Everyone knows a couple of things about leprechauns (aka lurachmain, lurican, leprechawn, lepracaun, leprechaun, lubberkin and lurgadhan). Theyโre small, tricky gingers that, if caught, will show you the money. One theory about the wordโs origin is that it comes from luacharma'n (or luchorpรกn), the Irish word for โpygmy.โ Another theory is that the word is … Continue reading Flossin’ Season – Leprechaun Movies, Music, &c
Author: Eric Brightwell
Eric Brightwell is an essayist, rambler, explorer, cartographer, and guerrilla gardener. He lives in Los Angeles, not because he was born here, but because he chose to... for all of the things for which its famous: its verticality, its mass transit, its diversity, its schools, its liminal spaces, its architecture, its wildlife, its museums, its night markets, its cinemas, its theaters, its enclaves, its restaurants, its bars, its libraries, &c
Films and Video Games — Video Game Films
With Tron โ Legacy, the sequel to a movie about video games, scheduled to open in theaters this coming December and Tron โ Evolution, a video game based on a sequel of a movie about a video game scheduled for release in November, now seems like a perfect time to look at the Ouroboros-like nature … Continue reading Films and Video Games — Video Game Films
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The Vietnamese New Wave Revival
Last November, Keep on Music threw a New Wave + โ80s Reunion atย Bleu inย Westminster. This isnโt new wave in the sense that a lot of people use the term, but rather a mix of Italo, Euro disco andย other โ80s dance musicย that notably found considerable popularity withย Asian-Americans in the 1980s but is pretty much unknown by … Continue reading The Vietnamese New Wave Revival
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Chinatown (ๆดๆ็ฃฏๅไบบ่ก)
FORGET ABOUT IT, JAKE Rooftops of Chinatown Cathay Manor (where I've wanted to party since moving to Los Angeles A quiet street in Chinatown Chinatown (ๆดๆ็ฃฏๅไบบ่ก) is Los Angeles neighborhood located in Downtown's northern end. To vote for other Southern California communities to be the focus of future explorations, let me know which in the … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Chinatown (ๆดๆ็ฃฏๅไบบ่ก)
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The freaks come out at night – Bounce Queen Big Freedia visits L.A. and the sissies’ strange path to the spotlight
Tashi Condelee takes the stage whilst Big Freedia does her thang Wednesday night I was mulling my options about what exciting way to spend my evening. Since my brother won't let me come to his house to play Battlefield 2 - Bad Company, I was weighing whether or not to go to the Support Your … Continue reading The freaks come out at night – Bounce Queen Big Freedia visits L.A. and the sissies’ strange path to the spotlight
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Korean film festival of Los Angeles – KOFFLA 2010
Iโm kind of embarrassed to admit it, but up until three months ago, the only Korean films and dramas Iโd seen wereย ๋ น์ ์์ (Green Chair), ๋ฏธ๋ ๋ ๊ดด๋ก์ (200 Pound Beauty) and ์์ธ๋ฉ์ดํธ (Soulmate). Iโd been given a grip of dramas by the good folks at MBC but Iโd dutifully passed them along to my own … Continue reading Korean film festival of Los Angeles – KOFFLA 2010
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Photoplays We Fancy — Uzak (Distant)
Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2002. Starring: Muzaffer รzdemir, Emin Toprak. Foreign/Asian Cinema. Everyoneโs paying homage to Tarkovsky nowadays, it seems, albeit often losing something in the translation. Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan is among the few directors (along with Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissako, Malian Souleymane Ciss,eย and Iranian Abbas Kiarostami) who thankfully picks up not only on … Continue reading Photoplays We Fancy — Uzak (Distant)
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Echo Park
This blog entry is about the Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park.ย INTROย TOย EP Echo Park is a Mideast Side neighborhood located north of Downtown Los Angeles in the Elysian hills west of theย LA River.ย Echo Park has long associations with several arts, most notably literature and film. It's one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and is … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Echo Park
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New Orleans Block Party – Bounce Music goes to SXSW 2010
This looks incredible. South By Southwest is hosting a bounce music showcase. This is your chance to experience some of the biggest talents to come out of the New Orleans Rap scene. Although they made their pledge goals, you can still donate and get various merchandise.ย Now I may have to go to SXSW for the … Continue reading New Orleans Block Party – Bounce Music goes to SXSW 2010
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Los Angeles’ Pan-African Film Festival …a year heavy on Nollywood and South African films
Los Angelesโs Pan-African Film Festival is currently in effect (February 10-17). I have a long-lasting love-hate relationship with it. On the one hand, their website (despite improvements this year) remains hard to navigate, is rife with typos, incomplete information and omissions. In other words, itโs inexcusably bad. How about a calendar, folks? In addition, every … Continue reading Los Angeles’ Pan-African Film Festival …a year heavy on Nollywood and South African films
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