Posts on The Arts

2010-09-02 The Largest Green Friendly Development Ever by Donna Schoenkopf
Brad Pitt’s love of architecture and the environment meet in New Orleans.
2010-08-26 You Won’t Be Sorry by Donna Schoenkopf
You won’t be sorry if you read the writing of Ann Calhoun.
2010-08-26 Future States by Donna Schoenkopf
My new favorite website has some intriguing stuff.
2010-08-24 Photo-Haiti by Tony Chavira
A gotta-see gallery
2010-08-17 Obama Administration to Ease Cuba Travel Restrictions by Jim Washburn
Maybe, Sorta, Kinda Making It Easier
2010-08-13 Cheap and Easy by Donna Schoenkopf
Shipping containers and RVs make great homes.
2010-08-05 Geodesic, Underground or Treehouse? by Donna Schoenkopf
Which one do you choose?
2010-08-01 Phillips Talks Books, Tingle Spines by Nathan Walpow
Twenty minutes of literary discussion.
2010-07-29 Rocio Romero, I Love You! by Donna Schoenkopf
She inspired me in my search for affordable, beautiful, environmental housing.
2010-07-15 Mr. Pekar by Gary Phillips
Harvey Pekar, American Splendor, comics.
2010-07-13 Sean Penn and a Cast of Thousands in Haiti by Jim Washburn
The Actor is running a tent city, says it’s like directing.
2010-07-12 A Delightful Easy Breeze of a Way to Start Your Monday by Rebecca Schoenkopf
Mel Gibson, awesome charmer
2010-07-12 Fidel Castro to Compete on “Dancing With the Stars” by Jim Washburn
He’ll do the fandango.
2010-07-08 Natural Homes by Donna Schoenkopf
This is the best video so far on natural building.
2010-06-26 Demon Possession Made Easy: Check This Site by Jim Washburn
Try it, spawn of Satan.
2010-06-24 Homeless Ventriloquist Contest: Mmmm Snickers for You! by Jim Washburn
Some food for thought.
2010-06-04 National Donut Day by Gary Phillips
Donuts, holiday, Salvation Army.
2010-06-04 How BP Should Have Spun the Gulf Oil Spill by Nathan Walpow
The front fell off. Hee.
2010-06-03 Greywater by Donna Schoenkopf
Water is Life!
2010-06-02 We’ve Got Daves Coming Out Our Ears by Nathan Walpow
Ones a real person. One’s a figment.
2010-06-01 Book of Big Butts by Gary Phillips
Butts, asses, soft porn, photos.
2010-05-31 Bicycle Cop Dave Rolls Again by Gary Phillips
Comics, mystery, downtown, gentrification.
2010-05-28 Big, Little, Simple, Sweet by Donna Schoenkopf
A variety of homes from the obscenely grand to the endearingly simple.
2010-05-24 This Vale of Tears by Rebecca Schoenkopf
Sitting with Marina, people weep
2010-05-21 ___ to Work Week, Part 2! by Tony Chavira
…concepts!
2010-05-20 Hard and Soft by Donna Schoenkopf
Here are some container homes and a bamboo home.
2010-05-18 Saxophone Colossus by Gary Phillips
jazz, Sonny Rollins, Disney Hall, saxophone
2010-05-17 Lewis Black: Glenn Beck Has Nazi Tourette’s by Jim Washburn
Nazi schmatzie.
2010-05-13 New Homes by Donna Schoenkopf
Think outside the box!
2010-05-06 Spinach Power by Donna Schoenkopf
Design will save the world.
2010-05-03 Your Old House! by Rebecca Schoenkopf
This Old House wants you!
2010-05-01 Molsons and Sombreros by Donna Schoenkopf
Hilarity will ensue as hundreds of thousands of us gather in Phoenix.
2010-04-29 May Day by Donna Schoenkopf
Sing, dance, march, love!
2010-04-29 You Must See Paul Takizawa’s Cuba Photos by Nathan Walpow
Cuba in a nutshell.
