Art: Tim Burton at MOMA – NYC
Alyssa Bianca-Pavley12.07.09
Tim Burton got his start at Walt Disney studios, where he worked for several years as an animator before jumping to live-action directing with the…
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Slavoj Zizek
Jesi Khadivi12.06.09
In his review of Disney’s High School Musical, Fanzine contributor Kevin Killian wrote of the film’s male lead, "Ryan’s outfits are maybe one or two sizes too small, so that he seems to bulge in unseemly places all over. I think of that as the intellectual look. You know who has it, that kind of stuffed sausage sexiness? Slavoj Zizek of course. I could eat them both with a spoon." In her review of Zizek’s approachably sized new work on the economic crisis, Jesi Khadivi, curator of Berlin’s Golden Parachutes gallery, will instead leave you with images of the Slovenian philosopher’s tendency to over-salivate.
Forever Green
The Fanzine12.05.09
Seems every fest right now is December 3rd through the 6th. Well maybe that’s just my Miami beer, sun or…wait – art goggles; there, that’s the…
Art: Dotty Attie, What Would Mother Say
Alyssa Bianca-Pavley11.30.09
Dottie Attie’s show at PPOW is a compelling installation, exploring gender ambiguity and the way words can completely change an image. Her…
Art: The Early Work of Edward Kienholz at LACMA
The Fanzine11.23.09
In Southern California in the 1960s Edward Kienholz started creating assemblages which were often scathing narratives of social and political…
Music: Wizard Smoke – free album
The Fanzine11.23.09
Heads up (or is it down?) fans of stoner metal – ok you like your stoner metal. Well I am telling you, and in case Andee at Aquarius Records SF…
Music: Devo in NYC, 2 nights, 2 full albums
Michael Louie11.20.09
I can’t believe the amount of good shows happening in the city this month. The great DEVO is playing two nights and playing two of their records in…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Matty Byloos11.20.09
It seemed like the type of thing that could only happen in a cinematic equivalent of Fantasy Baseball, that Werner Herzog would direct Nicolas Cage in a sequel to Abel Ferrera’s sexually graphic 1992 cult film. It was enough to make you picture Cage shaking off the shackles of too many action movies, opening and closing his hands as if realizing his autonomy for the first time. And yet like so many fans and amateur sports statisticians, who thought they had the perfect starting lineup, Bad Lieutenant finds itself deservedly shut out of the playoffs.
Music: Big Star in the Big Apple
Michael Louie11.18.09
Paul Westerberg never travelled far without a little Big Star and neither should you. This band made records in the 1970s that would play seamlessly…
Food: Ali Baba
Casey McKinney11.14.09
I won’t go into too much detail, but you know how they say people get lactose intolerant? Well I think I caught this ’cause someone I knew didn’t…
