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Category: Culture

PRINTED MATTER: GRAPHIC NOVEL AS AFRO-PUNK MEMOIR IS A TOUR DE FORCE!

If there’s only one graphic novel you buy this year, “The High Desert: Black, Punk, Nowhere” should be it. It’s … More

afro-punk, afro-punk bands, afro-punk festival, afro-punk music, black punk, book, comic book, comics, graphic novel, indie music, james spooner, memoir, Music, punk, punk music, the high desert

CINEMATIC WAVES: WE MADE A SURF FILM!

So we made a little surf film. Though the word “film” here is used broadly. “Somewhere” is a short surf … More

california, documentary, film, frank profera, movie, surf, surf culture, surf edit, surf film, surf video, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, travel, van corsa, video

ON THE BOOKSHELF: A CHEEKY LOOK AT MEMES!

“The Memeing of LIfe: A Journey Through the Delirious World of Memes” is a droll, entertaining study of a most … More

book, book design, Books, Culture, internet culture, internet memes, keyboard cat, lit, literature, meme, meme culture, memes, pop culture, print, the memeing of life

GIANT STEPS : LEGENDARY MOVIE DIRECTOR’S DISTURBING OBSESSION WITH STAIRS COMPILED INTO SUPERCUT!

The filmography of legendary British film director Alfred Hitchcock is studded with iconic movies that defined the modern Hollywood suspense-thriller. … More

39 steps, alfred hitchcock, cinema, film, filmmaking, hollywood, movies, rear window, stairs, steps film production, supercute

RUB A DUB: FAREWELL THE LEGENDARY UPSETTER! LEE “SCRATCH”PERRY, R.I.P.

Has it already really been a week? Yes. Actually, it’s been just over a week since news hit us that … More

black ark, bob marley, chase the devil, dub, jamaica, lee scratch perry, musician, pop culture, producer, reggae, roots reggae, the upsetters

SMELLS LIKE LAWSUIT SPIRIT: “NIRVANA BABY” SUES ICONIC GRUNGE-ERA BAND!

The guy who was the baby on the iconic cover of Nirvana’s”Nevermind” album is suing the influential Seattle grunge pioneers. … More

album art, album cover, baby, indie music, kurt cobain, Music, nevermind, nirvana, nirvana baby

WEIRD FLEX BUT OK: FREESTYLE COMPETITIVE CANOEING! FOR REAL! SEE FOR YOUR SELF!

Soooo, today we learned there’s such a thing as competitive interpretive freestyle canoeing. It’s really a thing. Think of it … More

SHAMEFUL OR SMART? : TOKYO OLYMPICS ARCHITECTURE LACKS OVERPRICED, PRETENTIOUS NEW TROPHY BUILDINGS!!!

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will open this week in the here and now of 2021. The world’s biggest sporting and … More

architectural design, architecture, japan, olympic games, olympics, sport, tokyo, tokyo 2020, tokyo 2020 olympics, tokyo architecture, tokyo olympics, tokyo travel

POP CULTURAL: A “SEINFELD” TV SHOW LEGO SET WILL BE RELEASED THIS SUMMER!

Yes, Danish toy-maker LEGO will be selling a set of their iconic bricks to build your very own set of … More

Culture, lego, pop culture, seinfeld, television, toys, tv

TATTOO YOU! : ARE “PANDEMIC TATTOOS” REALLY A THING?

Maybe. The New York Times is reporting that for some tattoo aficionados and newbies alike, getting a tattoo commemorating the … More

covid, current events, new york times, ny times, pandemic, pop culture, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo design, tattoos

SO VIRAL IT’S SICK! VIDEO OF THE LINDA LINDAS PERFORMING “RACIST SEXIST BOY” DINGS INTERNET!

By now you may have heard of and seen the Los Angeles power-pop indie-punk band the Linda Linda’s. A YouTube … More

band, concert, indie rock, la, los angeles, punk, racist sexist boy, song, the linda lindas, video, viral

EXHAUSTIVE: AWESOME 12-MILE, HI-DEF FIVE-AND-A-HALF HOUR REAL-TIME VIDEO WALKING TOUR OF PARIS!

. . . . . This video of a real-time walking tour of Paris is awesome. The video covers a … More

4k video, Culture, french, hi def video, paris, travel, video, video walking tour

TRUE GRIT: SURFER-MUSICIAN’S VINTAGE, STICKER-FIED STATION WAGON

Would you drive this stickerfied vintage station wagon? We spotted this car parked along a remote stretch of Pacific Coast … More

auto, bumper stickers, california, car, classic, classic car, design, la, los angeles, musician, retro, station wagon, sticker bombed, style, surf culture, surf wagon, surfer, surfing, surfmobile, vehicle, vintage, vintage car

MEDIA DIET: WHAT WERE WATCHING, READING & LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW!

Here it is, folks! A brief run-down of our current media diet: Some of the TV shows and movies we’ve … More

Books, cinema, Culture, film, media, media diet, movies, podcasts, pop culture, rick and morty, television, tv

“PRETEND IT’S A CITY”: WHY MARTIN SCORSESE’S NETFLIX SERIES WITH FRAN LIEBOWITZ IS MUST-SEE TV!

Netflix’s “Pretend It’s a City” takes its title from a remark by Fran Liebowitz. It’s a command to the tourists … More

Alec baldwin, fran liebowitz, netflix, New York, new york city, pretend its a city, tv

WORLDS COLLIDE: FILMMAKER WERNER HERZOG INTERVIEWED BY SKATEBOARDING MAGAZINE!

Skateboarding magazine Jenkem interviewed Werner Herzog. Yes, THAT Werner Herzog, the auteur German film director and actor whose directorial credits … More

actor, director, filmmaker, fitzcarraldo, grizzly man, interview, jenkem, media, skate culture, skateboarding, skateboarding culture, skateboards, video, werner herzog

BEACH GRIT: THE CINEMATIC ART, MUSIC, SURFING AND LAUGHS OF “FREE SCRUBBER”!

. . . Regular readers of Global Graphica will know that among our many passions is surfing. (Or is it … More

baja, film, free scrubber, mexico, surf, surfing, tom curren, travel, video

FORCE BE WITH YOU: U.S. POST OFFICE ISSUES STAMPS CELEBRATING “STARS WARS” ANDROIDS!

The United States Postal Service has announced that this spring they will be issuing a new series of stamps featuring … More

c3po, cinema, droids, Lucas films, movies, pop culture, r2d2, robots, stamps, star wars, the mandalorian, usps

EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: ENOUGH WITH THE BUNDLED-UP BERNIE MEME ALREADY!

It was brilliant and funny for the first 24 -48 hours. The meme of U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate … More

bernie, bernie meme, bernie sanders, bundled up bernie, funny, humor, humour, inauguration, internet culture, meme, politics

SKATE BRAZIL: MESMERIZING VIDEO SHOWS OFF SKILLS OF BRAZILIAN SKATEBOARDING CREW!

A short skate film called “The Girls of Guanabara” is a mesmerizing clip that showcases the dance-like skateboarding moves of … More

brasil, film, guanabara, longboarding, rio, rio de janeiro, skate, skate film, skate video, skateboarding, video

FROM LONDON WITH LOVE: MASTER OF THE SPY NOVEL COMES IN FROM THE COLD! RIP JOHN LE CARRE !

British novelist John le Carré passed away this past weekend at the age of 89. As the Guardian newspaper reported … More

cinema, cold war, espionage, fiction, film, john le carre, le carre, lit, literature, movie, novel, novelist, spy, the guardian, writer
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