · Apple, Climate Change, Comedy, Comics, Culture, Factory Farming, Film, Food, Guns, iTunes, LGBT, Macintosh, Media, Nature, News, Pet Food, Pets, Politics, Science
I have three days’ worth of links accumulated and only one Friday afternoon roundup post to squeeze them into! Help me with the zipper. As many as 6,000 hogs may have been fed melamine-tainted feed: “A USDA official said that so far states have quarantined one farm each in South Carolina, New York, North Carolina […]
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Video: Bill Moyers on Buying the War, Kevin Tillman on Selling It
April 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Journalism, Media, News, Peace, Politics, TV
Bill Moyer’s Buying the War documentary on PBS, about how the Washington press bought into the administration’s marketing campaign and enabled it during the runup to the Iraq War, obviously made a big splash this week. I haven’t had time to watch it all myself yet, but you can view the whole show online here. […]
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Holding Out for a Gay Hero
April 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Culture, Heroes, LGBT, Politics, Science Fiction, TV
At last it comes out (so to speak): the full behind-the-scenes story on the Heroes character who was supposed to be gay, and then wasn’t anymore. Popgurls.com interviews Heroes producer Bryan Fuller, who spills more beans than have previously been spilled from this particular can of beans. What happened: It absolutely was a path that […]
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Four-Year-Old in the End Zone
April 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Culture, Journal, News, Video
I can’t quite put it into words, but on a certain level this video reminds me of what my entire childhood was like. (… for those stuck on slow connections, it’s a four-year old kid who for some reason is standing in the end zone at a football game and gets tackled full-force by […]
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