Today I found my old poetry book from middle school. I had forgotten what a voracious writer I once was. I write a lot still, but it's mostly e-mail, not poetry. I found that I had written in the notebook something I called "Poetic Words of Wisdom." Here's what 12-year-old me picked up: In life there are no problems, just…
I thought they were both interesting reads. I;m not saying that I agree with all of the opinions expressed in either. I have never read the book that the first post references, so I certainly can't say I agree or cosign. However, I enjoy a solid opinion piece. The first one is about Kanye West's changing attitude about racism and the…
Kanye West ruined the best song on his Yeezus album by releasing this unnecessarily explicit video for it.I don't think that's Kim Kardashian's real body. I think he was trying to play with the image of the naked woman bumper stickers that you see on the back of trucks. Watch for yourself: 70 things somebody learned in their 20s. I…
So I don't have time to explain the spectrum, the transition from analog to digital, and how it all affects journalism and communications. What I can tell you is that the angle that the theatre community cares about is one that I haven't thought about. Wireless microphones, like those used in live performance, fall under this Wireless Spectrum debacle and…
"Rather than look frankly at who we are, where we’ve been, and use that to imagine a better future, we keep remodeling the past, as though it’s a beautiful but decrepit mansion we are desperate to inhabit. It’s time we get real about how the short sale of history is a bad deal, ruinous for the stability of future generations."…
So I went to see the movie 12 Years A Slave with my parents last night. As we are in the bicentennial of the Civil War era and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Is Beautiful Movements we have seen a lot of slave and black rights films, and we will likely continue to see…