Entertainment

Hanging out with friends one day, I was exposed to a long stretch of music videos I don’t usually watch. The videos featured Rap and Hip Hop artists that I might have heard occasionally on the radio. A full afternoon exposure was a cultural experience. The Nicki Minaj Anaconda caught my eye. Here was a […]

I was first introduced to the comics Life in Hell and Ernie Pook’s Comeek when I moved to San Jose in 1985 for grad school. The weekly independent newspaper, The Metro, carried Matt Groening’s and Lynda Barry’s graphic artistry. I loved their work. Life in Hell was satirical, biting and irreverent. Akbar and Jef, the

Angélique Kidjo played at UCSB to an enthusiastic and participative audience.  Kidjo, performing from her new CD, Eve, was juicy for her voice and visual performance. Dressed in a magenta and orange African patterned ruffled outfit, she swirled and danced with energy and expression. The music, Afrobeat in nature, took on reggae tones when the

TNT’s 2014 summer crime drama, Murder in the First, focused on one crime through the entire season. It was more like focusing on one suspect, a character played by Tom Felton who was Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series. Felton plays Erich Blunt, a virtual reality app developer with money, power, and an ego

Yesterday I woke up to the email Hey! Want to join me at a Jack Johnson concert tomorrow night (Monday)?” The only answer to that question was “what time do we leave?” GirlFriend’s husband works at the SB bowl and got her 2 tickets. Sweet. Since she got the tickets, I needed to treat her