Tired of steady income? Want to relive the days when you were smoking pot in dorm rooms and promised yourself you’d never work for "the Man" as old Weezer songs played in the background, while your roommate was too busy having sex with his girlfriend in the next room to have similar epiphanies? Feel the […]
The Anatomy of a Political Party
George Washington viewed the emergence of political parties as an unintended, and unwelcome, consequence of the republic he founded. Thomas Jefferson reveled in the viciousness of party politics and started the Democratic Party to cement his political ambitions. John Adams, the sober champion of the rule of law, tried to muzzle free speech because he […]
How to make a Complaint about products and services
There is now a UK government sponsored service with a web site giving you the consumer, a good selection of advice on products and services and best practice on how to make a complaint and template letters. http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk Get feedback on-line or phone a 0845 number costing 4p from a BT landline. After […]
HIT’n’RUN
HIT’n’RUN Dance & Theatre & Music & Video performance collection SHOW 1. Description of the project and its concept One utopian road/One utopian world A road/space one cannot go in and out of whenever one wants to. The journey represents the quest for a solution, by hitting […]
The Public Art of San Francisco
So which city in the USA has 600 murals on its streets, all available for public perusal? Well, it’s the same city that has a Cartoon Museum, a Spanish Mission dating from 1791 and a Museum of Modern Art, built on a reclaimed former industrial zone. The fact is that since the 1930’s, murals have […]
Mortadella? Molto Bella!
The nun with the baking tray covered in aluminium foil came over to the stop where we waiting to catch the bus from Catania to Taormina in Sicily. A teenage girl instantly stood up and offered the nun a seat, which was gratefully accepted. In return, the nun offered the girl the tray, […]