CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION Crime & the City Solution 31 December, 1977 (image source: Phil Turnbull) It seems that almost from their inception the band Crime & The City Solution they were cursed to never be spoken of without a mention of famous Australian Nick Cave. It's really no one's fault. They were part … Continue reading Crime & The City Solution and Simon Bonney — Criminally Underrated
Month: February 2008
The Lemonade Diet — Master Cleanse Miracle or Dangerous Snakeoil?
The Master Cleanse diet was developed in 1941 by Stanley Burroughs. It calls for the practitioner to starve his or herself except for a concoction of lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup. At night you're to take a laxative tea and saltwater which, through a top-down enema, is said to remove toxins from the … Continue reading The Lemonade Diet — Master Cleanse Miracle or Dangerous Snakeoil?
Happy Valentine’s Day
It's Valentines Day. Pshaw! A Hallmark Holiday, you say. Singles Awareness Day, another jokes. I guess every holiday has its Scrooge. I have my Ngoc-Thu. My friend Nick Pinto would gripe about Valentine's, Christmas or (especially) 4/20. He doesn't need holidays to legislate his behavior. And yet his love of Halloween never once carried … Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day
Dancicals! A Concept Whose Time Has Arrived
Last year on Amoeba Hollywood's mezzanine there was a serious debate about possible new sections: Sports movies, Christian movies, Tween movies, Women's Pictures, Edwardian Movies, Midwesterns, &c. Most were shot down as stupid, unattractive and inadvisable. One that didn't get the official OK and yet sprang up anyway was "Dancicals." In musicals (dancicals' aging sibling), … Continue reading Dancicals! A Concept Whose Time Has Arrived
New Zealand Day or, Happy Waitangi Day
Happy New Zealand Day! The Haast's Eagle, the largest bird of prey (until extinction) attacking a flightless moa (also extinct) The islands that make up what today is known as New Zealand were, for centuries, uninhabited by people. Due to isolation, the islands hosted many distinct creatures and were dominated by large birds. There … Continue reading New Zealand Day or, Happy Waitangi Day
Black History Month & Black Cinema
1915 Birth of a Nation was released. It was the most profitable American film of all time until Disney's Snow White & the Seven Dwarves (1937). In this critical darling, director D.W. Griffith dramatically depicts a mid-19th century south plagued by mulattos and abolitionists who scheme to keep the white man down and raise … Continue reading Black History Month & Black Cinema
Eric Brightwell 