2010-04-23 Che Forever by Gary Phillips
Cuba, Che, revolution, books, capitalism.
2010-04-20 Women Rock Your World, With Earthquakes by Jim Washburn
Are Iranian clerics nuttier than U.S. ones?
2010-04-09 Double Down by Gary Phillips
Bookstores, food, noir, Sunset Blvd.
2010-04-05 Sabroso! by Rebecca Schoenkopf
LA Times on OC Noir.
2010-04-02 Digging Those Ditches by Gary Phillips
Orange County Noir, books, mystery, writing.
2010-03-18 Some Thoughts on Cuba by Donna Schoenkopf
Everybody’s in Cuba, and here I sit.
2010-03-12 Hoochies & Books by Gary Phillips
Mystery, strippers, Orange County, conventions.
2010-03-10 Movie Theater Stabbing: He’s Done! by Jim Washburn
What the hell, Lancaster?
2010-03-08 Skyscrapers of the Future! by Tony Chavira
…eVolo competition winners.
2010-03-05 Ganas for Public Life by Tony Chavira
A short video, a short quote.
2010-03-02 Chile Quake May Benefit Workers Worldwide by Jim Washburn
The Establishment is all shook up.
2010-02-26 What I Want to Know by Donna Schoenkopf
Here are some things I want you to find out.
2010-02-17 Map of the Future by Tony Chavira
…a work of art.
2010-02-15 Funiculì, Funiculà: A Legendary Chorus for Transit! by Tony Chavira
FUNICULI FUNICULAAAAA!!!
2010-02-11 Che by Donna Schoenkopf
Che Guevara has the most recognized face on the planet.
2010-02-10 Let’s Cut to the Chase… by Tony Chavira
This is what actually matters.
2010-02-09 I Get Letters by Donna Schoenkopf
Icy jeans make for a quick wake-up in the morning!
2010-02-05 Cat In the Hat With Huggy Bear by Gary Phillips
Literacy, Antonio Fargas, cops, cars.
2010-02-04 Washburn to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award ... No, Seriously by Nathan Walpow
And he plays guitar upside-down.
2010-02-03 Playtime With a Transit Station in Lyons, France by Tony Chavira
…a historic modernist restoration.
2010-01-29 Is Nancy Pelosi Funding Terrorists? by Jim Washburn
Put Botox in the Ixnay Box
2010-01-28 Howard Zinn, 1922-2010 by Nathan Walpow
It’s the end of the world as we know it.
2010-01-25 To Do This Week! (Fun Fun Fun!) by Rebecca Schoenkopf
Things what you could do this week.
2010-01-25 Better Transit Design Through Slime Mold by Nathan Walpow
The Blob was just looking for a job.
2010-01-22 Bicycle Cop Dave Rides Again by Gary Phillips
Police, bicycles, downtown.
2010-01-18 Total Art: Life on a Leaf by Rebecca Schoenkopf
Bitchen houses.
2010-01-12 Modernest: Like FourStory for the Home by Nathan Walpow
I’m going to try the vietnamese lemongrass green beans and tofu.
2010-01-08 The Last Integrationist by Gary Phillips
Tiger Woods, sports, integration.
2009-12-26 Atheists are Taking Over!!! Move to Mississippi Now!!! by Jim Washburn
From the front lines of the War on Christmas.
2009-12-26 Saudi Arabia: Probably Not the Best Place for a Harry Potter Theme Park by Jim Washburn
More scimitar har hars from our allies in the war on reason.
2009-12-24 Near Midnight by Tony Chavira
… some short Christmas eve fiction
2009-12-18 A Photographic Phriday by Tony Chavira
… Images abound!
2009-12-14 Distant Powers: The L.A. Times’ Physically, Emotionally Removed Music Critic by Jim Washburn
Jim bitches.
2009-12-10 Gary Phillips Interview: Admits Community Activism! by Nathan Walpow
And calls Walpow a potentate.
2009-12-01 Suburbs, Parks and Trains: The Tough Decisions by Tony Chavira
…and they need to be made soon.
