Category Archives: subverting dominant paradigms

Crowdsourced funding campaign: The Yes Lab for Creative Activism

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

I love The Yes Men, “a genderless, loose-knit association of some 300 impostors worldwide who agree their way into the fortified compounds of commerce. Impersonating big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them, our targets are leaders and big corporations … Continue reading →

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‘Unplug’, now in blog and online video form

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

Confirming my opinion that the next big online trend will be to turn the power switch to the off position, I bring you ‘Yelp (With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg)’ from filmmaker Tiffany Shlain (and everyone’s favorite cranky editor, Dalan McNabola). … Continue reading →

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Eat, Eat

Posted on September 8, 2009 by

We screened this film at Silver Lake Film Festival’s Ultra Fabulous Beyond Drag showcase back in 2007. It’s totally fucked up.

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i have an idea, and it’ll solve road rage.

Posted on August 30, 2009 by
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WTF are they up to in Jamaica?

Posted on August 13, 2009 by

This is called ‘daggering‘, in case you didn’t know. And then – it inspired this discussion: And then – to top it all, this dude made a video about it: And then – if you want to see what originally … Continue reading →

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Slave Hunter & Cambodian Children’s Painting Project

Posted on August 11, 2009 by

Went to see Aaron Cohen tonight at Book Soup on Sunset Blvd in LA. He was reading from his new book ‘Slave Hunter‘. His rehearsed delivery notwithstanding, one is struck by the sheer bravery of the dude, and the enormity … Continue reading →

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Announcing: Cinema Speakeasy

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

Announcing a new, invite-only, monthly film series – initially in Los Angeles – which aims to: showcase newer independent films that are doing the DIY Distribution rounds support the filmmakers by aligning them with new audiences outside the industry give … Continue reading →

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GO: Vigil for Laura & Euna, June 3rd in L.A.

Posted on May 29, 2009 by

Wednesday June 3rd, 6:30 to 9PM Wokcano: 1413 5th St., Santa Monica Do you think that if 1000 people send their love and support all at once from Los Angeles, that Laura and Euna will hear them? I think so…. … Continue reading →

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My future husband is a euro-trash looking drug baron’s son

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

Hilarious description of what Mexican mafia lords are MEANT to look like (peasants with money), as opposed to what some of them DO look like (eastern european nouveau rich cheese meets sensitive intellectual meets HOT, as above): “They’re harder to … Continue reading →

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If you pay attention to the clues, they just might get out alive.

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

David’s Dollhouse is the work of a filmmaker who has taken online video gameplaying to heart… to his dark, cold, macabre, eviscerated heart. Look through YouTube postings of girls ‘auditioning’. There are clues in the videos. Take the clues to … Continue reading →

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