A whole new year, a totally loathsome column.
Like most of you, I have a love/hate relationship with pop culture. (Yes, the pop culture columnist sometimes hates pop culture – no one’s perfect). When it comes to the films we watch, the music we listen to and the general trends we follow, it’s pretty easy to polarize the things we love and the things we just don’t.
If director Joe Wright continues making films as good as “Atonement,” the Academy will have to start engraving his name into an Oscar.
The word “tectonic” is often used to describe items of high craft with attention to construction. The origins of the word come from many places, notably the Greek words tekton (builder) and tectum (roof and implying space).
Tectonics, no doubt, raises attention when mentioned around architects.
“Girls Gone Geek” is a popular new technology show that lets women explore their own
Given the increasing prevalence of hyphenates in the entertainment field — actor-photographer-author, singer-actor-painter, and so on – in which proven accomplishment in one area allows for vain indulgence in others, it’s both refreshing and heartening to see a genuinely multitalented multitasker emerge.
Finding a quality, affordable hair salon in downtown San Luis Obispo is like dating: It seems there are prospects around every corner but it’s just too overwhelming to sort through them all. Who’s got the time or the money to do that?
To save you the valuable resources it would take to date every salon in town, I visited 10 shops in downtown San Luis Obispo to give readers some intelligent groundwork.
I can clearly remember the first time I heard the Spice Girls. I was inside a roller rink, skating around in a circle and thinking it was glorious, when the beginnings of “Wannabe” blasted out of the speakers and into my heart. “Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want” was the call to the Spice Girls’ revolution, a social coup based on girl power and platforms, more or less.
The annual CraftArt Market fundraiser hosted by San Luis Obispo’s Art Center offers unparagoned art in time for the holiday and gift-giving season.
Winter is upon us and holiday music and lights fill our surroundings. Vacations are
This winter break is sure to be packed with good movies for viewers of all ages, but it is sure to have some bombs as well. The films set for December release range from romance to holiday fun, from blockbusters to independent films. The new films have been organized by genre so readers can easily decide how they will spend their $10.
‘Awake’ is the only wide release this week, but look out for the limited releases ‘Protagonist’ and ‘The Savages’ which look far better.