2009-11-23 Bicycle Cop Dave Creators Speak by Nathan Walpow
Actually, they type stuff on the computer, but you know what we mean.
2009-11-22 City of Anarchy by Tony Chavira
City of Promise
2009-11-18 Crossing the Freeway: An Epic Production! by Tony Chavira
Very literally, the art of driving
2009-11-04 What Lies Beneath by Tony Chavira
An amazing video…
2009-10-26 Bicycle Cop Dave! Crime-Solving Kids! Socially Responsible Video! Rebecca Rocks the Times! by Nathan Walpow
A bunch of stuff you ought to know about.
2009-10-19 Bicycle Cop Dave Wheels Our Way by Nathan Walpow
We follow Dave’s quixotic day taking us into various environs of downtown Los Angeles.
2009-10-12 Socially-Responsible Objective, Fabulous Prizes! by Tony Chavira
GOOD Magazine just can’t get GOODer.
2009-10-09 Gustavomania! by Nathan Walpow
Like the illegitimate spawn of “Frère Jacques” and Jewish wedding music.
2009-10-07 Murder Most Foul, It’s the Stinkiest by Jim Washburn
California “horrorcore” rapper accused in Virginia murders.
2009-09-17 Final Sign of the Apocalypse: Bob Dylan Records Christmas Album by Jim Washburn
Folk music’s Bob Dylan rides the yule log.
2009-09-14 Art You Should See: Tom McKinley Redux by Nathan Walpow
Colors that seem real and not-real simultaneously.
2009-08-20 Eiler’s Crossing & House of Blue Lights: Art by Jorg Dubin by Nathan Walpow
A couple of pieces by the subject of FourStory’s first video interview.
2009-08-04 Exclusive Michael Jackson Funeral Photos by Nathan Walpow
No, we’re not kidding. Just what the title says.
2009-07-31 Washburn Dominates the Internets! by Nathan Walpow
Our musical guru ruminates on O.C. music and curates album covers
2009-07-28 We Really Think You Should Go to James P. Scott’s New Art Exhibition by Nathan Walpow
Dramatic paintings examine what it is to live, work and navigate around Los Angeles.
2009-07-16 Farewell, Mr. Shulman by Tony Chavira
Modernism won’t be the same without you.
2009-07-09 Toy Tree: Art by Robbie Miller by Nathan Walpow
Underneath, Astroturf, at least in spirit.
2009-07-06 1,000 Years into the Future by Tony Chavira
A prediction, by Jennifer Daniel
2009-07-03 Sarah Palin in Desperate Bid to Upstage Michael Jackson by Jim Washburn
WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF, I mean, really, what the …
2009-06-26 Sky Saxon RIP by Jim Washburn
The Seeds singer dies in Austin, Texas.
2009-06-15 Neighborhood: Art by Darlene Campbell by Nathan Walpow
Her paintings, which average 9 by 12 inches, provide us with a glimpse of our future.
2009-06-05 Project by Jiri Barta by Tony Chavira
A short film.
2009-05-26 The Farnsworth House by Donna Schoenkopf
This is what inspired me.
2009-05-26 Dream Home: Art by Anthony Discenza by Nathan Walpow
We find ourselves exposed to ever-greater amounts of visual stimuli.
2009-05-14 Art You Should See: Tom McKinley by Nathan Walpow
Houses and skies tell the story.
2009-05-13 John Shannon and The Year of Five Liberations by Nathan Walpow
He’s back and FourStory’s got him.
2009-05-08 Short Walking Movies by Don Livoni by Nathan Walpow
The use of photographs distills cinema’s appeal and its impossibility.
2009-05-04 Brave New Sanctuary: Art by Michelle Wasson by Nathan Walpow
Many of these homes are born of utopian idealism or naiveté.
2009-05-01 Hate for Rent by Jim Washburn
“God Hates Fags” churchmember come to OC.
2009-04-29 Así es mi Pueblo: Art by Sandow Birk by Nathan Walpow
Frequent themes include inner city violence, graffiti, various political issues, travel …