I had the opportunity to interview New Orleans-based musician and advocate of “militant localism,” Quintron, aka Mr. Quintron via e-mail for Austinist. Back in my student radio days, he and his partner Miss Pussycat played an excellent set for our annual music festival, and they proved to be one of the most entertaining stage acts […]
Apparently, Hormel, the maker of Spam, is struggling with brand image issues, which have caused some of their more upscale products to tank.
“I can’t imagine them selling anything other than Spam,” says Jeff Lieberman, a 28-year-old documentary filmmaker, who regularly shops at stores specializing in natural foods. “Just the name elicits that image of the […]
I get all “But, I want it” about shit from Fred Flare all the time, but I’ve actually never made the splurge. These sweet new Paul Frank watches are pushing me to the brink, though.
In my defense, I’ve been trolling for a rad calculator watch in a fun color for at least 6 months, […]
I just read Henry Jenkins’s newest book, Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. I highly recommend the book, which has turned me on to a number of interesting ideas as well as a lot of interesting media works, like Sadie Benning’s early video works done with a Fisher Price PXL-2000, and Evan Mather’s […]
Genre-bending film director Robert Altman died at the age of 81.
I recommend everyone go rent Nasvhille or M*A*S*H in tribute.