Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy performance of “The Blacker the Berry” and “Alright”, with its #BlackLivesMatter theme and political overtones, struck […]
Category Archive: suburbanization
If you’re driving about 15 or 20 miles south of Central Chennai in Bali, don’t be surprised if […]
When Becky Nicolaides chairs or comments on a panel, people show up. The author of the now seminal My […]
When one thinks of San Fernando Valley, visions of ranch home subdivisions, shopping malls, and valley girls bound about the mind. […]
Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” remains perhaps the quintessential neo-noir. Set in the 1930s, the movie depicts Los Angeles and […]
When Donald Trump bellowed his now-famous screed against immigration, accusing Mexican migrants of crime, disease, and more or […]
Last night marked the second season debut of HBO’s True Detective. If last year’s Woody Harrelson and Matthew […]
Naomi Hirahara never “got” Raymond Chandler. The dark, mistrustful view of Los Angeles that Chandler’s work so embodied […]