There is a brief mention at the end of this article  about million dollar book advances that I find so thrilling, so game changing, I can...

Back in 1935, Cynthia von Buhler 's grandfather, Frank Spano, was murdered. Possibly a gangland hit. Possibly tied to Dutch Schultz...

I have a design up on Threadless , available to be scored. As my ability to draw and paint surpasses my graphic design abilities by about a ...

I'm beginning to feel that I just don't get Steven Soderbergh unless he's in Hollywood mode. I watched his 2009 film, The Gir...

Many, many years ago (before some of you were born, no doubt), I picked up a paperback copy of James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential withou...

This started off as a quick sketch I made for the inamorato . I then inked it, scanned it, and painted it in photoshop. I’ve been talking fo...

Hello, fellow consumers of culture! Last night was the midseason (or season - I'm a child of the 70s and 80s, I find this new habit of s...

STOP SOPA!

Happy new year, friends and comrades! Like so many others on this day, I am full of resolutions. Which ones will be kept remains to be seen,...

I’ve been threatening to do this for a good long while, but now it seems to be actually happening. By “this”, I mean my blog of unpopular op...