Category Archives: New Post

RIP Roger Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

We’re all film critics, right? Meaning no disrespect to that profession, but really, as long as we’re all seeing films, we’re all critiquing them. That leads to the question, what makes one film critic better than another? It’s thoroughly subjective, … Continue reading →

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Monday Morning Arts & Culture

Posted on April 1, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Click the pic to begin exploring the bestest culture the ‘net can whip up…

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Cthulhu on Etsy

Posted on March 30, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

This is one Great Old One that’s everywhere. Including, prominently, the ‘net’s best clearinghouse for cottage crafts: Etsy. Every time the dreams and the drums have brought me back to Cthulhu (see here here and here), I’ve warned you how … Continue reading →

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TEDTalks: Thelma Golden on art & culture

Posted on March 25, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

“Ideas worth spreading.” That’s the philosophy behind TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design). When you find yourself seeking inspiration, optimism, and the elusive incubation of good ideas—just google “TEDTalks.” Click on any and all results you find. I guarantee you’ll experience … Continue reading →

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Why I love the Kindle

Posted on March 15, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

I’ll start with a defensive-sounding disclaimer: I love me some books. I love me some old school books. By way of evidence (also somewhat defensively) I offer this snap of my recent haul. Long story, but most of these books … Continue reading →

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When the artist is a liar

Posted on March 13, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

“I’ve always had a knack and penchant for going toward humorous irony.” That’s what celebrated Seattle artist Charles Krafft told Salon in a 2002 interview. And if you were looking for irony in his work, it was easy to find. A … Continue reading →

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The biblioclasts

Posted on March 10, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

In the scale of assaults that mankind inflicts on mankind, it’s hard to argue that biblioclasty, the torching of libraries, much compares with the worst crimes that all too often occur in times of war, conquest, and oppression. We’re informed … Continue reading →

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Love your geek job? Rap about it.

Posted on March 7, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

It’s been a few days since anyone shook themselves up over the Harlem Shake, so we’re clearly desperately in need of something new to go inexplicably viral. So enter Andrew Finklestein, Google employee and self-proclaimed hippity-hopper. His “Welcome to Google” … Continue reading →

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It’s nearly upon us: The National Day of Unplugging

Posted on March 1, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Call it the Luddite Sabbath: from sundown tonight to sundown Saturday, we are urged to disconnect from our electronic tethers; and reconnect, if only for a while, with a simpler life. Read a book (one made of paper). Ride your … Continue reading →

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100 years ago: the American art scene arrived

Posted on February 26, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Can a single art exhibition alter a nation’s cultural consciousness? Could it usher in new appreciation, even new archetypes for how art is created and enjoyed? In 2013, probably not. Contemporary culture is too fractured, entertainment too micro-targeted for such … Continue reading →

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Out with the substance, in with the shallow

Posted on February 15, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Edward Gibbon, in his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, summed up his many exhaustive volumes by diagnosing late-empire Rome with an illness of its civic virtue. Civis Romanus stopped caring about its place in society, about … Continue reading →

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Chris Brown gets his comeuppance? Probably not, but we can dream

Posted on February 12, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Can we all agree that Chris Brown is an asshole? If not, then I’ll hasten to add that I don’t really think that’s just my opinion – I think that Chris Brown has empirically proven his own pettiness, small-mindedness, brutishness, … Continue reading →

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Pregame starts in 3, 2, 1…

Posted on February 3, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

This is the Deconstruction’s third blowout Super Bowl Sunday, and cheers to that. Cheers to you too, and your team if you’ve got one, and to your health (whether you’ve got that or not). And that’s that—the rest of my … Continue reading →

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RIP Patty Andrews (Feb. 16, 1918 – Jan. 30, 2013)

Posted on January 31, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

It’s fitting, now that we’re debating the roles of women in warfare, that we bid farewell to the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters.   It’s true that there were women who served more directly in World War II. More … Continue reading →

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Random acts of culture

Posted on January 27, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Hats off to the Knight Foundation, for decades of community-based philanthropy in support of progressive journalism, media, and the arts. (Originating, I’m proud to say, from my very own home town.) And particular heart-felt cheers for their ongoing project, Random … Continue reading →

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