I’ve always been smitten with the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto. And I don’t even drive a 7 series bimmer. It is an outdoor mall, meaning that it is not only a welcome switch from the ubiquitous strip and box malls, but that it is dotted with gorgeous overflowing oversized container gardens [...]
So after Kris and I got back from our recent trip to Seattle I happened to render my car undriveable, exploding both right tires and denting my front rim. As such I have been driving around my sister’s old car, a red 1988 Acura with a dented hood, two broken headlights, torn seat cushions, rust [...]
THIS MOVIE SLAUGHTERS KILL BILL and KUROSAWA! Just give reputed rebel Hiroyuki Nakano 45 days and he’ll return with a completely unique, extensively tricked-out treasure that indulges its audience in everything that works well in cinema today, as well as many decades past. Innovative, incredible and awe-inspiring, this film combines seemingly spontaneous shots with amazingly [...]
SPACE KITTY BLASTS THROUGH SOME THICK NOGGINS “Possibly Maybe” –one of my favourite Bjork tunes and the best way to describe the experience of this incredible flick. Subtly referencing (possibly) everything from The Little Prince, Phillip K. Dick and Roman mythology, Masons and mind control, to Itchy and Scratchy, Happy Tree Friends, 50s TV Japanimation [...]
Kris says LISTEN UP!: Okay, about a year ago, we’re in Chris’s car and the CD whirls and repeats. Its Tenacious D and I don’t really mind the first couple of times; its wackiness accompanies our joyrides as we’re eyeballing for pranks. I decide to humor Chris since he has just rediscovered a bunch [...]