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Dhani Harrison, Son of George, Set for Conan O'Brien Appearance, Gigs Live
It was beyond beautiful, a huge pleasant jolt, in the midst of a wonderful, sold-out "The Fab Faux" Beatles tribute performance at Valley Performing Arts Center, when Dhani Harrison, pictured at left,...
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The Baton and the Jackboot - Then and Now
Have you ever played that game about which famous characters you would love to be seated next to at a dinner party? For some, it might be Homer or Shakespeare or Abe Lincoln. My choice has varied over...
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Is This the Most Important Photograph of the 20th Century?
William Eggleston, Untitled (Memphis), 1970. © Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York. The argument could be made. American photographer William Eggleston (1939-) is widely...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Fall 2014
Summer may be over, but that doesn't mean you still can't find time to enjoy some spectacular live music. There are plenty of great shows this month happening all over the country, from LA to NYC. Here...
View ArticleTrapped in the Booth: Ohm, Shanti, Airhorn
Disclaimer: This is a semi-fictionalized version of my all-too-real experiences working as a DJ in New York City. Most of the names of venues, organizations or people mentioned herein have been changed...
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The Anderson Collection at Stanford: An Uplifting Experience
The grand staircase of the Anderson Collection at Stanford: Photo © Tim Griffith Visiting the newly-opened Anderson Collection at Stanford requires taking everything -- your body and your expectations...
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20 Facts Everyone Should Know About Gender Bias in Movies
A new study, Gender Bias Without Borders, was released by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media this week. Conducted by Dr. Stacy Smith and a team at USC's Annenberg School for Communications...
View ArticleBill Irwin and David Shiner Dazzle and Shine in Hilarious Old Hats
I still remember how hard I laughed and how much I enjoyed every minute of Fool Moon, the amazing two-person clown show -- if I can put it like that for now -- starring Bill Irwin and David Shiner,...
View ArticleA Monument of Hope
Since mid-August, Greece has been living the discovery of the tomb of Amphipolis as if following a daily soap-opera, with the public at large mesmerized by the constantly updating developments of the...
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The Outtakes: Photographs You Didn't See in The Human Fragment
I had been shooting The Human Fragment project for over two years when I received the news from Brooklyn Arts Press that they would be publishing it as a book. I was excited. I was also naive about...
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Philadelphia Mural Arts, A Golden Age
It is a rainy day in Philadelphia, but you can't tell it by listening to Jane Golden. After 30 years and countless meetings with community groups, artists, city agencies, elected officials, volunteers,...
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Met Opera: Netrebko Soars in the Hurly-Burly of Verdi's "Macbeth"
Raw lust for power dominates the Met Opera's stirring modernistic production of Verdi's Macbeth, which returned to the house last night with Anna Netrebko giving a soaring bravura performance as Lady...
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Life of an Illustrator Living in a Barn in the Woods
Global Yodel caught up with illustrator Andrew Groves who lives in a barn in the woods in Wiston, UK. Here he creates images and makes objects for clients and personal projects. Natural phenomena,...
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5 Artists on the Enduring Qualities of Representational Painting
Adam Miller, The Roses Never Bloomed so Red, 2013, oil on canvas, 96 x 60 inches. When I asked Brooklyn figurative painter Adam Miller whether representational painting is still relevant in today's...
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Jaime Scholnick and Sandra Low: Of Cheese-Wiz and Polystyrene
The deeper problems of advertising come less from the unscrupulousness of our deceivers, than from our pleasure in being deceived; less from the desire to seduce than from the desire to be seduced. --...
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Decide
Doors are opening... and it is up to you to clear up your path, and start from scratch. Take one step at the time Decide where do you want to go... Decide how fast or slow you want to get there, but...
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Bang for Your Words: Exploring Our Sexuality Helps Us Write More
Literature is all, or mostly, about sex. ―Anthony Burgess, English writer and composer Art and sexuality share a commonality. They're both expressive manifestations of our humanity. Both are ways we...
View ArticleA Critic, A Play and Do-It-Yourself Abortion
When the lead theater critic of the nation's newspaper of record, The New York Times, extols a play about do-it-yourself abortion, three things become clear: the poverty of contemporary criticism, the...
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The Sunset Strip Music Festival
Jane's Addiction performs at the House of Blues Two blocks of the sunset strip are arguably the most important in the history of rock and roll. I took a walk along them last Saturday during the Sunset...
View ArticleAtlanta Symphony Lockout Is Enforced Silence
More than a year ago, the Minnesota Orchestra lockout, which would become the longest such anti-labor action in modern musical history, prompted many in the music world who weren't used to public...
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